Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-05-08
A PARTISAN HORROR.
Scores of People of High Degree Killed as
the Result of IA Fire and Panic at n Soci-
ety Functlon-AppallinE Scenes.

scorss of People of High Degree Killed as
tho Result of IA Fire and Panic at soci-
oty Function-Appaliing Scenes.
PARIS, May 5.-Fire broke out at 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in a crowded
charitable bazar, in the Rue Jean
Coujou. Scores of people were burned
to death and there was terrible panic.
One hundred bodies have been recov-
cred, nearly 1so injured people are be-
ing cared for by physicians and many
are reported missing.
The building in which the fire broke
out was temporary structure of wood,
800 feet long and $50 feet wide. The
flames were first discovered above the
stall occupied by the Duchess D'Uzes
and while the place was densely
crowded. The bazar is an annual func-
tion, presided over by the leaders of
Partisan society. A terrible panic and
crush followed the alarm of fire. There
was wild rush for the exits and the
weaker persons were borne down and
| trampled upon. The inhammable ma
ture of the building and contents
caused the flames to spread with great
rapidity, and in II short time the bazaar
was mass of flames.
The whole thing was over in ~ min
utes and nothing remained but the
blackened ruins of the bazar. The
dead were piled in heaps, especially
near the exit, where the charred re-
mains were five feet deep. In some
cases only the trunks remained, with
no vestige of clothing.
| The tiremen soon arrived and COM
pany of infantry followed to clear the
ruins and search for corpses
After the fire cabinet ministers, am
bassadors, noblemen and members OF
the highest circles were around the
ruins, side by side with the poorest,
anXiously inquiring for their missing
relatives. About 80 were saved by
Pere Ambrose and Pere Bailly, who
helped them over the wall with a
ladder to the Office of a newspaper. The
staff of the Hotel Du Palais saved 15t
persons through a barred window
overlooking the bazar, where, while
hotel employees were removing the
bars, they saw three persons burned
to death.
The remains present horrible spec
tacle of limbs burned and twisted. Or
all sides can be seen stretchers piled
with mutilated corpses, skulls split
open and brains exuding.
In most cases the heads of the vic
Tins We're burned to a cinder, ever
when other parts of the body were no
much injured This is explained by
the fact that the thickly tarred roo
fell in blazing masses upon their heads
The building was constructed abou
six months ago. At the time it was re
marked that it would burn like match
wood. The interior was divided int,
shops constructed of painted canvas.
The missing who are supposed to b.
dead include Gen. Munier, the March
ioness De Gallifet, the Countesses D.
Nun and st. Pierre, the Marchiones
De Flores, the Viscountess Hunol
Holstein, Baroness Mackan and Nine
Morlaunelamon, her son and fou
daughters One hundred corpses hav
been laid out in the Palais de rIndus
trie. 1t is believed that another hun
dred are beneath the ruins.
The Duchess d'Alencon, sister of tn
Austrian empress, is among the in
jured, the list of whom includes tn
Duchess d'Uzes and the Confess
SayiDny