Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-05-07
WOE IN PARIS.
Si5e Breaks Out in q Bazaar
Crowded with People.
TERRIBLE RUSH FOR LIFE ENSUES.
b the Panic Many Are Trampled to
Death, While Others Fall Victims
60 the Flames-More Than 100
Dead, and $50 Injured.


60 the Flames-More Than 100
Dead, and $50 Injured.
Paris, May 5-Fire broke out at four
o'olook Tuesday afternoon in n crowded
charitable bazaar in Rue Jean-Goujon,
~ which the Duchess d. uzes and other
Well-known patronesses were present.
More than 100 persons are known to
Aaye persisted, and it is feared the num-
ber will reach 200. The known wounded
number 1870.
The building in which the fire broke
out was temporary structure of wood.
4hA flames were first discovered above
Ne stall occupied by Duchess d'Uzes
end while the place was densely crowd
"a. The bazaar Is an annual function
presided over by the leaders Of Paris
San society. A terrible panic and crush
followed the alarm OF Are. There was
Wild rush for the exits, and the weaker
persons were borne down and trampled
0pon.
A Heap of Ruins.
The Bazaar is a heap of smoking Gin
Gers and ashes. Ambulances are con-
sAying the recovered bodies TO the
palais De LIndustrie. Enormous
crowds of people are gathering around
ME scene of the fire. Among them are
. large number of liveried servants an
quiring for their mistresses and the in
6ications are that among the dead are
number of French aristocraey, although
II 10 hoped that the missing ones may be
found among the injured who are at the
hotels, hospitals or other places. TWEEN
" corpses and number Of the most
seriously injured are now in the right
wing Of the Palais D'Industrie.
The dowager duchess Dues is one of
the most prominent women In France,
and is said to have provided 100000
francs for the propaganda of Gen. Bou-
Hanger. The young duchess D'uzes was,
before her marriage, Nine. Marie De
Lnines, 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
wsA educated. The Due Uzes is the
premium duke of France, the creation Of
bis title dating back to 1865.
Ecape Cut on.
Although an alarm was sent out with
reasonable promptness, the whole
wooden structure was blazing before
she fremen could approach the ba-
ssar, the roof and almost the whole
building collapsed, falling upon the
unfortunate people, many of whom are
supposed to have previously succumbed
- the sitting smoke. In spite OF the
S6orts of the fremen some time
elapsed before the charred bodies could
b pulled from the smoking and burn
ing mass of debris covering the spot
Sshich but short time before had been
che scene of so much gayety. The pre-
feet, M. Lepine was one of the first Of
Acials to reach the scene, and he di-
rseted the operations for the recov-
cry of the bodies and distributed the
injured among the various houses of
the vicinity.
Deaths May Reach 200.
In the meanwhile the pumps played
on the burning ruins. As the work
progressed and the inquiries became
more numerous and pressing it was
seen that the death rate would be much
higher than at first estimated. The
police officials say they believe 1t to
be certain that the number of deaths
would exceed 200, recalling the terrible
ere at the Opera Comique.
One hundred corpses have been laid
out in the Palais dc LIndustrie. It is
believed that another hundred are be-
meath the ruins.
The dead were piled In heaps, and es-
pecially near the exit, where the
charred remains were Ave feet deep. In
some cases only the trunks remained,
I with no vestige of clothing.
Among the injured are Duchess DE
Ia Tore, Princess Kotchonbuy, Wis
comtesse D'Avenel and Mesdames
Noreau, DuBrouil, Malezius, Eugene,
Chnllemel, Retainer and st. Didier.
The missing who are supposed to be
dead include Gen. Meunier, Marchion.
ess De Gallifet, Duchess D'Alencon,
Countesses De Nun and St. Perier, Mar.
chioness De Floras, Viscountess Hunol
Holstein, Baroness Mackan, wife of the
leader of the proratists in the chamber
OF deputies, and Nine, Moraunelamon,
her son and four daughters.
Many Saved.
About 80 were saved by Pere Am.
broise and Pere Bailly, who helped
them over the wall with ladder to
the printing room Of the newspape,
LeCroix. The staff OF the Hotel Du
Palais lent valuable assistance, ani
saved $50 persons through barred win
dow overlooking the bazar, where
while the hotel employees were carrying
away the bars, they saw three person!
burned to death.
Policemen, their hands covered will
gloves, have been deputed by the pre-
feet of police to pick out the portions O
remains and to wrap them in pieces o.
cloth, to be transferred in ambulance,
TO the Palais D'l Industrie. The re
mains present horrible spectacle O
limbs burned and twisted. On all side.
can be seen stretchers piled with mu
tilsted corpses, skulls split open ant
brains exuding.
The Duchess D'Alecon, sister OF tn,
Austrian empress, Is among the injured
In the streets adjacent to the bazaa
were long lines Of sumWuous equipages
Most Of these returned empty; thei
owners were dead. The others wer,