Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-05-13
Paris Fire Horror

Paris Fire Horror.
Fire broke out at o'clock tuesday af
sernoon in a crowded charitable bazaar in
the hue Jean Goujon, at which the Ouch
ess Dues and other well-known patron
esses were present. The bazaar was open
ed for the first time Tuesday, and the
stalls were in charge of the most prom
inent people in the capital.
One hundred corpses were quickly laid
out in the Palais de rIndustrie. It is
Deheved that another hundred are be-
meath the ruins. Among the injured, who
number $50, are the Duchesse de La
Tore, the Princess Kotchonbuy, the Wis
countess D'Avenel and Mesdames Mo-
reau, DuBrouil, Malesiux, Eugene, Chal-
aemel, Recamier and ST. Didier.
Unable to Escape.
The building was erected in the finn
sHst manner, the nudity of scaffolding
being concealed by infammable tapestry
hangings. Moreover, there was only one
exit. The bazaar was in full swing, when
the cry of fire rose in the quarter where
the kinematograph was being exhibited.
Before the fremen could arrive the roof
of the bazaar crushed in, burying numbers
Of those who had been unable to make
their egress, many of whom are supposed
to have previously succumbed to the
sitting smoke. The building was con-
structed about six months ago. At the
time it was remarked that it would burn
like matchwood. The interior was di-
vided into shops la old Paris, construct
ed of prettily painted canvas.
Recovering the Dead and Injured.
The project, NJ. Lepine, was one of the
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directed the operations for rescue and dis
tributed the injured among the various
houses of the vicinity.
The dead were piled in heaps and near
the exit the charred remains were five
feet deep. In some cases only the trunks
remained, with TO yestige of clothing
The tiremen and a company of infantry
followed to clear the ruins and search
for corpses. The news spread like wild
fire. All the cabinet ministers in Paris
went Immediately to the scene Hun
dreds of equipages streamed along the
Champs Elysees, their occupants, with
anxious and tearstained faces, inquiring
for their relatives.
Many Heartrending Scenes.
There were many heartrending scenes
of grief and despair. Cabinet ministers,
ambassadors, noblemen and members of
the highest social and financial circles
were side by side with the lowliest and
the poorest, anxiously inquiring for their
missing relatives. About thirty were
saved by Pere Ambrose and Pere Bailly,
who helped them over the wall with lad
der to the printing room of the newspaper
La Croix. The staff of the Hotel du
Palais lent valuable assistance and saved
$50 persons through a barred window
overlooking the bazaar, where while the
hotel employees were carrying away the
bars, they saw three persons burned to
death.
Corpses Terribly Mutilated.
Policemen, their hands covered with
gloves, have been deputed by the project
of police to pick out the portions of re-
mains and to wrap them in pieces of cloth,
to be transferred in ambulances to the
Palais de TIndustrie. The remains pre-
sent horrible spectacle of limbs burned
and twisted.
Arrangement of the Bazaar.
The proceeds of the sales at each stall
were devoted to a separate charity. The
stalls were presided over by Nine. Few
rier, the wife of Gen. Fevrier; the Mar
quse de l'Aig,e, Nine Maco'bs, Barojne
del la Lucette the Marquse de st.
Michel, the Duchesse d'UZes, Nine. Mig
notte, the Baronne de Stoldier, the Com
Jesse Dzalynska. the Marquise lie Goues-
tier, the Marquise di Argence, the Mar
quise de Pitt, the Duchesse d'Alencon,
d member of the Orleans family; Nine.
d'Arlu, Nine. Boisseaux, the Baronne +.
de Schckler, Nine. Moreau, the Mar.
quise Costa de Beauregard, her royal
highness the Duchesse de Vendome, the
Marquise de Maison and the Comtesse
de Grefful. Mdlle. de FloreZ presided over
the refreshment stand. These ladies were
assisted by many equally well-known So
ciety ladies, and all persisted.
The dowager Duchesse Dues is one
of the most prominent women in France,
and is said to have provided 100000
francs for the propaganda of Gen. Bou-
LANCER. The Due Dues is the premier
duke of France, the creation of his title
dating back to 1868.
AS soon as President Faure heard OF
the disaster he sent the most pressing In
uuiries for full particulars to the project
of police. All the theaters in Paris closed
at night.
At midnight it was learned the wound
ed number at least $50. Nine. Flores,
wife of the Spanish consul, expired at the
Hospital Beaujon where are several 9TH
ers injured. NJ Faure has visited the
hospital and the Palais de rIndustrie to
pay his respects to the dead.