The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-05-14
PARIS FIRE HORROR.
OVER ONE HUNDRED PEO-
PIE BURNED TO DEATH.
Scores OF the Highest Aristocracy Per-
ish-Flre Breaks Out In IA Crowded
Charity Bazar-One of the Most APP
palling of Disasters OF Europe.

in the Rue Jean Goujon at 4:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon caused no fewer
than 100 deaths and the more or less
serious injury of 200 persons. Many
leaders of Partisan society are num-
bered among the dead or wounded.
Most of the victims are women.
The building in which the fire broke
out was a temporary structure of
wood. The flames were first discov-
cred above the stall presided over by
the Duchess Dues, and while the
place was densely crowded. The ba-
Ear is an annual function, presided
over by Partisan society women.
A terrible panic and crush followed
the alarm of fire. There was a wild
rush for the exits and the weaker per-
sons were borne down and trampled
upon.
The inhamable nature of the build
ing and contents caused the flames to
spread with great rapidity, and in a
very short time the bazar was a mass
of flames
Before the firemen could arrive, the
roof of the bazaar crushed in, burying
numbers of those who had been una
BILE to make their egress from the
building
PARIS, May "A somber feeling
pervades every class of society. The
newspapers without exception describe
the disaster at the Grand Bazaar de
Charlie in the sober and simple terms
BETTING so appalling an event. The
catastrophe will always be remem-
bered as one of the most fearful that
ever befell European city. Nothing
comparable in loss of life has ever oc-
Cured here, except the fire which de-
stroyed the Opera Comique in 1887.
That disaster happened in the same
month of the year, and eighty persons
were burned to death, while forty five
were officially registered as missing.
1t is now estimated that there were
about 1000 persons in the building
when the fire was discovered, about
half of whom escaped unhurt. Some
estimates place the number of dead at
143, Others at still higher figure.
The amount of administrative negli-
gence surrounding the catastrophe is
almost inconceivable The structure
was so combustible that many of the
victims must have been burned alive,
without suffocation No sort of in
spection seems to have been made in
advance by the municipal or police au-
thorities or by the perfect of police.
NJ Lepine, the project of police, who
is severely censured for lack OF proper
supervision of the preparatory ar
rangements, says, in excuse, that the
patrons and patronesses of the bazaar
were reactionists and he feared that If
he meddled with their programme
they would say he was trying to sup
press a Roman Catholic enterprise
Nj. Faure has received kilograms of
coincidence from Queen Victoria, the
Emperor Nicholas, the Emperor Will
lam, King Humbert and other sover-
eigns, all couched in terms of the
deepest sympathy
The police announce that III bodies
have been recovered. Of these, 81
have been positively identified, The
number of corpses by no means repre-
sents the number of persons who lost
their lives, as it is certain that many
were burned to ashes.
Among the dead who have been
identified are the following: Comtesse
DHora, the Duchess d'Alencon, sister
of the empress of Austria; the Baronne
Elizabeth ST. Martin, the Nicomtess
Marie Bonneval, Sister GuinouX, the
superior of the sisters at the Convent
of st. Vincent de Paul at Rainey; the
Comtesse ST. Pierre, the Baronne st.
Didier, Nine. Florez, wife of the Span
ish consul; the Comtesse Miramel, the
Comtesse Brodcrville, Sister Leoni
Guillame, the Comtesse Holstein, the
Marouise de Maison, Nine. Hocllier,
wife of the well known Russian bank
er; General Meunier, the Duchess de
st. Dldier, the Baron Caruel de st.
Martin. the Baron de Laumont, the
Baron de Mackou, the Comtesse de
Nun. Comtesse de Serrurier, the Com
Jesse de Guffulhe, Comtesse de la Blet-
terc, Comtesse de Vallin, Comtesse de
Subersac, Comtesse Carayo Tour,
Vicomtesse de MalseiuX, Nine. Moreau,
her son and four daughters, Sister
Gilhous, Sister Virginie Thomazeau,
the mother superior of the Sisters OF
st. Andre, Sister Julie Garivet, Father
Marbeau, Baron DeShonlay, the Comte
DeBonual Vicomte De st. Pierrer, the
Vicomte DeChevigny, Nine. Zurrire
the wife of one of the most prominent
generals in the French army; Nine.
Wirned. the wife of General Wirned
Nine Chevals, the wife OF General
ChevalS.
There are nineteen bodies still un
identified, among which must be those
of the Comtesse DeLupe and Nine
Nitot's second daughter, both of whom
are missing.
Mrs. Porges was the only American
victim. She was Miss Weisweiller
Her daughter accompanied her to the
bazaar and escaped uninjured. The
Porges family reside in Vienna.
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