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Bazar de la Charité
1897 Paris fire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1897 fire in Paris. For the French television series set around the fire, see Le Bazar de la Charité.
The Bazar de la Charité was an annual charity event orchestrated by the French Catholic aristocracy in Paris beginning in 1885, when it was first organised by Englishman Henry Blount, the son of banker Sir Edward Blount, a financier of railway enterprises in France. The Bazar was held in a variety of locations by a consortium of charitable organisations that shared renting fees, acting to reduce costs and group potential buyers.
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photograph taken in 1895
The 1897 Bazar de la Charité became known for the fire which claimed 126 lives, many of which were notable aristocratic women, including Sophie Charlotte, Duchess of Alençon.