The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-05

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Cat on All Escape.
PARIS, May I.-Flre broke out at 4
o'clock this afternoon in a crowded
charitable bazaar IN a temporary wood
en- building. In the Rue Jean-Guopon, at
which the Duchess d'Urzes and other
well known patronesses were present,
Many people were burned to death and
there was n terrible panic during which
number OF persons were injured. The
loss OF life may reach two hundred.
The managers OF the bazaar had ar
! ranged the stalls so as 90 represent n
street OF old Pnris and It was opened
yesterday.
The proceeds Of the sales at each stall
were devoted to n separate charity. The
stalls were presided over by Nine. Few
/ rier, the wife OF General Fevrler, and
many other titled ladies', who represent
| ed the arlstOcratlc circles OF France. As
n somewhat remarkable coincidence, the
stall presided over by the Duchesse
d'UrZes was No. 10. Il Is impossible as
yet 10 Identify the victims.
The DowaGer DucheSse d'Urzes Is one
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| and Is said 20 have provided 100000
francs for propaganda OF General Boul-
/ anger
The young Duchesse d'Urzes was, be-
fore her marriage, Nine. Marie de Lutn-
es, daughter OF the late Due de ChRul-
mes. She was married in Paris, on jan
| uary 10, 1894, in the chapel OF the con-
vent OF the Sacred Heart, where she
was educated. The Due d'Urzes Is the
premier duke Of France, the creation oil
his title dating back TO 1866,
Enormous crowds OF people are gath
erinR around the scene OF the fire at
20 D, m. Among them are q large num-
Der OF servants. InqulrlDg for their mis-
tresses, and the indications are that
among the dead are number ofFrench
nristocracy, although X Is hoped that
the missing ones may be found among
the Injured who are at the hotels, hos
pItals or other places.
Further details Just obtained show
that before the hremen could arrive, the
roof OF the bazaar crushed In, buTying
numbers OF those who had been unable
10 make their egresB from the building.
Although an alarm was sent out with
reasonable promptnesS, the whole wood
en- structure was blazing before the
firemen could approach the bazaar. the
roof and almost the whole building coll
One hundred corpSes have been laid
out in the PalRIs de rIndustrie. 1t is be-
Ileved that another hundred are be-
meath the ruins.
The building was erected In the film
slest manner, the nudity Of the scaf-
folding inside being concealed by tap
eEtry hanginEs OF the most infiamable
material. Moreover, there was only one
exit.
AThrilIInE story.
The bazaar was in full swing when
suddenly about o'clock. the cry OF fire
rose In the quarters where the Klnema-
tomaEraph was being exhibited. One OF
the survivors tells to the correspondent
OF the Associated Press his experience.
THE place was crammed fun OF peo-
ple and the heat was sitting. Being
very uncomfortable, my friends and l
determined TO leave. but somehow We
could not make much headwAy through
the thronE toward the door. / Jagged n
little behind as / was offered nosegay
by q stallholder, when oil OF n sudden
the shout OF fire was raised. Instantly
ull was commotion.
eve tried 90 keep cool, but the rush
from behind forced us forward ana
we were separated. Then tried to work
my way back, but wns carried on my
feet and carried backward and forward
in the swayinH crowd. ! lost my hat,
then my coat was torn on, and then my
Waist-coat. All this happened In few
"fmmedIateIy the full extent OF the
calamity dawned upon US oil.
"The flames spread with startling ra-
nIdlty through the whole buildinE,whlch
rumbled like living furnace. but the
uproar OF the contlagrntlon could not
drown the Groans and cries OF the ago
nlEed crowd. Gradually found myselt
pushed back against the wall OF the
building and finally succeeded IN
scrambllnE through an opening made
nv some OF those who were near me,
Two seconds later would have been q
victim, for hardly had struggled
through the hole beioreI heard a dread
fuI crash. rs the blazing roof fell In.
II cannot describe the struggle for
life which ensued. No words can de-
pIct the horror OF the scene. II seems as
/ look back upon It like a hldeous
nightmare. The whole thing was over
In twelve minutes and nothing remain
ed but the ch1rred and blackened ruins
OF the baZaar."
Dsad Piled In Heaps.
The dead were piled in heaps and es-
pecIaIly near the exit where the charred
remains were 1--WE feet deep. In some
cases only the trunks remained with no
vestlge OF clothing.
The flremen arrived at 6 and COM
| many OF infantry followed TO clear the
ruins and search for corpses. The news
spread like wild.nre. All the cabinet
ministers now IN Paris went immedi-
ateIy to the scene. Hundreds or equip
| pages strcamed along the Champs
d'Elysee, their occupants with anxious
nud tear-stlined faces, inqulring FOR
their relatives. There were many heart
rendIng scenes OF grief and despair.
one lady rushed about frnntlcally call
Ing her daughter by name. Some one
told her the girl was safe. whcreupon,
she Jumped danced, screamed, then
rushed to the cOachman 10 tell him to
drive home, and fell In dead swoon.
Another lady went Insane. \ third
Imagined In her frenzy that she rdeoq-
nized her daughters dress. and hvstcr-
lcllIy called upon her husband TO tcll
the police 60 prevent the child from go-
Ing to the bazaar. Cabinet ministers,
ambassadors. noblcmcn and members
OF the highest social and financial clr-
cIes were side by side with the lowllcst
and the poorest. anXiously inquiring FOR
their missing relatives About thirty
were saved by Pcrc Amb0lse and Perc
Bailey, who helped them over the wall
with u ladder TO the printing room OF