The herald., 1897-05-05
wood. The interior was divided into
shops, a la old Paris, constructed Of pref
tily painted canvas.

MISS BUSHBECK'S STORY
The correspondent Of the Associated
Press had an interview with Miss Elsie
Bushbeck Of Philadelphia. who. with the
Misses Hawthorne and Bushbeck, was
one OF the few who escaped, although not
uEscathed. Miss Bushbeck said: II was a
saleswoman at booth No. 10, near the
place where the fire originated. I arrived
at 4:10 with my friends. We stopped to
look around the bazaar and stopped at
lottery wheel, where I won a bunch of
asparagus. Just then, happening to
turn around, I saw and called my friends
attention to a flicker in the corner of
the wall, about fifteen yards away.
Hardly had done SO when gentleman
behind me cried: Fire. ladies, hasten
OUT and hustled me toward the door
rather roughly, but fortunately for me.
AS this was my second experience un-
der such circumstances, I advised my two
friends to raise their skirts In the front
SO they would not stumble over them.
1--WE were then just stepping on the
first Of the three steps leading out of the
building.
Turning my head to look back, saw
the whole place in flames. At my left
I caught a glimpse Of an old lady emerg-
ing from an adjacent door and saw her
stumble on her skirts The next instant
quite twenty persons piled on top of
her. I crossed the street and turned
around to face the fire, but already the
heat was so intense that 1t scorched me,
and I was obliged to raise my hands to
protect my face. When the roof fell In
with terrible crash certainly no more
,{,,,. h al az
first warning. Such was the intensity
OF the heat that saw fireman's jacket
ignited and several of the horses were
bady singed. Out of the pile Of persons
who fell near the door none were saved.
All were burned in a moment. OF the
four nuns at my booth two were saved
ard one of three blind girls who were
engaged there. The visitors were for the
most part ladies gorgeously dressed"
The Duchess D'Alencon, sister of the
Austrian empress, is among the injured,
the list of whom includes the Duchess
D'Uzes, the Comtesse Savingy and Mile.
De la Boulaye.
EMPTY EQUIPAGEs
In the streets adjacent to the bazaar
were long lines of sumptuous equipages
Many Of them returned empty, their
owners being dead. The others were
seen moving off with occupants injured
in head or limb, in many cases with
faces streaming with blood
The search in the debris will continue
all night. 1t appears that the fire or
iginated on the left side Of the bazaar.
The illuminating apparatus Of the XII
netematograph exploded and set f1re'tc
the Turkish curtains and hangings.
In a. few moments the flames spread
along the whole side Of the bazaar.
The public threw themselves instinct
lively to the right side OF the building.
which backed on the high wall of ar
adjoining edifice. The bazaar altogeth-
er had. eight doors, three In front and
one on the left side.. and in the rear
four like French windows, which were
especially reserved for employees. The
crowd near the main entrances was
unable to escape. but those at the other
| end, not knowing Of the doors reserved
for the employees, found themselves
hemmed in.
As the fire spread the pressure on
the right side, where there were no
exits. kept steadily increasing. Here
number Of victims were crushed to
0CdtAs. 41aRRlly ftAS wal VI l1lC I1OlCl
Du Palais, against which the bazaar
backed, furnished barred window. I'M
mediately on the alarm being given the
servants hurriedly broke the bars and
were able to rescue a large number of
persons.
Suddenly above the roar of flames
were heard the cries Of terror and de-
spairing appeals for help from the cul
de sac end, where the unfortunates
were being< burned alive. The firemen
threw hundreds Of buckets of water
on them from above, at the greatest
risk to themselves But their coura-
geous efforts were all in vain. The fire
made furious headway. Cries of de-
spair arose outside, in the avenue Mon
taigue, the Place Alma and the Rue
Francois. adjacent streets On all these
thoroughfares there was a veritable
fight of people, mostly women without
skirts, their feet naked and their cloth
ing either burned or torn off Every
available f1acre was taken by assault
The whole of the highest society in
Paris is in horrible pell nell, a prey
to the deepest despair; husbands seek
ing and calling for wives, and fathers
seeking and calling for daughters. One
young woman still wearing on her
breast the badge Of a stall attendant
was seen rushing about in her petit
coat, her dress being torn Off to throw
over lady who was in flames Her
one anxiety was 2, find her parents and
tell them of her safety.
SCENES OF HORROR
Words would fail to describe the hor-
ror Of the scene at the Palais de pIndus-
trie, where the bodies are exposed on the
side next to the Avenue Banton, in
portion of the building now in course of
demolition. Here, in large room rude
~ covered with rough planks and on
sheets spread over planks. the bodies as
they arrived from the ambulances arc
being placed in three long rows Here
is exemplified death by fire with all its
horrors-bodies completely nude, limbs
twisted in the writings of agony, some
still having shreds of clothing which as
sist in recognition in spite of horrible
Disagreement, bones visible through
f1re-eaten flesh, some mere skeletons or
grinning skulls blackened with smoke.
BODIES RECOGNIZED
At $50 p. m. only six bodies have been
recognized with certainty. These are
Nine Henriette Hanihadal, Baroness
Elizabeth st. Martin, viscountess Marie
Bonneval Sister Guinox, the Superior
Of the Sisters of the convent Of st. VIM