San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-05
THE PARIS HORROR.
OVER Two HUNDRED LIVES LOST
IN THE FIRF.
So Far One Hundred And Eleven Oharred
Remains Recovered, Most Of Them
Beyond Recognition

Paris, May 5.-A terrible fire at the
Grand Bazaar Charity instituted tenn
porary wooden structure about 100
yards long and 60 yards wide, erected
in Rue Jean Goujon for the annual
charity fair which all the most
prominent society ladies of Paris pat
ronize, has thrown the French capital
into mourning. The confiagration,
which broke out shortly after o'clock
yesterday in a acknowledgement booth
near the stall of the Duchess Dues,
while from 1,500 to 1000 people were
present, is believed to have caused the
loss of over two hundred lives.
AS this dispatch is sent early We'd
nesday morning Ill charred corpses
have been recovered, together with
twelve portions of bodies whose iden-
tity may never be established.
Since o'clock this morning crowds
of people have been flocking to the
Palais Del Industrie where many of
the bodies and a large number of the
, injured have been taken. Search for
the dead continues in the ruins. GUAM
titles of coins, watches, rings, neck
laces and bracelets have been picked
up in the debris. AS soon as the bodies
are claimed by anxious relatives and
others who are searching for the miss
ing and who have been lowering in
dispair about this spot throughout the
night, they are placed in carriages held
in waiting and taken to their former
homes.
The scene at night was a remark
able one. Long lines of infantry were
drawn in a Gordon around the dreadful
spot. Bonfires and torches, electric
lights and gas jets, used to illuminate
the scene, reflected upon the bayonets
and accoutrements of the soldiers and
threw the CHASTITY illumination upon
the houses in the vicinity, the windows
of which were crowded during most
of the night with people watching the
work of horror. Every now and then
a hearse would be called from the line
of vehicles stationed in close proximi-
ty to the scene of the fire and a black
mass of what was but so recently joy
Gus humanity, would be tenderly lift
ed into it and another unfortunate VIC
tim of the conf1agration would be taken
to one of the temporary morgues in
Palaise Del Industrie or the neighbor-
ing hospital of Beaujon. Frequently
as many as a dozen hearses were
gathered together in the court yard
of Palais Del Industrie, and opposite
the entrance of that building hundreds
of collins are placed ready to receive
the bodies of those who persisted in
the horrible stampede, and which sub
seduently in most cases are charred
beyond recognition.
f1I1n tV,pr bod Toe
have been recognized:
Mile Henrietta Hinipsdal, Baroness
Elizabeth st. Martin, Vicomtez Maria
Bonneval, Sister GuinouX, Superior
Sisters Convent st. Vincent de Paul,
Atrainey, Mile de Grancy, Confess St.
DEERE. Mile Laurent Cosiline, Mile
L. c. Hiviny, Nine F'lorse, wife of the
Spanish consul, Confess Maram, Com
tesse Brodelville, NJ. Victor Cosselin,
Sister Leonie Gullame, Nine Hoss-
man. MIME Schlumberger, Comtesse
Homelistein, Marquise Des Moison,
MIME Hockier, wife of the well known
Russian banker, Nine Poitevin, MIME
Jacauez Hausmann, daughter of NJ
Shevilly, Nine Mandat Grancy.
Among the seriously injured are the
following:
Duchess De Latorre, Comtesse De
Raincy, Comte De Montielair, Comte
de Devisin, MIME Recamier, NM
Laume, MIME Hister, Nine Eduard
Andre. MIME ode Lateur Dupin, NINE
Malezieux. Nine Febrve, Vicomtesse
De Lucay, Marquise de Lubersacus.
Nine Rafaolli, wife of the well known
painter, had her face burned but her
eyes escaped injury; Mile Rafaolli,