The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-05
A CHASTITY DISASTER
IBOO People Caught Under a.
Burning Bnilding.
ALL PARIS IS FRANTIC;
SOME. OF FRANCES MOST BRIL-
LRANr WOMEN PERISR.
100 DEAD BODIES TAKEN OUT
TFf Il. CREAM OF pARISIAcS " SOCIE
.TY IN FHE BAZAAR.
A SURVIVORS, TAI OE LnPRC6s
lso DEAD BODIES TAKEN OUT
A SURVIVORS, TALE oRHoRROn

A SURVIVORS, TALE OEHORRCM
At the Cryof Fire the Calamity Da~ned
Upon, Anthem Came Suffocaaon.
With. tsae Dying Piled ina. Cru sh--The
Roos Fell in Upon the Agosizing
Struggle For Life. The Dead Are.
Gathered up Piece bv Piece.
Paris, May 4.-Fire broke out at 4
o clock this afternoon, in. a crowded char
liable bazaar in the Rue lean GOujOn,
at which the DucAess D' Uzes and other
well known patronesses were present.
Many people We're burned to death, and
there was q terrible panic. during which
number of persons were injured.
The building in which the fire broke
out was Temporary structure of wood
The flames were discovered above the
stall occupied by the Duchess Dues.
and while the place was densely crowded,
The bazaar is an annual function, pre-
sided over by the leaders Of Partisan So
ciety.
Very soon after the alarm was given,
assistance was hurried to the burning
baZaar. and effective help was rapidly or
ganized between the firemen and the po-
licemen.
Although an alarm was sent out with
reasonable promptness the whole wooden
structure was blazing before the fire.
men could approach the bazaar. The roof
and almost the whole building collapsed,
falling upon the unfortunate people,
many of whom are supposed to have
previously succumbed to the sitting
smoke.
In spite of the efforts of the fremen.
some time elapsed before the charred
bodies could be pulled from the burning
and. smoking mass of debris, covering
the spot which but a short time before
had been a scene of so much gaiety.
The Prefect. NJ. Lepine, was one Of
the first officials to reach the scene, and
he directed the operations for the re-
covery of the bodies, and distributed
the injured among the various houses
of the vicinity.
In the meanwhile the pumps played on
the burning ruins. AS the work progress
ed. and the inquiries became more numer-
ous and pressing, it was seen that the
death rate would be much higher than
at first estimated. The police officials
this evening say they believe it to be GER
tain that the number of deaths would
exceed one hundred. recalling the terrible
fire at the Opera Comique.
1900 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.
The managers Of the bazaar had ar
ranged the stalls, etc, so as to represent
a street of old Paris, and it was opened
yesterday.
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 General Fevrier, the
Marquise De L'Aigle Mime. Macobs,
Barojne Del La Lucette, the Marquise
De ST. Michel, the Duchess Dues
Nine. Mignotte, the Baronne De st.
Idier, the Countess De Dzalysska, the
Marquise lie Gouestier, the Marquise
Di Argence, the Marquise De Pitt, the
Duchesse D'Alencon, a member of the
Orleans family; Nine. D'Arlu. Mime.
BoisseauX, the BaronF. De Schickler
Nine. Mreau, the Marquise Costa De
Beauregard, her royal highness, the
Duchesse De Vendome, the Marquise
De Maison and the Comtesse De Grefful.
nee La ROchefoucauld.
Mile. De Florez presided over the re-
freShment stand.
These ladies were assisted by many
equally well known society ladies.
AS somewhat remarkable coincidence
the stall presided over by the Duchesse
Dues was No. '13."
Over one hundred persons have been
conveyed to the Hotel Du Palais. in the
Court De La Refine, but many of the crit
lcal cases have been Transported to the
Hospital Beaujon.
"A policeman who was on duty at the
doors of the bazaar, says that from 1,500
to 1,SOO people were in the building when
the fire broke out. He adds that the
alarm caused general panic, followed
by terrible rush for the doors, which
were soon choked with people, thus pre-
venting the escape OF many who might
otherwise have been saved. The strong
trampled upon the weak, the young crush
ed the old to the floor.
The bazaar was 600 feet long by 1SO
feet wide. and constructed almost entire
ly of wood.
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. Bu-
langer.
The young Duchesse Dues was, before
her marriage, Nine. Marie De Luines,
daughter of the late Due De Chaulnes.
She was married in Paris on January 10.
1894. in the Chapel of the Convent of
the Sacred Heart, where she was educat-
ed. The Due Dues is the Premier
Duke of France, the creation Of his title
dating back to 1865.
Further details just obtained show
that before the firemen could arrive the
roof Of the bazaar crushed in, burying
numbers Of those who had been unable
10 make their escape from the building.
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