The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-16
THE BROOKLYN CALAMITY.
THE FIRE DEPhRTMFNT's CHTTT'
DEsCRIHING THE IIRE.


THE Man who First Behcld the Awful
sish,-Ihc werh OF AIDING Snnercrs.
All work has ceased in the debris Of the
BROOKLYN Theatre. and Yesterday all ropes were
taken away and the curious were allowed To get
nc.r enough TO pick out relies The entrance to
tho the tire was occupied hv boys hawking q
"memofial poem dedicated on the Irooklyn
IRE for cents" others I'D some trade in
stock of relics. The only remaining letters on
the scmi circular sign on the southern face VI
the tower r. HE RE"
The Executive Committee Of the Rciief Assoc
cistlan have decided to call a public meeting for
the Academy Of Music on next tuesday evening,
and 10 invite Mr.. Beochcr and the Rev. Father
Malone 1, make appeals for further financial aid.
Ihc Mayors receipts 80 lar reach $1,44H7 Miss
NaVgi- Mitchell ana J. y. GOtthuld sent ~,
burgh; LOUISA Drew. from Nrs. John Drew's
Arcn street Theatre. fhh dclphia. seat $3.50 aud
Recommended to the consideration Of the com
init - hr. iiitc lcock. the mother ~ MI H. =
MurdocN Nr. j IT, McN cker sent. a. the
grtr receipts "i hd~in b'"ths matinee. tdin
Mr.. i'aui FAX, as he gross recciuts OF ocnent
IN Noiks Gar lon. S.s,j JOhn 4. owens. SlOO
ard Chnrl"a Pnzr n Coz 500. Mr. Chauucoy
has received xiNuD a. the proceeds OF the
BIwofS recl performances and IN all f5.Ujt.fJ.
hero has been SlS4ls.g ntributed IN alt.
Mr. ShO riuut, Treasurer ~ tine New York Keller
Commit Z, received t4.0ll+5 additional sub
scriutuns Yesterday.
Ihe Aldrrm me committees with Architects
Gsvlor aud Crooks YESTERDAY inspected the
Olympic Theatre, central II II. the brooklyn
iieiahts seminary for Young Ladies', litooklyn
Institute. Washing on street brooklyn Lycedm,
ana Gptuic lIilL In the olympic they found
thtt the border lgnts were UNPROTECTED. That
tue means 81 egrcs- fiOm the gallery we're poor.
"hd lhat tic rtag. regui IONS were poor. Many
chances are to ne ordered. In the Brooklyn
Heights Seminary, at lN Pierrepout street. tho
committed VIII recommend broader stairway
from the second to the tuiri and fourth stories.
The committee afe 10 lie requested u VISIT
Plymouth Church, which Is said nv builders to
b. dangerous. the wooden 81 irs leading TO the
gallery are zigz ~. aud the dnorways are mar
roN, The asies are narrow and Obstructe1 10y
tuiulng seats. he immense organ. which Is a
I lauyrlnll II seasoned wooden tubes, would
IruVe IS inhammahle almost IA scenery.
| Chief Engineer 1 nomas \. NevinS's report to
the UrooklNn Department of FIRE ANA buildings
recite. that he received the Dire alarm at ll.2O
! 4. NJ. ard was on me ground six minutes later.
/ On h4 way he saw the hrc's location. and he
sent uut second aud a third alarm. After de-
ecrDing tue WORK Of the nremen, the report
concludes:
About n entered the front entrance Of the the.
arr taund ine body ut auman In m uprtgn' po-
ton. oanins against tho waii tne Theatre, lne
| legs through the b aus paudly nurnt ON, am the
iuu at once that there large number oi persons
sf MeLiassia su az X.snt EaSiaccr sms decided
not 10 express vcs, as from the insecure state ~
under CONTROL feared. should my su.picons b. con
nrned, that me would be great that the opera
ton. Oi our NO'hOnt iO'ee Noud o. ln,sfierrd WIN,
Snd he mr. again s,t the uppSi hanu or ina further
tie wals The DVdy OF tnc woman found "a convey
ci TO tuc MOrsu aad reArcA suspended Tor tue time
II daybresk I made thorough inspection of the
SON n,nier he ru ne ihsrr bcius no vino arinr time
couciuird tltfc NOu.d o. 40 danger Upon ent, rins
tbs front enirante mi penetrating few feet beyond
tn pOi4t Shse lac BODY u tue woman had been gund
H'horl lur lIt, u W. u''t'a Mns wv atu 10 e
,t,iiy ' " rny irsrfnr y ,ir,,at i,
prder,t rren I'm mis- Z mi & on eufy mi proceed
ed tU uncover the lcMaus slow goes was iua %,
a. the bodies r. much burned and viA nut htte cA
en- ~ = uotl "uuid ue pdrta.ly dlshe th.erci. .
70 tacht," "lt r ditrs,d we front s,oop ~ ..
~, ,h p,9r .r .,,r,,i ~, ~ ~ at, VA norri
H., NJ al Ia, Moi. 1ean OF xnat mai tnnu.hi
T. lr rubbisl was compact mas. Of human oodies
burned ana tA,s.rd lntl the most distorted positions
Tic whole OF toe q, Lar under tue oDpy VI tne the 1T,
Nss uthsfN pi,Atu' 49,. A. 49,. . - ~.
40 a"e "t"1u ", 90 MI, - MN, e n ., o.,
- ne, nd rec 'sniiion ana Il We qncrrt,inns We
TOW many more r, uAluc ltOeu,stn the RUNS II Wal
taorcior lcc.ica t. 'ntinnr the search during IN
nigi. over - poll,s aeiv recovered before morning
" - inr trnr II MAa h"t .,en summed tha. sueh
w., 1, il a." 80 " pvs az, Ia t',s,
Inn ~ her, .4,,ii., i,tstfict tnstneer tar,.
renort'd Mn tnc men from ii. command and coid
ulcu,cI femoyug the bodies fr0mt!e ruobish. and q
the facilities tor removing ne bodies g. the A1rgu
WI MA n ~ n III. ~. =, hn. ~ al
,ui ,.b MAJ , l' = M 'eiisr H. az 'iuc the ne ~
iWtrf.' T. an '.s f,ct bee luins knnsn We we're re
t.fdrl 90 oUr - .r.A 10y mot h4slus the necessar
lt'aut us iel Na. Tao undcriaNrrs 81" br'VklYu cam
NHrt % '"' 90 ~'t '"s ~Au o'A'r Al oar "'P'sa''
IT, conclusion. the thief Engineer commend
tur itllIiul efforts uf the ltrnokiyu bremen {,
mitigate 500 hurr o. % the calamity.