The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-10
Ghe Buttetin.
THE DAILY .Psso+for.
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an oiliaer tore the poor
way ana laid the body back

GO STARK MAD : "a '1
At the sight OF his sons disfigured body.
lie was perfectly quiet, and appeared to
be self-possessed until his eyes rested on
the body. Then he at once lost his rea.
son, and began to behave so wildly that
it was necessary to remove him by force.
Miss Lillian Creves. one Of the ladies' oil
the company, says: "When the fire was
first discovered among the borders the
scenery, was Immediately beneath II on
the prompt side of the stage. My at.
tention was drawn to it by the action OF
a boy standing in close proximity TO me,
who cried "ILook look" turning his
eyes upward in the direction OF the front
part of the stage. Instantly saw a
small flame slowly issuing from among
the border, scarcely larger than the top
of n small round table. Mrs. Seymour
was standing beside me at the time.
1T CAUSED A sHuDDER
| To pass over me, and | became alarmed,
but nerved myself at once, resolving not
l w SiNV out Ntiu SilVW VI liISul. MISS
| Claxton, as you know, was in recum-
bent position on the stage, and her face,
| although partly in the direction of the
fire, was shielded from it by the scenery
surrounding her. The flames ran with
great rapidity, quickly enveloping all
light material, and toreseeing the destruc-
ton of the theater. | approached Miss
Claxton and said quietly: Miss Clax-
ton, move hoping she would be enabled
to catch glimpse OF the danger with her
own eyes She must have known that
something was going wrong, but with
| the GOODNESS characteristic OF her she re-
manned in the same position. lagain en-
treated her. For Gods sake. Miss Clax-
ton. get up.
| THE THEATER Is on FIRE.
This aroused her to sense Of Eer danger,
but those of us who were standing by at
this critical moment noticed her great
| presence of mind. Her lips did not
move, nor did she evince any EVIDENCE of
alarm, but coolly kept her place. Mrs.
Farren seized her by the hair and then
| by the wrist and dragged at her. None
III the audience. understood her movement,
ldoubrless thinking it was part of the play.
At the conclusion of the scene she ran
forward almost TO the foot-liglts and
babe the audience be quiet, but the tn.
multi was so very great. the fire having
gained such Roadway that the people
doubtless could see for themselves that
there was no time to be lost, and quiet
was only temporarily restored by her
voice. ! remember when Mr.. Studley
cried out, with stentorian voice, that the
multitude stopped a second, but
THE PANIC THEN BECAME GENERAL,
And the horrors of that scene will never
be erased from my memory. Great red.
hot sparks were dropping On the stage,
the air was thick with heat and smoke,
which, with the awful rumbling and
cries in the gallery and near the door,
rendered it awful to look upon. | shall
never forget the appearance OF Mir. Muir
dock on that fatal night. He was among
the first to discover the fire and to com
prehend the perilous position in which
all were placed, but no sign OF fear was
betrayed by him as he strove to restore
order and quiet among those on the
| stage and in the auditorium. He had a
| fixed, settled look, and it seemed as If he
| knew that his life was to be sacrificed.
In tact, both he and Mr.. Burroughs ap-
peared to be in Il sad frame Of mind pre-
! vious TO the fire, and it was only on YES
terday that in conversation had with
| Miss Vernon, in speaking of them, we
arrived at the conclusion that they must
| have had
STRANGE PRHMoNITIoN
| OF coming disaster. II is my Impression
that both these Inflated gentlemen went
| to their dressing room, and that after
| coming to the stage again they were
| struck by burning .imbers and persisted
| amid the flames, as they were found close
together. Mr.. Burroughs, in all proba-
| bility, could have escaped. as he had am
pie time to do so :; but | have another
| theory concerning his death. and that is
this: On that evening he had made an
engagement to escort one OF the ladies OF
the company home after the play. 1t is
| possible that he sought her in her dress
ing room beneath the stage, hut failing
to find her returned, and was struck
| down. Finding that it was time for me
to go | got my Satchel from my dressing
room, and after arranging my dress,
passed through the fire and smoke to the
street. Upon arriving there | suddenly
remembered Mis-. Ethel Allen, and that
| she had not been seen on the stage, anu
| ran back TO warn her, knowing that
her dressing room, which was mine also,
| was beneath the stage, and that she
was
IN GREAT PERIL.
had nearly reached the stage a second
time when some person, think it was
Mr.. Thorne, bore me back again. Miss
Allen, in the meantime, had yery mar
row escape. Finding all exit cut of to
the street by way of the stage. she fol-
flowed MIR. Studley through the subterra-
mean passageway, and after cropping in
dark, not knowing in which direction to
turn, she heard the voice of Mr.. Math-
ews. She answered him, and he came
up. After proceeding a few yards
further she ielt cool air, and knew that
she was in the RIGHT direction IhpV