The New York herald., 1876-12-08

this agent OF safety. Tha: effort made Is
certain Yet the evidence shows that the employees Of
Tho theatre acted with GOODNESS and courage
under very trying circumstances One OF
the property that "He saw
Mr.. Werner trying TO put. out the Are with
long pole and It reasonable TO believe that II Mr.
Werner knew there was at hand . more effective
agent he would have used H. Hero discrepancies
OF statement thai require explanation. The evidence
shows that enough attention not paid
In the original construction OF tho theatre
TO providing sufficient OF egrcss from the
gallery fault that tho Brooklyn Thaatrc
shared with nearly all others. In the construction no
provision madc for the escape Of tho occupants
OF nre, and yet u 10 OF those accidents TO
which theatres than any other class OF buildings
liable There was but ono stairway IRON the gal
Iery and fire escapes provided, though thrso
windows opened Floods alley.
OUTLETS sKgpEn
One OF the ticket-takers, who seems 70 have dis
played great presence Of mind, gives his opinion
that had there been another stairway many per-
would have escaped from the gallery He states
that not more than lfieen people In all escaped IRON
the gallery. II II clear from she evidence Of tho
architect that while great attention PAID In
the construction OF the theatre TO providing
means OF escape for tho actors and employes Very
little taken or tho gallery, where shs audi
greatest need Of OF rapid exit In Of sudden
panic Had more attention boen paid to this subject
the community would not have had 10 mourn the
Brooklyn holocaust
SYMPATHY WITH TIE vicrIss.
The public heart has been moved to It's inmost core,
and from all sides expressions OF sympathy and
offers or aid Generous contributions offered by
individuals and the members Of the dramatic
profession have nobly to tho front.
theatres havo announced that tho whole proceeds Of
week will be handed tho relief fund, and
apromse made tshe meeting of managers be-
half OF Mr. Ford shat dement's would be given for tho
saiue object IN Washington and Baltimore. Many Of
The New York managers have promised also TO give
benefits for the fund, aud doubt all Of them will
contribute 10 the good work.
GRAVES DEAD.
Tho Common Council OF Brooklyn has resolved to
bury tho unrecognixed victims tho expense OF tho
city in common grave Offers or an allotment Of
ground for the purpose was generously madc by the
directors OF the Greenwood and Cypress Hills cemo-
tsries and acr consideration is was decided to
accept the offer . Of = plot OF ground on
Battle Hil made by tho Greenwood directors
Arrangements have also been made for the
holding oil religious services ON next Sunday at the
Academy OF Music One clergyman from each denom-
inaton will be invited to participate tho religious
exercises Some Ito Of the victims have been recog-
nzed by their friends and the Coroner has issued por
for their removal and burial which viii PROBABLY
take place ON Sunday next
INQUEST.
The Coroner's jury having viewed the bodies ad-
journed until Saturday. when evidence win be taken
which will tell all that Is likely be known Of
the which led to the dire calamity which caused
loss Of lilo SO appalling
rREcAurIoxs IN rHEArRHs
After the story OF tho disaster will be found the
o the various managers 10 series OF pertinent
questions as to the precautions adopted In their
houses against tho or nre the facilities
offered for the escape Of tho audience in need
should arise
scKxn DISASTER
All that remains Of what shree days ago the
Brooklyn Theatre the broken, shattered and fallen
walls and the debris from which the bodies Of the
victims have been extricated. A sadder scene IL Is
impossible to conceive In every direction the
evidences Of disaster and death. The front
In Washington street remans but Il retains scarcely
the scmblance OF what IL The walls arc
unharmed and tho blacksnsd doorway, through which
happy multitudes wess wont 20 and come, 10 the
only Indication OF the dreadful connagration which
took place within The lintels begrimed by
smoke and flame, but they stand In places sup
porting the walls OF the dwelling house above Tho
floors OF tho main entrance also remain as far as the
box Office and from this unsteady parapet mutitudes
looked upon the charred remains In the debris
under what the vestbule OF tho theatre.
Tho outlines OF the office still plainly visi-
Bile, but few stops beyond the platform ceases
and from there the lobby exists only the lmagina-
tion OF the spectator From this standpoint whole
scene Is revealed. To the sides the broken walls
Part OF tho partition which divided the lobby from the
auditorium Is standing, and beyond It is open
space which the Of both the auditorium and
the stage Below Is tho debris from which the bodies
were extrcatcd Away In the distance beneath the
stage Is the spot who're the remains OF Murdoch and
Burroughs found Above Is the open ky. ana on
the johnson sidc each part the
edince the walls remaining to The coping, which, in an
ordinary structure would have marked the first story
hc subteranean passages and tho underground dress
ing rooms filled with debris, and tnero
may of the bodies beneath tho fallen and
crumbled ceilings
LOOKING AT the RUINS.
All day yesterday, as all day on Wednesday, vast
multitude filed the adjacent streets trying 10 catch
glimpse Of the ruins. Fulton was crowded with
ladies' and children going and coming IRON the
OF johnson and Washington Streets which was evil
IDENTIFY considered the vantage ground by the sight,
secrs. Craning their necks over those in and
seeing nothing to recompeuse them for the rude oss
lngs Of the uneasy crowd most OF them lett
unsatisfactory field Of observation. glance su1iced
TO tell them there little to On tho corner In
niche OF the theatre the Hotel Dieter showing
evidences OF the confagraton which had ragged be-
size and above 1t. In Washington street, between
Myrtle avenue and Johnson street, wero The black
ened doorways which had formed the main
trance to the theatre. On johnson street
the two pieces of broken wall drcary aud uncor-
tain glimpse Of roof and sky beyond Floods alley
This was all, and this unapproachable. A
Gordon OF police stretched right angles from tho
hotel both stroets aud into tins mich the multi,
tuda packed itself to what to be IL
patient multitude, as American crowds always are.
Occasionally the Gordon OF police cncioached upon,
but the Brooklyn policeman always cries "Kecp
backn that naicatca TINT ho means L. and nj