Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-11
BROOKLYN.
Statement of the FIyman of the
Burned Theater-AddtIiOnaI Incl

statement OF tho OF the
Burned Theater-AddtIiOnaI Incl
denIg.
New YORK, December ll.-John Cam
msrson, lyman in the Brooklyn Thea
ter, who was injured in the disaster, died
yesterday in Long Island College Hos
pital. he was taken there Oh the night
of the FIRE. The Fire Marshal obtained
from him the following testimony: II
had charge of the flies; l saw the fire
break out; it commenced in the center
of the b1ilding in the rigging loft among
the borders or drop curtain; | think the
draft brought the borders in contact With
the light; there we're wire coverings over
the lights, but not always we're the wires
close enough; we thought to prevent the
borders from touching the lights; the
borders did not get out Of order in any
way; they went up right enough, but
when | cane TO let them down they
dragged; tried to put the green curtain
down, aud nothing broke before the FIRE;
this was the commsucement Of the
trouble; | was christening the grooves
when one Of the men tried to put out the
fire with a pole, but could not do it; we
had no ERE hose attached or other
wise; l saw ire hydrants in the
building, under and on the stage
but no hose; We had two other
fires in the theater shortly before the
last one; n was 10 the box Office aud
the other on the stage; l think the do9rs
leading to Johnson street we're all clear
on the stage; the alarm WAS given to the
police pretty soon after the FIRE was dis
covered; the audience we're not notified
of it for three or four minutes; | kept
the %cnrtaia down as long as | could; in
going down l found l staid longer than l
should have done, aud could not get ont
on the landing; | met Murdoch, aud he
went right up to his room; l saw him
drop from the heat and smoke; l jumped
oIt OF q window on Floods alley, lead
inE from the first landing; Harry Muir
d)ch and Claude Burroughs first went
down on the stage TO get out, and
Z when they found thai the heat was too
great they went up stairs again; other
stsgs hands got out Of the door on John
son street; We we're on the other side and
could not reach that door; | do not think
Murdoch and Burroughs tried to got out
through the auditorium; If l had only
t had a FIRE hose and water Oh the stage OF
in the fies ] could have put out the dra
!. before Il gained such headwayJ 1t blazsd
D up rapidly; Bill Layton Jaw it first aud
said, II think that is d fire. This was
the first / saw Of H."
Daniel T, Collins, Of lOl President
+ stre,t, persisted in the FIRE, and the sus.
4 pense which afflicted bis family until the
Ending Of bis body wrought so i%ni1ri-
q opsly on the condition Of William H
e Collins, who was i'll, that brain foyer re-
suited and he died on Friday.
e Mrs. NJ. Collins, Of 1894 Quincy street
Brooklyn, said yesterday that Rober
Still, brother of Daniel Still, one of thosr
who persisted in the theatsr. was slsc
missing, but had not been previously re
portel lost.
n Lost evening Mr.. Warner, Of 4SS A,
lantlc avenue, Brooklyn, gave ipiorma
Al ton that his son, John D. Warner, age.
IL twenty-five had been missing since Tuel
at day evening. Its believed be was kille
ID in tho thesier.
\; Vi n e295 persons who persisted in th
,e FIRE, and Of whom 1873 have been ident
3 fed, all but AZ we're males; II Of the viz
tins were from New York city; SO wer
ID between fifteen and twenty years Of age
ie Oh between twenty and tweuty.fgej z
=. between twenty-five and thirty Is b.
tween thirty aud thirty-6ve, aud u wei
v over Fifty years Of sge.
The Trustees Of TaImage's tabernac'
%. yesterday resolved that hereafter Z
camp'stools be used in the aisles, an
or that when all the seata are occupied Z
a. more persons shall be admitted.
Is. The public manifestations of excit
r. ment in regard to the Brooklyn calamii
appear to have generally ended with Il
memorial services yesterday and Il
solemn nsVs Of requiem which was Gel
ct brated to-day ina number Of the oathol
ry churches. Most Of these churches We
sadly stricken, one losing as. many
o. thirteen young men, sud others from OF
10 fopr members each,