The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-05
ALL PARIS MOURNS
FrightfuI Holocaust in a Charity Bazar Thronged
 With Society Leaders.
l16 CORPSES RECOVERED
BUT THUS FAR ONLY SIX HAVE
 BEEN IDENTTFIED.

During the Fire the Structure Collapsed
 Inprisoning Hundreds-Scenes Were
 Enacted That Beggar Description-Many
 Equipages That Awaited Their Owners
 Returned Home Empty-The Whole City
 Frenzied With Excitement and Grief
 One Woman Went Mad, Others Painted
 and the Police With Difficulty Controlled
 the Frantic Mob That Filled all the
 Streets Adjacent to the Scene of the Aw-
 full Disaster-NIinistry Met and Adopted
 Relief Measures-An the Theaters In the
 City Closed Last Night-.Among the Dead
 Are Representatives of Many of the Most
 Prominent Families in tLe City--several
 Paris, May 4-Fire broke out at 4 o'clock this afternoon in a crowded charitable bazar in the Rue Jean Gou- jon at which the Duchess D'Uzes and other we'll known patronesses were known to have been burned to death and there was a terrible panic, during which a large number of persons were injured.
 The bazaar in which the fire broke out was temporary structure of wood. The flames were first discovered above the stall occupied by the Duchess d'Jzes, and while the place was dense- ly crowded with we'll known society people, the holding of the bazar in the cause of charity being an annual func- tion presided over by the leaders of Parsan society. A terrible panic fol- lowed the alarm of fire. There was a wild rush for the exits and the weaker persons were knocked down in the stampede and trampled upon. The in- fiammable nature of the building and it's contents caused the flames to spread with great rapidity, and in a very short time the bazaar was g. mass of flames.
 The manager of the bazar had ar ranged the stalls, etc. so as to repre- sent a street of old Paris, and it was opened yesterday the event having been looked forward to in fashionable society The proceeds of each stall were devoted to a separate charity. The stalls were presided over by Mime. Fevrer, the wife of General Fevrier the Marquise de l'Aigle, Mme Jacobs, the Bonne de la Doucette, the Marquise de St. Michel, the Duchesse 'Uzes, Mime. Magnetic, the Baronne de St. Idier, the Comtesse Dzyalynska, the Marquise Le Ouestier, the Marquise d Argence, the Marquise de Pitti, the Duchesse dAlencon, a member of the Orleans family; Mme d'Arlu, Mime. Boisseaux, Baron F. de Schneider, Mime. Moreau, the Marquise Costa de Beauregard and the Duchesse de Vendome.
 7:30 D. m.-Enormous crowds of peo- pie at his hour gathered around the scene of the fire. Among them were a large number of liveried servants in- quiring for their mistresses. It is hop ed the missing ones may be found among the many injured persons who are being cared for at the hotels, hospi- tals and other places.
 Admiral Besnard, the minister of marine, arrived upon the scene shortly after o'clock.
 Although an alarm was sent out with reasonable promptness the whole wood- en structure was blazing before the firemen could approach the bazar. When they were within a short distance of 1t the roof and almost the whole building collapsed upon the unfortunate people who had not been able to force their way out of the building.
 In spite of the efforts of the firemen some time elapsed before the charred bodies could be pulled from the smok- ing and burning mass of debris, where but a short time before had been so much gaiety.
 The prefect, M. Lepine, was one of the first officials to reach the fire and he di- rected the operations for the recovery of the bodies and distributed the injured among the various houses of the vicin- ity.
 In the meanwhile the pumps played on the burning ruins and as the work progressed and the inquiries became more numerous and pressing, it was seen that the death rate would also be much higher than at first estimated.
 Among the injured are the Duchesse de Latorre, the Princess Kotchonbu, the viscomtesse dAvenel and Mes danes Moreau, Du Breul, Malezieu, Eugene Challemel, Recamier and St. Didier
 The missing, who are supposed to be in the ruins, have not been heard from. Ore hundred corpses have been laid out. It is believed that another hun dred are beneath the ruins.
 The building was erected in the finn siest manner, the nudity of the scaf- folding inside being concealed by tapes try hangings of the most infammable material. Moreover there was only one exit The bazar was in full swing when suddenly, about o'clock, the cry of fire rose in the quarter where the kine- matograph was being exhibited. One of the survivors tells the correspondent of The Associated Press his experi- ence:
 "The place was crammed full of peo- ple and the heat was stifiing. Being very uncomfortable my friends and I determined to leave. but somehow We could not make much headway through