Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-05
THE PARIS DISASTER
Many More People Burned 10 Death
Than at First Supposed.
, HUNDRED CHARRED CORPsEs.
others Missing, Supposed 10 be In the
Runs-sristOcrais Seriously
Injured.

PARIS, May 4.-Fire broke out 3
nm, in u crowded charitable institu'
INN. at which the Duchets d'Uzes and
other well known patronosses were
present. The building In which the
fire broke out was temporary struc.
lure OF wood, $40 feet long by $50 feet
wide.
Further details Just obtained show
that before the flrsmen could arrive
the roof OF the bazaar crushed In,
burying numbers Of those who had
been unable to MAKE their egress from
the building.
Very soon after the alarm was given
assistance hurried to the burning
bazaar, and effective help was rapidly
organized by the fiiemen and police
men. Although q general alarm was
sent out with reasonable promptness,
the whole wooden structure was blaz-
Ing before the firemeu couid approach.
The root and almost the whole
building collapsed, falling upon the
unfortunate people, many OF whom
are supposed to have previously sue.
Cumbeu TO bunipB smoke.
Ia spite OF the eiforts OF the firemen,
some time elapsed before the cbarred
bodies c.uld bs pulled from the smoke
and burning mass OF Debris covering
the spot, which but short time be.
fore had been the scene OF 30 much
gaiety.
As the work progressed and the In.
uuiries became more numerous and
pressing, lit was seen that the death rate
would be much higher than at 6rst
estimated.
Among the injured nre the Duchess
de la Terro, Princess Rotchonbuy, the
Vfcounlesse d'Ayril, and Mesdsmes
Moreau, Du Brouit, ,Malezloue, Eu.
gene, ChalemaI. Recamier and 81.
Didier.
The missing, who are supposed to be
dead, include Gen. MeuDier, the Mar.
chionees de Galliget, the Duchess
c'Aleucon, the CouDtatses De Mum
aud st. Perier, the Maichioness de
Flores. the Viscountess HuDOl Hol-
stein, BaIoness Mackan and Madame
Morlnunelsmon, her SON and two
daughters.
One hundred corpses have been laid
out in the Palsis de i'Industrie. II 10
believed that another hundred are be-
meath the ruins.
The building was erected In the
fimsiest manner, the nudity OF the
scatiolding made being concealed by
tapestry OF the moat irflammsble de.
scriptiop. Moreover, there was only
one exit. The be- Ear was in full swing,
when suddenly about { O'Clock the
cry OF fire rose in the quarter where
tho Acknowledgment was being ex.
bibitet. One OF the survivors tells the
correspondent of the Associated Press |
his experience:
"The place was crsmmsd full OF |
people and the heat was sufling. Be- |
ing very uncomfortable, my frIends |
anu l determined to leave, but some- |
how we could not make much head |
way through tho throng toward the |
door. 1 stayed a littls behind, as / |
was offered nosegsyby a stailholder,
when, OF q sudden, the shout sf fire |
was raised. Instantly all was COM
motion.
ave tried to keep cool, but the rush |
from behind forced us forward, and
we were separated. Then tried to |
work my may back, but | was taken
OF my feet and carried backward and
forward in the swayiDg crowd. lost
my hat; then my coat was torn of, |
and then my waistcoat. All this hap. |
pened in few seconds.
"Immeiiately toe iull extent OF the
calamity dawned upon us all. The
flames spread with startling rapidly
throughout the whole building, which
rumbied like a living furnace, but the
,iproAr OF the cot flagrstisn could not 1
drown the grOans ana orios OF the
agonizej crowd.
"Gradunlly l found myself pushe d
back against the wall Of the building,
anu finally succeeded In fcrambllng
through an opening made by some OF
those who were near me. Twossc0nds
later and 1 woulu bsve besn a victim.
Ior hardy mad L struggled through the