Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-10
Last Sad Rltes-The Funerai Train
Wends It's Solemn Way from the
MorgHe to Greenwood thrOugh
Silent Streets.
The Most MourHfully. Aoying Pageant
the Close Of the Most DGlefHl 81
the Histories Of these Last
Eyentfui Years.
The Vast GraVe-The Burial Service OF
the Church-''I am the Resurree.
tion, Saith the Lord
"AbOvethe Tree Tops
there is Rest"

NEW fORK, December q,-The scene az the FIRE
In BrOOklyn was almost deserted this morning In
consequence OF tie unsafe condition ni the walls
That par OF Washington street, nom tie postOiiice
70 Johnson street wasfnc0sed by barrier OF rope,
guarded Oy GORDON Of police, and no pedestrians
were permitted TO traverse H. The bitter wind and
driving dust aided the poifcr IN the execaHien Of
the!r dulles within The ruins number Of WORK
EenWe engaged braciDg the dangerous walls so
that the hremen could resume their labOrs soon
after ore o'clock Almost the whole Interior Of the
theatef has now been explored. The ves;ibule has
been cleared out rom the front entrance 20 the stair
case ana this afternoon hean CT rubbish beneath
the staircase vii be- removed. The parquette has
bee thoroughly searched, and there remains but
feg IeriS OF the stage uneEpOred. sad discovery
was made this morning among the ruins OF the stage
Il thought that the fragment Of the human body
found Thursday near the corpse OF poor Burroughs
was all that remained OF the actor Murdoch This
proved not 10 be tle case, for the body Of Murdoch
OF rather part OF II, was found this morning and
clearly Identified. y appears that the woTilmen
clearing the stsFe yesterday noticed that a strong
edor PROCEEDED from heap OF bricks near the left
prOScenium box, and came 20 the conclusion that a
dead body iay beneath Il. This morn ng the bricks
were CAREFUL removed and beneath them were found
parts OF the charned bo'yti man. the right leg and
about oge-th,rd UI The right side OF the trunk had
escSEsd Inc Jury OF the fianes. The head and up-
per par. of the body were consumed. One OF the
fremen noticed that piece OF black velyeteen ad-
her - the knee Of one leg, and this fact caused the
belief that the remains were those ot Murdoch They
were aiisrwaTd examined BY Colonel Greletl LQr-
rline Rogers and Mrs. Williams and fully identi-
ned by them ~ being thoSeOf Murdoch. They not
only rcOynlzed the yelyeteen fragment a pant Of
the costume OF the cripple Pierre" IN the TtrO Or
psIras, but also the buttons with which the knee
breeches had been fastened at the knee. The chared
fragments were then removed by the undertaken,
who will preserve them until instructions shall have
been received from the friends Of the deceased Two
women and two men were added to-day 10 the al
ready long list Of missing At fifteen minutes before
twelve the neighborhood OF SchermerhOm street
and Flatbush avenue was deserted.
no CROWDS WERE WAITING
see the procession and there was no procession to
be seen. The bitterly cold weather has caused Gen
eral Dakln 70 eountermand the orders yesterday is
sued 70 the local militia. and only members OF the
regiments who volunteered their services Will take
part In the funeral procession. In front Of the
orguc long lines OF wagons, draDed in black, We're
drawn Up, and undertakErs were directing the re-
moyal OF the cOfiined bodies and preparing to con-
yey them 20 their burial place Along Flatbush
avenue through which the funeral procession is to
pass, SHOPS are closed, and emblens OF mourning
appeared upon many OF the doors and windows
Many OF the stores In the principal streets were also
closed. Two building experts inspected the gable
wall Of the theatre oyeThanging the part OF the
first precinct stationhOuse and decided this was
liable TO fall. II was thought that part of Deters
restaurant vas also n danger, as it is next to the
theateT walls, and u abandoned by the proprie-
tor, his walters, and other occupants
CHARLES VINES STORY.
The following is the story told by Charles Vine to
Fire-Marshal Ready, who examined him in the hos
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at the tleater the night OF the fire. am bin poster
and work for Kinney & Murphy, and can 90 to the
theatsr whenever like; am there at least once
week; am well acquainted with the whole theateT
and generally go In the gallery in the gallery
on Tuesday night when the fire broke out; first
heard a rlmbling noise back Of the stage; some
body cried ire, and then Miss ClaXtOn and the men
on the stage told the people to be quiet that there
no fire. at the same time the fire commenced ID
fall on the stage; when saw 1t frst the pieces were
dropping the stage; as the cry of fire
raised people rushed 20 the door, but when told by
the actors TO be quiet, some sat down again for
moment; then the fire became visible and then fol-
lowed the dreadful panic the whole audience in the
gallery men, women and boys, rushed for the doors;
the women screamed and the men cursed and swOre
az each other; they piled up in heap In the passage
way IN the gallery before they came u me stairs al
all; the gancTy WIS we'll hllrui was alOnei there
was only one opening from the gallery out 10 the
an Of eight feet wide; the crowd tried TO get out OF
this door all at once, but the number that got out at
the FIRST alarm packed up the stairs and then
none of them could move; / looked at them few
seconds, and saw they could not OF did not move;
then looked for some other way TO get out went
up % window Oh the east side over Floods alley,
raised the sash, which was stuck fast, and looked
Oui, but saw that II was a great hight from the
street. and afraid to Jump down; the crowd was
still at the door inside the galleries screaming, and
some OF the women were rushing about through the
Seats there was still plenty OF light but think it
was from the fire, and not from the gas; sOcn as
turned around from the window saw that the cell
ing was all on fire and dropping down on the
people; 1t great sheet Of fire; it could not have
been more than two minutes then from the Tine we
stairs, and saw others rushing about wildly TO the
front Of the gallery and ! looked down into the
dress circle, which was the next gallery below, and
jumped down: the upper gallery was Ike a furnace;
the smoke and flames were all around the people.
some OF whom were being ScOrched; II was awful;
stood the heat rs long as could; the roof was on
fire. and all the heat seemed to be I'm the upper gal
lery; al this time l did not see any officer there;
when the first rush came everybody was knocked
down; even If the doors had not been blocked or the
stairs been crowded don't think the people would
have got Out In time 70 save themselves the IRE got
TO the roof Of the gallery from
the scenery on the stage; the smoke Smelled
OF burning paint, and was very sufiOcating;
when Jumped down I'm the dress circle struck on
one of the iron chairs and was severely injured
about the grOin did not notice any one then In
the dress circle till got 20 the stairs, and there
found men, women and children on their backs
about three deep; the cause of this was a woman
who caught her leg In the balusers and could not be
got out; this on the stairs of the dress circle,
and had no communication with the stairs of the
upper gallery; there no light In the dress circle
when left there, and it quite dark the stains
there might Ne been people in the dress circle
when left there; ! was behind the crowd on the
stall and saw that they could not move and then
Jumped the angle Of the staircase on top of the
peoples heads below. rolled into the hallway and
found M way into the street; did not know where
/ was; there were about ten OF fliJeen policemen
al the back OF the crowd, telling them that they
could not get over that way and using their clubs
they had TO do Il 10 eXtricate the women from the
croRd; the women were on their backs With their
feet twisted in the balusters; Jumped when the Do
lice were not looking; had to do 1t; it was too
al the door nearly an hour aiterwaFd and / do net
think the crowd ever got oct of the dresS-irce on
the stairs IL vas simply worse and Il WAS worse on
gallery stairs; the people were raviug mad and did
not seem 70 know or care what they were doing;
think there would have been less loss of life II there
had been dozen stairs; the fre so quick it was
Just like putting fly in matchbox and setting It
ailght; the people had no chance; Il was all owing
e the rapidty with which the fire reached the gal
lery ceiling; think the request OF the actors saved
a good many lives, because it allowed those who
started first 70 get half way down stairs before the
second rush took place: II they had all started az
the first rish there would have beaI more lost there
was "A window for ventilation looking out upon the
adjoining roof but didn know how far would have
% Jump and so didn't go there; I am the only
one who jumped down TO the dress circle; / saw no
one else Try the window In the gallery they followed
each other about, hoping that one would find some
means Of escape think there were fifty I'm the
gallery who could not get 70 the stairs al all. besides
those who were running about mad, screaming and
following; thought there were over four or five hun
drcd I'm the gallery; / think probably one hundred
and ffty Of the i've hundred got out. but not more
never noticed any break In the gallery stairS-they
always seemed 20 be veTy solid % me; / have been
down there In a great rush many times, and never
saw any trouble except az the angle in the stairs
and this would cause some delay: have been NJ and
d0wn these staiTs once week for four years, and
never saw any trouble tnere no part OF the CALLERS or
stairs broke fell down while was there, in the
dress circle always thought they solid set Of
stslrs: they were about seven feet wide all the way
from the TOP 70 the bottom.
FUNERAL OF THE VICTIMS.
The funeral Of Harry Murdoch and Claude Bur
roughs viii take place tomorrow from the Little
Church Around the Corner The expenses will De
borne by Mr. Sheridan Shook and A. ". Palmer,
lsSsees OF the burned theateg and propet0rS Of the
Union Square theateT. The members OF the two
tleaters have adopted resolutions rendering their
symlalhies - their managers. and holding them
tameless OF The awful catastrophe The following
ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE MEMORIAL SERVICES
IN Brooklyn, Sunday, have been made: Academy Of
Music: The Scriptures, A. ;. Hunt D. D.; prayer.
or = : Porter: addresses Dr. W. J. Buddinrton
Judge George q. Reynolds, DR.. James T. Duryea,
I.ey. r. W. Stemle; German benedictiOn. Rev Geo
T. kitfel. Park theateT: The cTlptureS. Rev. Chas
j. Miller; PRAYER DIR. Thomas: addresses. Theodore
Cuyler. EE-Alderman John A. TAYLOR. Rev. Dr. Ban
croft and Rabbi Brsndensteln: German benedlc-
3i0n pastor OF the Church Of the Incarnation. Had
lays OpeTahOuse: Scriptures, : B. Halliday; prayer
81. r. Nye; addresses Dr. David ingles; H0L. ar
strong Rev Henry Ward Beecher, Rev Charles B
shultZ; German benedlctlou Rev. n. Erickson. The
services are to De held simultaneously al two clock
MEMORIAL SERVICES
meeting OF the clergymen invited 70 the meme
ilal serics. fatler Malone said the usages Of his
church would 30. permit him "a OliciIte IA any eX
crcises but that he would be 0By TOO glad 20 co or
rate personally as far as ne could. Has 0gn charch
lad been sadly afflicted and be sh0gld hold appro-
IHiate services az The missionary meeflag In The
ghurch Of the Pilgrims. last night the regular mis-
ion Of one hundred and twenty dollars vas taken up
defray the burial expenses Of three sCfs o. Mrs
Iscse Members OF the church forged passes 10 the
inOryue and the Adams street market, where bodies
and fragments OF bodies are taken. Passes were
sold on the streets for twenty-five cents apiece
RESPECT FOR THE DEAD.
Mayor Schroeder Of Brooklyn, asks the citizens 70
close their respective places OF business from one
o'clock TO five, and relin1ulsh their customary EN-
: lOyments IN respect 70 the dead and those who
through this sudden and terrible aiictOn are bowed
uown with grief and sorrow.