New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-07
-1r GREAT PARIS TRAGEDY.
reA1 DEMAND TO HAVE THE RE-
sPoNsIBILIrY FIXED.

,v or THE HEROIC DEATH OF THE DuCHDSsD
.rpxooS-GENERAL MEUNIER AMONG
YESTERDAYS DEAD.
r,-,s Nav 6-with the exception OK the So
,.us, newspapers the whole press associates
~.,s with the profound sorrow which has over
~ the upper classes of French society. Inc
osrs point out that the responsibility Tot the
go st the charity bazaar on Tuesday afternoon
..,,,,ing in tho death of probably ore hundreo
"a aftv persons. must ne nxeo. They repSoach
=. Prefecture of Police for not having taken
uroper precautions
The Government has ordered all the supsiuizeo
.n,res 70 be closed until Saturday as mark
:, respect for the dead.
carsral Meunier who was severely burned
those death was enormously reported yes
81. -,.v died at noon to-day. To the list Of VIC
''-,s must also be added these names:
, ss ns sFE AIExA NM: 49,
Ane rIGGRn6TT pr ROCKET MANURE.
s sns SiiNsKY.
ME. de Chivilly and the Vicomtesse dave
al died to-day. The other names In the list
ara those Of persons just identihed' ohiy nVe
h,iies remain unidentified
81 bodv Of the Duchesse d'Alencon was
- in 4 coffin this afternoon in the presence
VI Baron Lambert and Colonel de Perci-
80, who signed their names on the sealed coffin.
r.1 7,,c de vendome her son. was also present.
:, Sc stated that Mile. de l. (name not
-, IN flll according to the custom Of French
s,snapersl the daughter of a well-known colo
~, T;sited the Due de Nendome yesterday and
onea;ed a conversation she had with the Duch-
esse dAlencon Just before the catastrophe
,ans de l. referred 10 the courageous con-
Snct Of the Duchesse afterthe fire broke out. and
- was talking TO the Duchesse in front OF the
,av where I was assisting, when heard cry
If fire and Immediately said to the Duchesse'
let Us go madam. Come al once
THE Duchesse replied: No. NOT yet. Let US
give the visitors time to get outside.
~ saw the crowd rush for the exits, and the
danes spreading from hanging 70 hanging
around us while drops Of burning tar fell upon
US ! took the Duchesse by the waist ana was
dragging her away. | repeated You mus'
cone. madam. dragged her few PAGES but
win a brusque movement she released herselr
repeating NO, no. will remain
"As was suffocating and as the names nae
already reached US. was compelled TO ABANDON
har She stood motionless then TOOK rev
steps toward her stall, her eyes uplitted 70
heaven as though seeing visions ana thaI was
Tbs report that the Conntesse Castenane. for
nerly Miss Anna Gould. was among the miss
ng is pure invention. po~,,
today adopted a resolution setting forth ina
the Chamber Is deeply pained at the terrlple
nJs>CrtunA which has lust caused the premature
death OF so many prominent persons ana eS
presses its most keen and most sincere 81 M
rathv and sends to the families OF the vlcun's
~ cove their lives in the cause OF charity ana
benevolence the assurance of its deep ana re-
spectful coincidence" 49,.
cable message has been received mere Iron
c. Erancisco saving that the French colony
Of that city is deeply moved at the catastropne
which has plunged so many families here intc
mourning. and expresses confidence Win the
sufferers