, 1875-05-31
John. II. who Is among tho missing and althout

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Uno Of tho most horribly burned Of tho.e who
lived after bring lako:1 out ih MtH. slh,de!ain
M!gga, a6ed II, wlfo OF Josnph Driggs Mrs.
t'fl9gd' lott arm was almost burned on, and ttc
vaa a EhAHtty tpcctasto ~ hhe fay upon tho bed
G,istcrel aud Iiac2en.d lid tic 1kiu reeIing
h.r llmhr. hnd thl1en Away. and tha
Lonos wuro lah bare. It seotaod lsnponsbtn
claIly ~ ii is thought ehe inhaled tin flames.
Nr. I3r:Rgs' daughter phtrbe, ayod ID. II am,t'g
tho missing. He WAS IN tho gallery nf tho
Church, aud sayn that hs It waa warm evening
Tho windows @ere ooon: Tha wtnd blew In and
against th~ pspar trimmings aud 10 40 !n-tant
el,oos Of biazo lcs?ed up. The bolr Of tho llonhc
was soon cmpted. anl 10 MAS making hia wny
toward tho dour, but how hc Rot out 10 does not
know-Nhet!str through a door or window, liz
Buppoe"d his wife and daughter "crc close tu
hiM all The time.
JOSEPH rAtKEa. 4 nAcxMAS,
hhys that lle Haw Tho flrc from lin horso. dls-
tatIce Of 81 or 7b tods from The cllnEct. ila two
dAuRhtets aged II and 10. were in tle church.
and lie jnfnprd on hts back. shcl stood bv the
door, aud drove towaFda tho scene. Tho steam
fife-eugiue cano behind him. and non,e une CALI
horsca to . gil op, he Kept ahead. .aud, rea:nlng
the cs,ulclI. ran in At tho front door, csowdn.G
by tho pooIla whu we're coming out ho can
hardly say how. tfo wees toward his pew:
hlllCu HHA TIC tllI4 IFQIH kHd 1EoHs &1u
on Ills way tlither ho heard bis daugh-
tern ealing to him 10 ssso them. Ifo
seized them and struggled back toward the
! door, aud Al he approached It ho falt that they
| y. ra walking IN tho bodiea Of others. Some
Que stood partly barring tue door TO tue y"st'-
buIo. mid trying 10 calm the people. Being
unahla 10 pass he hs,rlod thih man 10 ono Bldc,
! aud dragged hls daughters out.
| woME*'a STOVES.
| Matvfnk Dnfardin. whose fathcr was among
the killed, escaped unharmed, M did her two
ltttto brott1els. Bho told exactly The sama
atory an did tho otners sboat tho explosion or
Ignition Of tho oil in 4 lamp. Hhe was 10 the
gallery, nnd In the panic started with the
Is man told hcr It would to Impossible to get
ont there Al tho stairway was 3, crowded. SAo
then made lbt way to Il window, aud. jiEntnE
out, Baset herself. Her brothers, following
thought 1t wGR not i've minutes frJm tho t,mt
the limp burst until the house Was all II
flames.
Madame P1on, whoHe dauchtor wsa hmonp
the dead, sat tn The gallery when tho aame.
burst ont She msdo her waE to the Ata.s case
epd, arriving there before Tue cruth vas tl!t
densest, she forced her way through, being .
large, powerful woman. and cscaped with hel
lifa. Bhe ia, however, badly burned in tho back
arMAt htd hstIda.
pLcmc Dion, oil tut girl OF about 10
escaped With comparatively blight in1ut Sht
waH III tie gallory, aud saw the lamp burst
3ho sIss that in less than minute the roof wa
all aoIasc. Bbo hardly. knows how elir ,eacnnad
bit remembers AGRA milling over tho backn Of tnt
pe.n and being hclped by somebody on her way
Sl,o thinks that nhc jumped from the gallery II
lho main floor. but ia not cer. h,n. tue OILY thin.
Of which elle has recollection kcng hef tIuat cs
care from tho front door. Christine Dion, wit y
nanna ia on tho llst OF tho dead, "as dytng whe,
Baw her to-day. Abe wna m0ro tcu poseeBse.
than lor tIBter, and when sue heard aome on
call out 10 the people to keep still as there IN
m danger, size cudeayolcd al first 10 follow Ill
advice, but soon becoming alarmed sho ttarte
for thu door by tho usual nassase way. aud. get
ting 10 tto staircase, VAS caught In tho clus
and holl until aho received tho burns Wblc
;; proved fata! TODAY.
Louisa Fo,.,er, whose brother and fts'cr wcr
lost. tolls tho samc etory of terrible fright, Rn
retatos the nnnner In Which the fire began In tn
: san1o way. She was fortunately seated near til
: door and escaped uuhurt, while her sister, age
| II, aud lcr brother, aged 20, who WAS tue mi
: support Of lfs widowed mother, wrre 10th scate
: : In tho gallery, and both lost thesr li,cs Mir
, , Matilda ptatt wss altyo when removed from th
ruine hut died soon after from tho effects Of 1T
, wounds. Her slater wns fohnd A.tlhg Eo!t III
right 10 her now, burned to death. nil her clotl
,, lug gonc, and tho losl fa'lEug fiom her back.
AMONG TIE INCIDENTS
relhtcd BY those who were gathered at tho d!
fcspnt l.o1iecs Of tho afflicted il this. Ono youI
, man ~ tho gallery, scc,ug no other war to BAY
i hIEnBelt, !earol from d window ard struck IL
ground unharmcd. IIo turned, aod. Glauc1ng
, window IN the main portion OF tile balldluI
gaw 1fs young H1ater whom be had forgotten
!. !, bis momchtary Excitement, atrucGllng In Il
crowd and fro. Without moments ihouGht |
, !carcd in ut tho window. and, fighting his ",
: | to the spot whero the girl was henmcd tn, al
cccded IN taking her out Of tho window b
! slightly iniurcu, though terribly frightened.