The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-05


Early This Morning the Dead Arr
Put at 1I6, With 500 Missing.
Paris. May 4-Fire broke out at
p. m. in the crowded charitable bazaar
at which Duchess De Uzzes and Other
welI-known patronesses were present
Many people were burned to death
There was a terrible panic. durins
which a number of people were in
jured.
Thirty bodies have been recovered, 3;
injured people are being cared for by
physicians and many are reported
missing.
WAS A WILD RUSH.
The flames were first discovered
above the stall occupied by Duchess
De Uzzes while the place was densely
crowded. The bazaar is the annual
function presided over by the leaders
in Partisan society.
There was a wild rush for the exits
and the weaker persons were borne
down and trampled upon.
The inhammable nature of the build
ing and contents caused the flames 10
short time the bazaar was a mass of
flames.
The bodies Of 80 victims of the con
hagration, mostly women. were recov-
cred and laid out on the sidewalk,
where the corpses formed CHASTITY
spectacle.
MANY MISSING.
Many people are still missing and it
is feared they are buried in the ruins.
The number of the Injured is greater
than at first estimated. Over 100 per-
Fslais in Occur de la Rina, but many
critical cases have been transported
10 the Hospital Beaugon.
The policeman on duty al the doors
of the bazar says from 1.500 to 1900
people were IN the building when tbs
fire broke cut. The alarm caused a
rush for the doors. which were soor
choked with people. thus preventing
the escape Of many who might other
wise have been saved. The strong
trampled upon the weak, the young
crushed the old TO the floor Heart
rending cries arose. soon followed by
shrieks Of agony as the flames swept
upon the crowds struggling for an
exit.
OLD-TTME SCENE.
The managers of the bazaar had ar
ranged the stalls so as to represent
street of old Paris and it was opened
yesterday. The proceeds of the sales
at each stall were devoted to a separ-
ate charity. The stalls were presided
over by Madame Fevrier. the wife OF
General Fevrier: the Marquise de
j Aigle, Madame Macobs. Raroione
Del La Lucette. the Marquise de St.
Michael, the Duchess De Uzzes. Mad
anne Mignotte, the Naronne ST. Elder.
the Comtesse de Zalyanska the Mar
qu1se dc lie Goustier. the Marquise ii
Argence, the Narquise de Pitt. the
DucheSse ID Alenson. a member of the
ORLEANS family: Madame D'Arlu, Mad
anne Boisseaux, the Baronne f. Dec
Scickier, Madame Noreau. the Mar
quise Costa de Beauregard. her royal
hiShness the Duchess d'Vendome. the
1darquise D'Maison and the Comtesse
D.Greffei No La Rochefeucald
MILE: De Flores presided over the
refreshment stand
These ladies were assisted by many
well known society ladies.
II is impossible as yet to identify the
victims.
CINDERS AND ASHES.
AT $50 p. M, when these details are
smoking cinders and ashes
Amhulances are conveying the recov-
cred bodies to the Palais de L'Ineus- +
trio.
The bazaar was 500 feet long by $50 /
feet wide, and constructed almost en- /
tirely Of wood. Enormous crowds of /
people are gathering around the scene /
Of The fire at 80 o. m.
Among them are a large number of
iveried servants. inquiring for their
and the indications are that
among the dead are a number of t,a
French aristocraC.-.
Twenty corpses and a number of Sc
-iously injured are now in the right
wing Of the Palais de L1ndustrie
Admiral Bernard the minister of ma
inc. arrived upon the scene shortly
obtained show that before the eremen
ould arrive the Roof of the bazaar
rushed in. buryine numbers of those
Tho had been unable TO make their
gress from the building.
Very soon after the alarm was given
assistance hurried to the burning ba-
aar and effective help was rapidly or
anized by the firemen and policemen.
Though a general alarm was sent
ut with reasonable promDtness the
hole wooden structure was Gazing
efore the firemen could approach.
THE ROO FALLS.
L ne TGOf ana almost the WhOle DulId- !
lg collapsed. falling upon the uIfor-
innate people. many of whom are sup
osed TO have previously succumbed TO
tifiing smoke
In sDi.e Of the efforts of the iremen |
0me time elapsed before the charred
odies could be pulled from the smoke, /
nd burning mass of debris covering ]
he spot which but 4 short time before {
ad been the scene of so much gaiety. $
The project. NJ LeDine. was one Of 7
he first officials 10 reach the scene, t
nd he directed the operations for he t
Of the bodies and distributed r
lie injured among the various houses S
the vicinity In the meanwhile the r
cmps PLAYED on the burning ruins I
s the work progressed and the in G
1iries became more numerous, and r
essing Il 9Eas seen that the dean s
ite would be much higher than at first I
,timated
Among the Injured are the Duchese