The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-09
BROOKLYN FIRE.
Farther Particulars Of the
Calamity.

New YORK, December S.-Brooklyn
ls literally walking in the valley OF death
The funerals Of such as have been iden-
titled are taking place, and through the
streets in every part ,ot the city hearses
are bearing the remains to the cemeteries.
About thirty-fve men are at work on
the ruins and it is hoped that the full
extent Of the calamity will be definitely
ascertained within the next twenty-fOur
hours. They have not yetsucceeded In
uncevering the dress circle, and 1t Is
therefore still uncertain how many, If
any, of the spectators in it perished. One
more body was found this morning in the
parquet, and also two or three fragments
of flesh, which may possibly belong either
TO the bodies which have already been
recovered or TO others which have
been almost totally consumed. The
BE- DIV was SO charred a. d dishgured as 10
be unrecognizable. 1t was evidently
that of a woman IS piece OF hoop-sklrt
aihered to the remains. The articles
taken from the dead have been deposited
for Identification, and are guarded By n
number of police officers. Since ii
o'clock, when the articles were arranged
for identification, they have been eI-
amined by large number of persons.
The remains of Mr.. Murdock and his
brother actor Claude Burroughs, are IN
charge of the undertaken. A meeting OF
the surviving members Of the Brooklyn
Theatre and Union Square theatre Was
held this evening to make arrangements
for the funeral OF their late associates.
Several bodies were claimed 1T both
the Morgue and market to-day. One body
on which there was gold watch, was
claimed BY no less than seven persons.
In the temporary wagon there was quite
pile OF arms, legs and fragments Of
flesh.
The Police Central Office and City Hall
are heavily draped, and the large busl'
nes. establishments are putting on the
hablirn ents Of mourning. A number Of
stores are closed in consequence OF death
in the family.
At the investigation which Fire Mar
.hsl Ready is makiug John Lyons, to-
day. testified that nc was IN the top
gallery, and first saw the FIRE through
cracks in the scene on the lef: hand
side OF the stage. 1t was quite large
flame. When | heard the cry of fire, my
friend ran down stairs, and | called him
back again and we sat down, but only
for minute. | dropped over the ban
nisters at :he head of the stairs, snd
when | got up a policeman tried to push
me back Several others jumped on top
of me. The stairs were crowded then.
and the police tried 10 keep
the crowd back. There was also a
crowd down ahesd of me, but | met
with no further obstacle. Half Of the
people had got out of the gallery at the
time | left and there was nothing to in
dicste the breaking OF the stairs when
came down. The people were panic
stricken and were falling on each other
There were very few women.
Marsha l.. Bryan, who was in the
psrQuet, tss,iied-I do not think there
were six persons behind me when got
out. am sure when got out there WAS
not u man or woman in the psrquet.
The following testimony was taken by
Fire Marshal Ready to-day:
JOll DAVE WIS III LIc SalieTN 81 Tue
time of the fire, and said that wheL the
alarm Va. given all made rush. About
one hundred got out before be did
When ne first saw the fire 1t was in the
flies over the stage and the cry OF FIRE
was raised behind 1t. Mr.. Murdoch came
TO the footlghts and requested al 10 be
seated. He saw others sit down again.
and saw flakes of fire falling on the stage
Thought..it was the play. got up and
went out when il increased. Some one
] fell and then twenty-five or thirty per-
sons fell over him. A rush OF fire all /
smoke then came through ike 8 vhirl-
wind John Turner, al old fremac
said, Look out for yourself, the place is
all ab!aze." The people were panic
stricken, and cried out that the stairs
were falling behind them. They begged
some one, for Gods sake, to let them cut.
Did not see the stairs fall Thought
that not more than seventy-fve people
got out There were, perhaps, fifty
women in the gallery.