The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-08

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q large number of liveried servants in
quiring for their mistresses and the in
dications are that among the dead are
number of French aristocracy, although
it is hoped that the missing ones may be
found among the injured who are at tho
hotels, hospitals or other places. Twen-
ty corpses and a number of the most
seriously injured are now in the right
wing of the Palais D'Industrie.
The dowager duchess Dues is one OF
the most prominent women in France,
and is said to have provided 100000
francs for the propaganda Of Gen. Bou.
LANCER. The young duchess Dues was,
before her marriage, Nine. Marie De
Luines, daughter Of the late Due De
Chaulnes. She was married in Paris
on January 10, 1894, in the chapel Of the
convent of the Sacred Heart, where she
was educated. The Duo Uzes Is the
premium duke of France, the creation Of
his title dating back to 1865.
Ecape Cut on.
Although an alarm was sent out with
reasonable promptness, the whole
wooden structure was blazing before
the firemen could approach the ba-
zaar, the roof and almost the whole
building collapsed, falling upon the
unfortunate people, many of whom are
supposed to have previously succumbed
to the sitting smoke. In spite of the
efforts of the firemen some time
elapsed before the charred bodies could
be pulled from the smoking and burn
ing mass of debris covering the spot
which but short time before had been
the scene of so much gayety. The pre-
feet, M. Lepine, was one of the first Of
Acials to reach the scene, and he di'
rected the operations for the recov'
cry Of the bodies and distributed the
injured among the various houses OF
the vicinity.
Deaths May Reach 200.
In the meanwhile the pumps played
on the burning ruins. AS the work
progressed and the inquiries became
more numerous and. pressing it was
seen that the death rate would be much
higher than at first estimated. The
police officials say they believe it to
would exceed 200, recalling the terrible
fire at the Opera Comique.
One hundred corpses have been laid
out in the Palais dc L'Industrie. 1t is
believed that another hundred are be-
meath the ruins.
The dead were piled in heaps, and es-
pecially near the exit, where the
charred remains were five feet deep. In
some cases only the trunks remained,
with no vestige Of clothing.
Among the injured are Duchess De
La Tore, Princess Kotchonbuy, Wis.,
comtesse D'Avenel and Mesdames
Moreau, DuBrouil, Malezius, Eugene,
Challemel, Retainer and St. Didier.
The missing who are supposed to be
dead include Gen. Meunier, Marchion-
ess De Gallifet, Duchess D'Alencon,
Countesses De Nun and St. Perier, Mar
chioness De Fleras, Viscountess Hunol
Holstein, Baroness Mackan, wife of the
leader of the proratists in the chamber
of deputies, and Nine. Moraunelamon,
her son and four daughters.
Many Saved.
About 80 were saved by Pere Am
broise and Pere Bailly, who helped
them over the wall with a ladder to
the printing room of the newspaper
LeCroix. The staff of the Hotel Du
Palais lent valuable assistance, and
saved $50 persons through barredwin-
dow overlooking the bazaar, where,
while the hotel employees were carrying
away the bars, they saw,:three persons
burned to death. -. e.. ,..:.
Policemen, their hands covered with
gloves, have been deputed by the pre-
feet Of police to pick nut the portions Of
remains and to wrap them in pieces of
cloth, to be transferred in ambulances
to the Palais Dl lndustrie:.- The re-
mains present horrible spectacle, .of
limbs burned and twisted. On all sides
can be seen stretchers piled with mu-
tilated corpses, skulls split open and
brains exuding. :. -.
The Duchess D'Alecon, sister of the
Austrian empress, Is among the injured.
In the streets adjacent to the bazaar
were long lines of sumptuous equipages.
Most of these returned empty; their
owners were dead. The others were
seen moving off with occupants injured
In head or limb, In many cases with
faces streaming with blood. The search
in the debris continued oil night. ,,:,
The news spread like wildfre. All
the cabinet ministers now in Paris went