"PARIS – Incendie de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, commencé le 24 mai dans la matinée." ["PARIS – Fire at the Hôtel-de-Ville, started on the morning of May 24."] - Extract from "L'Illustration Journal Universel" - French illustrated magazine. The image portrays the Hôtel-de-Ville engulfed in flames, with a crowd and firefighters in the foreground. The style is dramatic with intense hatching to represent the smoke and fire, typical of disaster journalism illustrations from the period. |

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