The Archive · 1897

The Pails Tragedy

Paris, 10th May.

The Figaro has opened a subscription for the benefit of the charities for which the Charity Bazaar was being held. Already a sum of one million and a-half francs been subscribed, including Fes. 938,000 sent by an anonymous subscriber.

Lith May, The Emperor of Germany has subscribed Fes, 10,000.

12th May, The body of the Due d'Aumale has left Palermo where it was given military honours. It will be accompanied by his family to Dreux where it is to be interred. The body will pass through Modane and Paris.

13th May, do Mobrenheim has transmitted' to President Faure a letter in which the Czar very affectionately expresses his sorrow at the Charity Bazaar disaster.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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