Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-08

All office within the contemplation OF
the constitution.
The Brooklyn Horror
ORIGIN OF THE FINE
New York, Dec 7-The dimensions of
tbe awful catamIry wtIiCh Inns hrfui't-ii The
city ot Bruoksn in he destruction ofils
principal theatre by fire aud Consequent lass
OF life have not ge, been realized. Enaugs,
Is Known nuwrrrT Iukr tert HI 4titt
tihe catastrophe Is the most fatal OF It's kind
ever recorded According In the slaiemenis
inll parties who profess 10 Know any thing
rs ta The afiaiu.nf the fire, SAY ii began on
the Stage. The business manager says II
piece Of canvass out Of which trees ale
made WIS broken trutn its iAstenlngs and
haug from The hes Immediately over one
df border lights near ihr centre OF the stage.
The canvass had begun to sinauider and
he paint on II Ia craukic when The carp n
ler7Has directed To ascend to one o the
rrppves and remove HE dangerous oi1 CT.
He cpu d hireIy reach II with hrs han and
as be drew hastily uiJ, the rapld motion
through The air oI hat ientcd aud highly
iuiitmtble ehnyhss causd IT In burst into
lame winch RAPIDLY spreyd 10 tie adj ',ning
nmicflal equally susceptible. All etflrts 10
leAiing1ish the Il ,mes meee aborive and
The carpenter had 10 return 10 save his
life.
The scene IN the gallery after the alarm
was raised Is described AS somethlng
HORRIBLE TO CONTEMPLATE,
Up ill noon to f1ay 3t5 bodies had been
re.nter,.d, eitDcsc 80 are ldcn,led. SOME by
Others by ~aiches aud cbsus and sncll ar-
'lcies aud unty i Few by their features Ac-
! '.s54 css,'sie Burroughs and Harry Murdoek
| nre- i,tJuag the iarnitIlt,s,.
/ Wa Al are accepted n, the t9n 49, -
the two sectors are simpiy Two black cluders.
/ Around the trunk ot:,ne WAS sentei and
/ >cnrcb, buckskln unders,ift and beside
The uthcr WIS piece at braid, app ,renlly
a portion of n stage .ircss.
OVER 1000 PERSONS IN TuE THEATRE
\. VI Palmer III the lesscts of The theatre
gives The. tpilnw,ng stattiinsnt vi the num-
/ Der Of persons In the theatre rnesdty eve
niug; 100 persons in THE upper gallery
800 lers,tns N The dress circles; $50 p.r.
| sons III The lit1qaeue; 2lstclots speaking
/ peapic: 20 sup,rnumeries; 10 stage hands
/ II musicians Total ulS lncluling
drrsseis and other subofu,nal,s in VII about
| 1850 PERSONS
Brooklyn, Dec. Fire Marshal k,qly
Presumed The Investigation this lnnfning
! q w. Wesinear. at the mnnnied ,qtisd
/ tastiii d he MIS- in The theatre In cilszJ.nS
4 clothes, hen HE fire occurred. Ftom ~
Dir, s. circle he saw the Il imtt> b1rnlng he
scenery lie rushed forward to open lhr
dIfnfs. Tue actors nj c ed l he audience tIr
mnment He walt, d At the doors ill lht
/ spectators were all out, and then closed the
doors tn keep the draught slt. The peu.
pie were coming down from The gallery
but suddenly stopped To use his o~n
/ words, ran 10 see hat WAS ,he matter
| AS got 20 the top of the first fl ght o
! slnirs, there Was n lady, who. in coming
4 down. got her leg c,suuni i'll TIC batsi crs
A large man fell over her, and Others flll
ing over htln nade n heap, Witch those II
i the rear could no. pass There were ful
50 or 10 persons packed in the heap a, III,
tnnt el the second tlIhl nf stairs Tn,
slairs weEe open all ilic way down fra,
tha, point, and above that point The stair
, ", re vacant four or five steps from he top
Al This time the smoke @as very dense
and II WIS not three minutes After The Ill,
broke nur. The curtain Wns lowered nnt
took fire, and this had he eli ct of send
ing the flames up TO The gallery. | looked
nj it tor about three seconds and lhet
closed the door of the patquetle. The
persous were piled up In heaps, and crIet
III me 10 help them, aud did get some IL
the reur To fall back unti got the mar
aud woman out Seeing these ont, The.
atl rushed forward again aud block ed III
the passage. tried 10 exiricAle the om IL
whose leg was caught in the railing. bu,
she was held fast An usher came up /,
assist ME, aud wo made small piac,
atnapg them, We got them sll out The,
l went up in the dress circle l found
! woman there and took her oui. Their
must hsvs been other persons there, for
heard Cries, but could moi see them OF
account OF the smoke. WAS sure lher
must haYe BEEN several other persons II
the dress circle, who were uvertaken b
. TIE fire. WAS then getting weak and
a dropped To l..e door To get fresh mir. sTh
# smoke was black smoke, aud had yer
sutlocating smell lam an old fireman an,
i never experienced smoke so suff ,ca,ina
Q The first and second galleries. and even ,h
V stairs were at ihe time filled with sntf &c,
= tiny smoke. No human being could liv
!. in that smoke Two minutes | heard
o humping Ho,se rs If some persons wer
Jumping out ot the window. 1t WIS utlel
~ Impossible 10 get up in the gallery, an
was nearly sutiocated when | got ther,
J. know that the people were all taken frol
e the drSss circle stairs, but heard the erie
Inside lcalled out, Where are you I br
% got no answer, Even when ! got dow
n on the f Dor | heard the humping noise
J. though they were jumping out OF III
e upper gallery. eIf they had jumped fro
J. the gallery 10 the dress circle the smpk
y WAS SO dense could no, have seen then
'e There WAS no breaking of lhe stairs viii
: was there. am pretty sure that all :
the drfss circle didn't get oni alive"
8 rbeevidence of this officer is The clea
&c est description OF The terrible struggle /
,. the andlencc To escape from the bursin
I" building which has yet been giyen
,r There Was even larger crowd aronn
- the morsue this morning than yesterday.