The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-10
An Unequal Contest, in which
Strong and Weak Alike Fell
Victims to the Flames.
Preparations for Public Memo
rial Services on Sunday, and
the Burial Of the Dead.
The Feeling in New York and
Brooklyn Theatrical Circles
Profound in the Extreme.
tChicago Times Telegram }
FUEL TO TIE FLAME.

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New YORK, Dec. 7.-Every fresh extra
of the evening papers lends fuel to the
flame of public excitement over the awful
calamity at the Brooklyn thcater. News
stands are emptied of morning papers by
am, and after G pm. evening paper
extras are all sold OF, and newsmen con-
tentedly lock up and 20 home. 1t is i'm
possible, apparently, to satiate the public
greed for details, however insignificant
concerning the catastrophe. There is
but one man who could have given a
graphic, and, SO to speak, inside view OF
the tragedy-a reporter who was of Of
duty and at the theater. He
ESCAPED BY MIRACLE
From cremation, went home, and turned
into bed. His account is not wanted
now. New Workers, who are the Part
slams OF the American continent, have in
a measure recovered from the first shock
Of horror, and now discuss the details
without excitement F; but not so with the
Brooklynites. Full of pity and SYM
pathy as the generous New Workers are,
they cannot exhibit the same evidence OF
public grief as the affected citizens of
Brooklyn, whom the appalling event
will east into prolonged mourning.
From all the surrounding cities crowds
OF men and women of forbidding aspect,
and some OF whom
DEsPoILED THE DEAD
OF jewelry and money last night. were
congregated to-day near the scene Of the
disaster, adding to the hideousness OF the
scene, and their levity was more disgust
ing than the sickening odOr arising from
the half-burned and damp human bodies
and clothing, bits of which were seen
protruding from beneath piles of debris.
Although there is little In New York be-
You'd the crowd scanning bulletins and a
ieverish demand Tor newspapers to indi-
cate that some great sensation has arisen,
and nothing to show public grief, the
difference is noticed on crossing the ferry.
The better class OF people in the City Of
Churches are profoundly stirred, and
church-goers especially are exercised and
moved to an unparalleled degree by the
sad visitation. Almost every one recog-
nizes in the long list of dead. nearly 800
il number, and OF missing,
SOME FRIEND OR RELATIVE
Or acquaintance. The principal thor
oughfares are crowded with anxious
groups, relating the last scene or incident,
and discussing the narrowing details OF
Tuesday night. Most of the business
places along Myrtle ayenue and Fulton
street are closed, and many are draped in
mourning. Business generally is sus-
pended in Brooklyn. Flags are at half.
mast all over the city. and public build
ings in mourning. Every now and then
during 1.-THE day brawny and dust-be-
grimed workmen in red shirts disinterred
some crushed or charred remnant of hui
maniiy. and gently placing it in cart
drove of TO the morgue, followed by an
excited crowd. while hundreds OF heart
broken men and women rushed of tor a
fresh permit to view tie remains.
1T WAS THE sADDEsT,
Act most exciting scene Imaginable, and
many elegantly-dressed ladies were seen
standing alooi at street corners watching
the progress Of the work with streaming
eyes and yisibly shuddering as the carts
rumblcd past with shapeless corpses half
covered by rude piece OF sheeting.
This afternoon the 18th Brooklyn regi-
ment was called out under arms TO aid
the civic officers in keeping back the
crowd, and formed a wide Gordon
around the burned theater, through
which no one could break without pass
from the corner, presented to the COM
manding Officer. The marks in the
street at the rear Of the theater was
SET ASIDE AS A DEPOSITORY
For bodies dug out and waiting recogni-
ton. Those not recognized were sent
10 the morgue, where about fifty were
laid out to-day. Over 260 were laid i'm
CHASTITY rows In the market, and there
the principal interest was conferred. The
will OF anguish from women and indie
scribable murmur from the crowd OF
men announced each fresh disintermsnt
from the ruins. Then the soldiers