The New York herald., 1876-12-08

OF desSlaton too terrible almost for belief
Here but three nights ago had boen gay temple OF
the muses. with its comfortable seats, carpeted asles
well appointed stage, carefully selected company. ab
sorbins play and enth usiastic audience few
minutes suficed TO turn Il into bIackened smoking
mass OF charred timbers and unrecognizabo bodies
Beneath heaps OF brck and mortar. where
human bodies had lain battered and burned beyond
recognition and roasting among the smoking embers
Those tossed and the search alter the vic
TINS and yet there stl painful indications that
other bodice black and crisp and dsGgured. might DO
hidden beneath The scene even after the hideods
and mangled forms had been removed was TOO
suggestive OF the day and night before TO allow tho
eye TO dwell long upon the horrible picture. Looking
upward still other signs OF dcsoation and
only the peaceful sky above placid and serene.
The tracery OF the fatal balconies visible in tho
wall nearest TO street, wncro the jolss and
supports were torn away. Gasppcs twisted into every
conceivable shape and coled round tho blackened en-
gave the impression Of a OF sorpen,s which might
sbasn the daring Elsie yennsr. Of Dr. Holiness
Imagination On Wednesday, all day long, .
naming light tho line between tho stage
and the auditorium blszcd- The thousand tets
OF fame which had illuminated ,hc brilliant audi
torium and the mimic world Of tho theatre wero
concentrated a. point and the gas main oazcd like
. huge torch Thursdays sights within the con-
nncs OF the building only less terrible than those
Of Wednesday. Yesterday the dread reminder OF
the dreadful day and night which had gone before.
Under the spot whero had been the managers box In
the proscenium found the bodies Of the two
tors Murdock and Burroughs In the vain enort TO
escape Unaer tho box office CHASTITY heap OF tho
dead. Under the vessibulo was mass Of bodies
packed closely together TO q depth Of nearly twelve
fo.t thc0 0au, nf ha
struggle with death and OF she nnal but sullen
render TO the grim and portentous monster which
leapod and laughed all
THE MEMORIES 0LoRIEA
Never was o disaster more complete-a catastrophy
overwhelming. The fire was no bunger. In its
fiery rage lott behind It not trace OF the glories OF
the mimic world Of the stage. The magnihconco Of
the Roman forum which had been displayed In "Ju-
lus Csar and the less expensive interiors OF econ
science, y were swept away by the same breath OF
fame which consumed the boatman's hut wnen tho
flash Of nre darted Of the flies Everything went
together, with Il all the associations Of the house
and the momcntoes OF tho trumphs OF tho past But
shero shall from the debris and 1.-Two again in
tho hearts OF the who have walked the boards
OF tho Brooklyn Theatre, who have threaded its
row passages and dressed themselves In all tho
tunes which the world has known In It's subterrancan
dressing rooms. All the OF these passages and
apartments have disappeared with tho stage and lis
gay proscsniuna, the auditorium and Its overhangng
galleries. and the dome with Its frescoes and iumi-
mating jets OF fire. What remains has shrunk almost
to nohngness, and those who arc SO anxious TO look
upon the ruins will look only upon the memories OF
past glories
TAXING OUT THE DEAD.
The work OF exhuming the bodies was continued un-
t late into the morning by the aid OF calcium light
tlva afto thraa o,c tha unon
the bodies OF two women and child Immediately un-
der The dress circle. They we're lying together
and were much charrcd that their only dis
tngushable by wire OF their SKIRTS which still clung
10 thom. These the last bodies that wore dis
covered Others may still be found, however. and It
will not be safe TO say that all have been cxhumed un
Ill the whole mass OF debris has been removed It 10
feared that careful search may disclose tho remains
OF or tho .supers under the OF the stage.
About noon tho 1remen found few fragments Of
bodies just inside the party wall of the vcstibulc
1t - not known whether these are the
charred remains or bodies newly discovered
or fragments OF the bodies removed yesterday ON
this point rests tho question 10 tho number OF
bodies actually recovered The Coroners list foots up
292 Yesterday It had already reached 2ss and the
three bodies discovered In the morning made II 2S6
Whether tho higher number 10 the true one It is din
cult to determine From present appearances tho
number Of bodies actually recovered cannot be ascer
taned which will the number OF those lost in
the fire uncertain It is likely, however, that tho list
is above rather than below 3O0 many Of those found
being nearly destroyed suggest the possibility
that some wero consumed altogether.
AT THE MoRGUE.
The scenes at the Aorgus yesterday were exceed
ingIy affecting and but little from tho day
lore More bodies werc identified, however, and tho
expressions OF heartfelt grief often heard