The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-05
BURNED TO DEATH.
Terrible Holocaust at the
City Of Paris.
Fire Breaks Out in a Crowded
Charitable Bazaar,
Resulting in the Loss Of Probably
Two Hundred Lives.
A Hundred Bodies Recovered, and as Many
More Thought TO be in the Ruins
The Building, Erected in the FimSiGSt Manner, Mass
Of Flames Before the Fire Department Gould
Render Effective Service
A Hundred Bodies Recovered, and as Many
More Thought to be in the Ruins
The Building Erected in the FlmSiGSt MdnnGI Mass
Of Flames Before the Fire Department Gould
Render Effective Service.

PARIS, May A fire broke out at
p. M in a crowded charitable bazaar IN
the Rue Jean Goujon, at which the
Duchess Dues and other well-knoWn
patronesses were present. Many peo-
pie were burned to death. There was
terrible panic, during which a number
of people were injured. Thirty bodies
have been recovered. and thirty-five
injured people are being cared for by
physicians, while many are reported
missing.
The building in which the fire broke
out was a temporary structure of wood
Flames We're first discovered above the
stall occupied by the Duchess 'Uzes,
while the place was densely crowded.
The bazaar is an annual function pre-
sided over by the leaders of Partisan
society. There was a wild rush for the
exits, and weaker persons were borne
down and trampled upon. The in
fiammable nature of the building and
its contents caused the flames to spread
with great rapidity, and in short
time the bazaar was a mass of flames.
The bodies of thirty victims of the
confagration, mostly women, were re-
covered and laid out on the sidewalk,
where the corpses formed a CHASTITY
spectacle. Many people are still miss
ing, and it is feared they are buried in
the ruins
The number of injured is greater
than at first estimated. Over 100 per-
sons have been conveyed to the Hotel
du Plais. in the Cour de la Refine, but
many critical cases have been trans
ported to the Hospital Beaugon.
A policeman on duty at the doors of
the bazaar says from l 800 to 1.SU0 peo-
pie were in the building when the fire
broke out. The alarm caused a rush
for the doors, which were soon choked
with people, thus preventing the escape
of many who might otherwise have
been saved. The strong trampled upon
the weak, and the young crushed the
old to the floor. Heart-rending cries
arose and were soon followed by
shrieks of agony as the flames swept
upon the crowd struggling for the exit.
The managers of the bazaar had ar
ranged the stalls so as to represent a
street of old Paris, and it was opened
yesterday. The proceeds of the sales at
each stall were devoted to a separate
charity. Stalls We're presided over by
Mime. Fevrier. the wife of General Few
rier: the Marquise De LAigle, Nine
Macobs, Baronne Del La Lucette, the
Marquise De st. Michael, the Duchess
Dues, Nine. Mignotte, the Baronne St.
Eidiere the Comtesse De Zalyanska
the Marquise De La Goustier, the Mar
quiese Di Argence, the Marquiese De
Pitt the Duchess D'Aleincon, a mem
Der of the Orleans family; Nine. Moreau,
the Marquise Costa De Beauregard, her
Royal Highness the Duchess De Ven
dome. the Marquise De Maison, and the
Comtesse De Grenul. nee La Rochefon-
cauld, Mile. De Flores presided over the
refreshments stands. These ladies were
assisted by many equally well known So
ciety ladies.
1t is impossible as yet to identify the
victims.
THE Bazaar IN RUINS
At 6:30 y. M. when these details are
telegraphed, the bazaar is a heap of
smoking cinders and ashes. Ambulances
are conveying the recovered bodies to
the Palais De L'Industrie.
The bazaar was 800 feet long by $50
feet wide. and constructed almost en-
tirely of wood.
Enormous crowds of people are gath
ertd around the scene of the fire at l:3U
p. m. Among them are a large number
OF liveried servants inquiring for their
mistresses, and the indications are that
among the dead are a number of the
French aristocracy Twenty corpses and
a number of the most seriously injured
are now in the right wing of the palais
De LIndustrie
Admiral Besnard, the Minister OF Ma
rine arrived upon the scene shortly
after 6 o'clock.
PROBABLY TWO HUNDRED DEAD
Further details just obtained show
that before the firemen could arrive the
roof of the bazaar crushed in. buryina
numbers Of those who had been unable
to make their egress from the building
Very soon after the alarm was given