Show holocaust in paris vrue IN A fashionable people of paris were in attend sire the fin israk om may 4 diio broke out at 4 p m in a crowded charitable institution at which the buzea and other well known patronesses patro nesses were present many people were burned to death there was a terrible panic during which a number of people were injured the building in which the fire broke out was a temporary structure of wood the names were first discovered covered dia above a stall occupied by the duchess dazes while the place was densely crowded there was a wild rush for exits and the weaker persona were borne down and trampled upon the inflammable nature of the building and its contents caused the flames to spread with great rapidity and in a short time the bazar was a mass of fiancee fiances fi ances the policeman on duty at the doors of tha says from 1500 to 1800 people were in the building when the alre 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 haye been saved very aroa after the alarm was given assistance hurried to the burning bazar and effective help was rapidly organized by the firemen and policemen although a general alarm was sent out with reasonable promptness the whole wooden structure was brezing before the firemen could approach the roof and almost the whole building collapsed aling upun the unfortunate leonle many of whom are supposed to have previously to stilling smoke in spite of tha efforts of the firemen some time elapsed before the charred bodies could be pulled from the smoke and burning mabi ol 01 debris covering the filpot which but a short time before had been the scene of so much gaiety As the work progressed and the in quirina became more numerous and prep sins it was seen that the death rate would be much than at fi st estimated one hundred corpses have I 1 een laid out in the balass de it Is believed that another hundred are beneath the ruins the building was erected in the flim biest siest manner ha nudity of tha scat folding inside being concealed by tap esry of the moat inflammable description moreover there was only one exit one of ahe survivors tells tho correspondent 0 the associated press his experience peri ence the was crammed full pie and the heat was stifling being very uncomfortable my friends and I 1 determined to leave but somehow we could not make much headway through the throne toward the acor I 1 stared a little behind as 1 was offered a nosegay by a atau a sudden the shout of fire wag raised instantly all was commotion we tried to keep cool but the rush from behind forced us fo iward and we werd separated then I 1 tried to work my way back but I 1 was taken off my leet and carried backward and forward in the swaying crowd I 1 lost my hat then my coat was torn off and then my waistcoat all this happened in a few seconds immediately the full extent of the calamity dawned upon us all the flames screal with startling rapidity rapi dily the whole building aich rumbled like a living burnace lur nace but the uproar of the conflagration could not drown the and cries of the agonized crowd gradually I 1 found myself pushed back against the wall of the building i and finally succeeded in scrambling through an opening made by some of those who were near me two seconds later 1 would have been a victim for baldly had I 1 struggled through the hoe before I 1 heard a dreadful crash as the blazing roof bell in 1 I cannot describe dee cribe the et which followed no words can depict the horror ot the scene it adema aa I 1 look back upon it a night mare the whole thing was oyer in twelve minutia ca and nothing remained but the charred and blackened ruins of the bazar the deal were oiled in heaps and especially near the exit the mains were uku feet deep cases onla tho trunks remain ej ati h no vestige of clothing clo thinK there were many heartrending of arief one lady rushed about frantically calling her daughter by name boms ons told her the girl wag afe whereupon she camped danced roamed Bc than rushed to the coach mau to tell him to drive home and fell in a dead swoon another lady went insane A third imagined in her frenzy that she recognized her daughters drees and hysterically teri cally called upon her husband to tell the police to prevent the child going to the bazar policemen their hands covered with gloves have been deputed by the prefect of police to pick out the portions of remains and wrap them in pieces of cloth to ba transferred in ambulances to the palais de lIndu the remains present horrible spectacles of limbs burned and twisted on all sides can be ssan piled with mutilated corpses skulls split open and brains exuding just behind a heap of corpses lies alone the body of a woman the face is downward the head burned the brain exposed and from the empty socket of the right eye the brains are slowly oozing the arms and legs are burned off A little further off is the body of another woman nude the entrails protruding and the head mie Eing it is a ghastly sight in the streets adjacent to the bazar were long lines of sumptuous sump tous equipages equi pages many of these ra turned empty their owners were dead the others were seen moving off with their occupants injured in many cases with faces streamline amine with blood the whole of the highest society in paris ie in a horrible hor a prey to the deepest delpire de spire husbands seeking aad bog and calling for daughters one young woman still wearing on her broadt tha badda of a stall attendant was seen rushing about in her petticoat her iresa having been torn off to be thrown over a lady who was in alamea her only anxiety was to find her parents and tell thorn of 1 er safety words fail to describe the horror ot the scene at the palais industries Indu where the bodies are exposed on the side next to the avenue banton in a portion of the building now in course of demolition here in a large room rudely covered with rough planks and on sheets spread over plans the bodies as they arrived from the ambulances are being placed jn three long rows hare ia exemplified death by fire with all its horror bodies completely nudes limbs twisted in the of agona some having shreds of clothing which assist in recognition in edite of horrible disfigurement bones visible through fire eaten aleah some mere skeletons or grinning grinn inc skulls blackened with smoke ahe wounded are known to number at least madame flores wife of the spanish consul died at the hospital beaujon where are several others injured i it is now noticed that in most cases the heads victims were burned to a cinder even when other parts the bodied were not much injured Thia ie explained by the fact that the thickly tarred roof tell in blazing mabbet ap on the heads it is reported that ame mme lucilie faure who lafi the elysee to go to the bazar had perished M Hano drove up m great haste to inquire her and was immediately followed by ame mme faure pale with terror and excitement who was reassured by learning that her daughter wag not dead having been delayed on her way many americans english and other foreigners were among the stall holders but it is impossible as yet to ascertain the names of all victims london kiy 6 the paris corro spon dent of the daily news says the flames licked moat of those who escaped and dresses were burned from ho backs of their bearers wearers wear ers who tore off their blazius hn s they f r the pt ia i lii hr to ie thir th ir ha TP bothne doth ne 10 burnt 1 11 II as lir v torn no p int 11 laa jait leatso on ul who u hannah the tee teet t h tah tier moth r of her 0 o chang cf sie wooden bo aeta in ilie hi h i t 1 impossible to teli i ow ganv were in them fat the time or how ady remain 1 l the flames rose to a height the came quickly hut be due d ue the blockade in front of the burning mass evaa frightful and the hose was compelled to p aay oyer the hands of the multitude the people cried for the bremen to boire them which they did the crie from within were cries never to be for intensity oi anguish the firemen let theme elyea down from build met but their efforts were too often fruitless holes were broken through the walla by who happened to be working near there was one procession with sixty corpses on I 1 heard the prefect of say that fully persona wera |