The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-02-05
HORRIBLE DISASTER
Panic and Death at aS0D.
insOn's Opera-Houso. /,

Shortly after the c0mmenuemeng u
the matinee in Robinson's Opera-housei
tDis afternoon, some spectator, deceived
by the bright red light thrown ON the
curtain to give effect to the tableagl
raised the cry of 'Firep
The boys all over the packed ,ouss
Immediately Joined in, panic ensued
and every one rushed pell-melI for tit6l
door, which is hardly large enough M
allow two persons to pass out togethsrs
Many terror-stricken persons in tiEs
gallery jumped down into the hall ana
were bruised badly. 4
In the rush for the door children and
ladies were carried along with no power
to stop. Several were pushed over and
trod upon by the throng.. One little fel:
low in the gallery was terribly bruised
and when at last picked up he mAs
dying. n
Life departed in q few moments, and
his dead body now awaits identificatio9
in the second story OF the Opera-hOusee
In the same room is also the dead body
of a middle-aged lady of medium height
Her face is also bruised, showing she
marks of boot heels. In room just back
Of this lays the dead body OF beautiful
little daughter Of Mr.. Leslie, the Fourth:
street shirt manufacturer. 4
A wounded lady was carried to DR..
Walton's residence, where, a few mos
ments after, she died. II
In Mr.. Hamlin's law-office four ladies'
were carried; three of these are badiNs
injured, one probably fatally. AnothetS
little boy was carried to the Ninth-stresss
Station-house, at which place there arss
also several children who are lost.
NAMES OF KILLED.
Mrs. Alfred White and Harry White,
wife and son of Alfred White, the MARI:
BILE man, of Fifth street; Gus,
Loesch, boy Of twelve; Hattie
Leslie, daughter of Robert Leslie, the
shirt man, corner of Fourth and Raes
streets; a German woman, apparently
thirty-ive years old, not as yet
identified; boy named Abrahan
Schloss, and Mrs. Mary Clark, wife OK
George CLARK, ESQ.
WOUNDED.
A son of Major Welty; a young fa3y
living at 40 Dayton street, taken homo
in hack, and boy named Stasburx.
wife of Hon. Henry Kessler, seriously;
injured. Many other persons are moro
or less hurt, but were taken
away by friends or were able to 90 home
themselves, SO that an accurate liss pf
those injured can not now be given. 4
The cause of the terrible catastrophe
is this: An alarm Of fire had been sound
ed for box in that neighborhood, ana
the engines were ON the way
to it past the Opera-house. The
crowd on the outside who could nssi
gain admission, ON account OF theS
densely packed auditorium, shouteas
'sFirel Firel Fire! Firew Just ati
that moment the gas was turned ON on thes
stage to light the calcium light, and tlsas
blaze was mistaken for a conflagratlDn
behind the scenes. Il
From that moment all was terror and
confusion, and the vast audien0s,
delirious with fear, made - q
hasty and tsrror-sJricken s%exsss
from the house, strong men trampiing,
puny children and week women in their;
frantic efforts to escape an imaginary
death. MIR, Whites little dauyA-
ter. Gattie, was crushed By =
large man. while being tsnderiz.
but ut last Intellectually shielded by her
brother, scarce twelve years old.
1t was terrible scans.
and one that has caused grief ana
mourning in many stricken family,