| Show BURNED 10 DEATH victims by the hundred in a firs fin trap A charity bazar in ID paris the scace ced e 0 of a terrible conflagration dozens of the victims reduced to ashes of horror paris may 4 fire broke out at ap 4 p m in in a crowded charitable institution at which the duchess dl es and other cither well biell known pit ro rones nesses Bes were present many people were burned to death there was s a terrible tei panic during which a number of people were injured th the building in which the fire broke out was a temporary structure of wood the flames were first discovered above a stall occupied by 31 the duchess duches dazes while the place was densely crow crowde dd there was a wild rush for exit and the weaker peri una were borne down and trampled upon fhe inflammable nature of the building and its contents caused the flaulen flames to spread d with great rapidity and in a short time the bayar was a mass of flames the policeman on duty at the doors of the bazar bays s from 1500 to 1800 people were in ie 1 the building when the fire broke out the alarm caused a rush for the doors door which were wera soon eoon choked cooked with people thus preventing the of many who might 0 otherwise have been saved it is imposible impo sible ai ag yet to identify the victims at iga 30 p m when these details are the bazar is a heap ol of smoking cin cinders deris and a ashes ambulances abbul ambul incel are conveying the recovered bodies to the palais de trie the bazar was feet long by ISO feet wide and constructed almost en entirely tirel of wood enormous crowds of people are gathering around the scene of the firo fire at pm p m among them are a large number of liveried liver servants inquiring for their mistresses distresses mi stresses and the indications are that among the dead area are a number of the french aristocracy twenty corpses and a number of seriously injured tired are now in the right wing of the palais de lindus trie FURTHER FUR THEli DETAILS just obtained show that before the firemen could arrive the roof of the bazar crushed in burying numbers of those who had been unable to make their egiens from the building very soon after the alarm was given aas assistance istance hurried to the burning bazar and effective help was rapidly organized by the fire men in en and policemen although a general alarm was sent out with reasonable promptness the whole wooden structure was blazing before the firemen could approach the roof and almost the whole building colla collapsed Deed falling upon the unfortunate people irany many of whom are supposed to have previously succumbed to stifling smoke in spite of the efforts of the firemen some time elapsed before the charred bodies could be palled from the smoke and burning mass of debris covering co verin the spot which ch but a short time before had been the acene of so eo much gaiety As the work progressed and the inquires became more numerous and pressing it was seen that the death rate would be much higher than at first estimated among the injured are the duchess de la terro princess kotch 0 ebuy the dAyi dAy yil il and Med Me dames atnas moreau du Male zious eugene chaleman Cha lemal re le camier and st diddell the missing who are supposed eup posed to be dead include gen meunier the marchioness de galligen Gal liget the duchess dAlm I con the countesses Count esses do de muo mun and st perier the marchioness ch de flores tha baroness mackan i find and madame her so son and two daughters one hundri corpses have been laid out in the palais de lindus trie it is ie believed that another hundred aie beneath tho the ruins paris may 5 A somber feeling pervades pervade every elery class of society the Dewe newspapers papers iNith without out exception describe thu the disaster at the grand bazar de charite in the sober and simple terms term befitting so ap appalling pallin an event the will al ways be remembered as one of the most fearful that ever befell a european city in aristocratic circles the numberless dinner dinder parties and other frictions of a gaily gail y opening season have been suddenly abandoned it 11 la now e inai were about 1200 persons in the building when the fire was dis clis coveted about one half of f whom escaped some estimates P claie the number of dead at others at ft a still hiher higher figure the amount 0 of I 1 administrative negligence surrounding the catas batas alop he is almost io inconceivable conceivable the structure was so combustible that many of the victims if not most of them mi might lit have been burned alive without suffocation dr wachtel tel who has directed the ambulance says that the number of bodies found gives a very inadequate idea of the number of victims as dozens were burned completely to ashes M faure hai hag received telegrams of condolence from queen victoria the emperor nicholas the emperor william king humbert and other sovereigns all couched in terms of oatlie the deepest sympathy As this dispatch is bent earl early wednesday morning charred corpses has been recovered together with twelve portions of bodies the identity of which may never be established since bince this morning crowds have been flocking to the palais de lindus trie where many bodies and the injured were taken search for the dead continues quantities of coins coin watches rings necklaces and bracelets have been aen picked up in the debris As soon as thy the bodies are claimed by anxious anxious relatives lietsi who have been hovering in decair about the spot s p ot abrou throughout bout the night they are placed in carriages and taken to their former homes the scene at night was remarkable lono long lines of infantry were drawn ir in a cordon around the dreadful spot bonfires torches electric tri lights and gas jets used to illuminate the scene reflected upon the bayonita and ac coutre ments nientE of the soldiers and threw a ghastly illumination upon the houses in the vicinity the windows window of which were crowded during the most of the night with people watching the work of horror now and then a hearse would be called from the line ot of vehicles and stationed in proximity and ft a black maps would be tenderly lifted into it and another unfortunate victim of the taken to one of the temporary morgues in the palais de lindus trie or the neighboring hospitals of Beau beaujon ion frequently as many as a dozen hearses were gathered together in the courtyard and opec site the entrance to the palais de lIndu where hundreds of coffins were arranged ready to receive the bodi bodies esio in most cases charred beyond recognition I 1 SOME or OF THE VICTIMS among the many charred bodies recovered reco verea are the foll following prominent members of the french aristocracy and others caronne st didier mine florece wife of the spanish consul contesse Com tesse Hi ramel rainel mme ame Hoc keir wife of the well known russian banker baron de 9 st t martin baron de laumont baron de 11 lackor vir virginie inie Tho mazan mother superior of the Sis sisters of st andre gen rather father Mar marblean bleau baron Is de ih onlay comte de bonneval bonne Q de st pierre viconte de st pierre Vi cointo conito de Che chevigny viany mull SLI burrier Sur rier wife of one of the most prominent generals of the french army |
