Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-05-06

Paris, May 5.-Fire broke out At
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in crowded
charitable bazaar in the Rue jean
GCujon, at which the Duchess dues
and other we'll known patronesses We're
present. Many people were burned to
death and there was a terrible panic
during which number OF persons We're
injm ed. Thirty bodies have been re-
covered, thirty-tive injured people are
being cared for by physicians, and over
800 are reported missing.
The building i'll which the fire broke
out was temporary structure of wood.
The flames were discovered abo.e the
stall occupied by the Duchess dues,
and While the place was densely crowd
ed. The bazaar is an annual function
presided over by the ladies Of Partisan
society. A terrible panic and crush fol
lowed the alarm of fire There was a
wild rush for the exits and the weaker
persons We're borne down and trampled
upon. The intlammable nature of the
building and contents caused the
flames to spread with great rapidity
and in very short time the bazar was
n mass of flames. The bodies of thirty
victims of the confagration, mostly
women, We're afterwards recovered and
laid out on the sidewalks.
Later it was found that the number
OF injured is greater than was at first
estimated Over 100 persons were con-
Veyed to the Hotel du Palais, in the
Cour de la Refine, but many of the crit
ical cases have been transported to the
Hospital Beaugon.
A policeman who was on duty at the
doors of the bazar says that from 1000
to 1900 people were in the building
when the fire broke out.
The managers of the bazaar had
arranged the stalls 50 as to represent
streets of old Paris and it was opened
Monday. The proceeds of the sales at
the stalls were to be devoted to char
lty. The stalls were presided over by
well-known society ladies. AS some
what remarkable coincidence the stall
presided over by Duchess Dues was
number 10. She was one of the most
prominent women in France, and is
said to have provided 100000 francs
for the propaganda of Gen. Boulagner
Enormous crowds of people gathered
around the scene of the fire. Among
them We're large number of liveried
servants nquiring for their mistresses
and the indications are that among the
dead are a number of the French arts
tOcracy. Before the tiremen arrived,
the roof af the bazaar crushed in, July
ing number of those who We're I'M
able to make their escape. In spite OF
the efforts of the firemen some time
elapsed before the chalred bodies could
be pulled from the smoking mass of
debris. Police officials say that they
believe it to be certain that the number
of deaths will exceed 100. Among
the injured are Duchess De La Tore,
Princess Kotchonbly, Viscountess Ed
'Avenel and Mesdames Moreau, Du
Brouil, Malziux, Eugene, Challemel,
Recamir and st. Didier.
The missing who are supposed to be
dead include Gen. Meuicr, Marchion-
ess De Gallifet, Duchess DAlecon,
Countesses De Munanst Perier, Mar
chioness De Flores, Viscountess Hunol
Holstein, Baroness Mackan, wife of the
leader of proratsts in the chamber Of
deputies.
Policemen have been deputed to pick
out por lions of the remains and wrap
them in pieces of cloth to be trans
ferred to Pailis d Industry. On all
sides can be seen stretchers piled with
mutilated corpses, skulls split open and
brains exuding.
Duchess D'Aencon, sister of the
Austrian empress, is among the in
jured, the list of whom also includes
Duchess Dues, Comtesse Savigny and
Mile. d La Boulaye.
1t appears that the fire originated on
the left side Of the bazaar. The illu-
minating apparatus Of the kinemato-
graph exploded and set fire to the
Turkish curtains and hangings.