New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-05
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.

DETAILS OF I6E DlSAS fIh
Paris May 4-Fire broke out after 4
o'clock this afternoon III a crowded charity
bazaar IN the Rue Jean-Goujon. Of which the
Duchesse d'Uzes and other well-known women
were patronesses. More than one hundred peo-
PIE were burned TO death, and there was
terrible panic in which large number Of per-
sons were injured
The building in which the fire broke out was
.or,nororv structure Of wood. The flames
were first discovered above the stall occupied
bv the Duchesse dues while the place was
densely crowded with well-known people The
holding Of the bazaar in the cause OF charity
,s en- annual function, presided over by the Lead
ers Of Paris society A terrible panic ana crush
followed the alarm Of fire There was a VIII
rush for the exits, and the weaker persons were
+rampled on after having been knocked down
IN the stampede. The inhammable nature OF 'he
buuding and its contents caused the names 10
snrAad with great rapidity and in very snort
time the place was a mass of flame.
SOME NOTED VICTIMS.
Az $40 D. m. only six bodies had been recos
,,zed with certainty. They were the podies Oh
Mile Henriette Hinihsdal. Baroness Efzaoe'h 0'
Martin. viscountess Marie Bonnevai' sister
c,roux the Superior of the Sisters Of the Con-
,er+ of ST. Vincent De Paul at Raincy; Mile de
Grancy and the Comtesse st. Perrier othsr
bodie. supposed to be recognized are these OF
,be baroness ST. Didier. Nine. Laurent Cossen
and Mile. Chevigny. the Comtesse Mirimei' the
Corn+esse Rroderville and Victor Cosselin, sister
1.eonie Guillaume and Mines. Haussmann anu
schlumberger Other names must still be ac-
cepted with reserve
At II o'clock the Duchesse D'Aencon had not
vet returned home. The Duke was slightly IN
-ured The Duchesse who is a sister OF the Aus
tr,an Empress, is said to be among the slightly
injured
The list Of injured also includes the Duchesse
d'Uzes. the Comtesse savigny and Mile. de La
boulave. the Duchesse de La Tore the Princesse
Kotcbonbev. the Vicomtesse dAvenel and Mes
6ames Moreau. Du Breuil. Malazieux Eugene
Challemel and Recamier.
The missing who are supposed to be dead In
clude General Meunier. the Marchioness de Gal
u,et the Countesses de Munard st. Perier, the
uarcbioness de Flores. the Viscountess Hunol
UoIste,n Baroness Mackau, wife OF the leader
Of the pro-Rallsts in the Chamber Of Deputies
and Nine. Morlaunelamon. her son and four
daughters.
The wounded are now known to number at
least $50 Nine F1orez. wife Of the Spanish
Consul, expired at the Hospital Beau1on' "here
are several others Of the injured.
THE BAZAAR AND ITS MANAGERS.
The managers Of the bazaar had arranged the
place TO represent street of Old Paris. IL was
opened yesterday The building was MADE al
most entirely Of wood. 1t was hundred yarns
long and sixty yards wide. 1t was built about
six months ago. The proceeds Of each stall were
devoted TO a separate charity The stalls were
presided over by Nine. Fevrier, wife or Generai
Fevrler; the Marquise de rAigle' Nine. Jacops'
the Baronne de la Doucette, the Marqulse ue 81
Michel. the Duohesse dues, Nine. Mlsnoue'
the Raronne de st. Older. the Comtesse De%-
yaynska the Marquise lie Goues'ier' the MAJ
quise dArgence the Marquise de r't'i, tne
Ducbesse d'Alencon. Nine. de Waru, Nine. Bois-
seaux Baroness +. de Schickler, Nine Moreau'
the Marquise Costa de Beaure gard the Duchesse
do vendoroe the Marduise de MasOn and the
Comtesse de Grehfule. nee Chimay. Mile. ue
Florez presided over the refreshiheht S'"""'
These women were assisted by many o'hers
equally well known The stall presided over Dy
the Duchesse dues was No. ID
Ambulances conveyed the recovered BODIES 10
the Palas de rIndustre. One hundred anu
fifty injured persons were'taken TO the Hotel du
Palais in the Cour de la Refine, and many or
the critical cases were transported 10 the HOS
pital Peaujon.
POLICEMAN'S STORY
A policeman who on duty at the doors OF
the bazaar says that from 1.500 to 1.SOO people
were in the building when the fire broke out
He adds that the alarm caused q general panic.
followed by a terrible rush for the Coors. which
were soon choked with people. thus preventing
the escape of many who would otherwise have
been saved The strong trampled upon the
weak and the young crushed the old to the
floor. Heartrending cries of fear arose on all
Sides soon followed by shrieks Of agony as the
fames, sweeping onward behind the crowd
struggling for the doors. claimed victim after
victim and swallowed up stall after stall with
frightful rapidity.
Enormous crowds Of people gathered around
the of the fire. Among them were large