The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-05-08
SCORES DIED IN AGONY
BURNING OF A FLIMsE STRUCTURE,
CROWDED TO THE DOORS.
Fashionable Bazar of Paris Is Con-
vcrted Into Funeral Pyre of
Titled Danes.

Paris, May 5.-Fire broke out yesterday
afternoon in a crowded charitable bazaar
in Rue Jean Goujon. at which Duchess
d. zzes and other well known patronesses
were present Many people were burned
to death. There was terrible panic dur
ing which a numDer of people were in
jured The building in which the fire
broke out was a temporary structure.
Flames were discovered above the stall
occupied by the Duchess d'Uzzes, while
the place was densely crowded. The
bazaar is an annual function presided
over by leaders of Partisan society. There
was wild rush for exits and older per-
sons were borne down and trampled upon.
The infiammable nature of the building
and its contents caused the flames to
spread with great rapidity and in short
time the bazaar was mass of flames.
The bodies of 30 victims of the conllagra-
ton, mostly women, were recovered and
laid out on the sidewalk, where the
corpses formed a CHASTITY spectacle.
over hundred people have been con-
veyed to the Hotel du Falais but many
critical cases have been transported to
the Hospital Beaugoin. The policemen
on duty at the doors of the bazaar say
from 1900 to 1900 people were in the build
ing when the fire broke out. The alarm
caused a rush for the doors, which were
soon choked with people, thus preventing
the escape of many who might otherwise
have been saved. The strong trampled
upon the weak young crushed the old to
the floor Heartrending cries arose, soon
followed by shrieks of agony the
flames swept upon the crowds struggling
for the exit.
The follow ing bodies have been identi-
fled:
They are those Of Nine Henriette
Hanixadal, Baroness elizabeth st. Martin,
Viscountess Marie Bonneval, Sister Gui-
nox, the superior of the sisters of the
so 81 Do,
de Grancy and the Comptesse st. Perier,
the Comptesse Mirimel the Comptesse
Broderville, M. Victor Cosselin, Sister
Leonie Gillaume, Mesdames Haussmann
and Shlumberger, Comptesse Humotstein,
the Marquise des Maison Nine. Won
Timesile. Nine. Heskier, wife of the well
known Russian banker, Nine. Poileyin,
Nine, Jacques Hausman, the daughter of
M. SheVilly and Mile. Mandal-GrdEcey.
Other bodies supposed to be recognized
arc those of the Baroness st. Didier. Mime.
Laron, Nine. Cessolin and Nine. Che
vigny.
The wounded are now known to number
at least $50. Madame Flores the wife of
the Spanish CONSUL expired at the Hos
pital Beaujon, where there are several
others injured. Among the badly Injured
are the Duchess de IN Terre, the Com
Jesse Roancey, Count Montclair, Count
Devisin, Mesdames Macedo. Rocdmier
de Laume, Hyster Edouar1 Andre, de la
Tour Dupin- and Malezieux, and M
| Debvre.
1t is impossible yet TO ascertain with
any degree of certainty the number of vic
/ Tins, but 1t is stated that there are liz
corpses in the Palais de l'Industrie
| 1t is now noticed that in most cases
the heads OF the victims were burned tC
a cinder even when other parts of the
! bodies We're not much injured. This is
| explained by the fact that the lhickly
tarred roof fen in blazing masses upor
/ the heads.
There was no sign of the masonry
gardens and other structural parts thai
are usually left after a big freThe whole
edifice was reduced to ashes with heal
of charred corpses rs the most notceabl
object. The ground was a solid mass
of debris, of clothes, boots and shoes
coins, keys and miscellane Gus objects oil
sale at the stalls. While the fire was il
progress the faces of the people in the
! crowd and in the windows overlooking the
| scene told an awful tale of the horror.
| they were Witnessing. All the mansion:
in the vicinity have been converted int
temporary hospitals