Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-06
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FRlGHTFUl DISASTER.
The Brooklyn Theater Fire.
Over 100 Victims.
Sixty-fve Dead Bodies Recovered.
ELECTORAL COLLEGES.
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
The Democrats Jubilant.
ELECTORAL COLLEGES.
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
The Democrats Jubilant.
BURNING OF THE BROOKLYN THE
ATER.
Thrilling Details OF the Terrible Dis

| Thrilling Detatts OF the Terrible Dis
| Rster.
NEW York, Dec. 6.-An extra OF a Rrook
| lyn paper says that ON the breaking out OF
1 the fire in the Brooklyn theater formerly
Mrs. Conway's,l last night, Mr.. j. b. stud
ley, who played the part Of JacQue. made an
| effort TO calm the excited audience. Stepping
| 10 the fOotlightS. he said. There il no FROM
Ole here; there is no IRE. Ladies and gentle
| tors resumed their seats. but only for a few
| seconds. The flames spread rapidly. Miss
III, aH bon, VINO G. was playing The part OF Louise
| as also did Mrs. FaTren. They reSolutely re-
| manned upon the stage until the scenery az
| the left was completely licked up by the
| flames. Then the company IIlSbod oli INTO
Johnson street i'm stage costume. saving only
the dresses they wore. The excitement i'm the
audience was manifested in a stampede
THE PANIC BECAME GENERAL
before the actors left the stage. and a " Ia
rush was made for the doors; women
shrieked, struggled and tainted; men plunged
over the seats and fought their way to the
door. The aisles Were blocked. The uSherS
made every effort tn induce the terrified mob
10 retire in good order. In this they were
seconded by the police officers i'm attendance,
but all TO little purpose. In two minutes
THE STAGE WAS ONE MASS OF FLAME
me heaI was intense. Many who occupied
and sank helpless To the floor. A moment
sufnced To SINCE their hair. scorch their
clothing, and burn the flesh. a few minutes
later and they were dragged out of the thea
ire in an insensible condition by the police
from The LIST precinct. Some OF the actors
Sprang out into the auditorium and took
| their chances in the struggle for am evil nv
the Washington street or Floods alley en-
trance. Mrs. Farran was among this num-
Der.
SEVERAL LIVES LOST.
several lives are undOubt sdly lost. Several
women are believed 10 have been burned 10
crisp. The body OF one was recovered
shortly before ; O'Clock This Inorningand SEM
10 the hospital i'm an ambulance. Two or
three OF the employees who We're engaged in
pepshed in the flames. IfeveTy bit OF scene
~ IN the theater had been drenched i'm kerr
sene the fire could not have spread more rap
idly or furiously. Even before the FIRST mr.,
engine had responded, the auditorium was
A SRA OF FIRE.
Dieter's hotel was damaged S5.69a Every
member OF the company loses clothes. Jew
cry ana costumes. The members of the
brooklyn Building Association lose some
$4,000. Shook 4 Palmer lose the scenery OF
me Two Orphans and some valuable prop
critics and costumes. Kate Ciaxton loses a
valuable wardrobe. Mr.. George Butler who
resided in the theatcr. loses several thousand
dollars worth of furniture and personal
property. The total loss il about 500 600
MISS Ida Vernon lost her wardrobe aud dia-
moDds; valued at s6,ogQ TO $500.
sr0RY OF THE HEAD USHER.
The head usher, who was standing in the
lobby near the center orchestra. says on hear
ing the alarm and seeing that the flies over
the stage on the left were On fire. he opened
the Flood alley entrance, and all who wer,
IN mat part OF the house escaped in this way.
He Then came in front again. and saw the
occupants of the dress cir lie pouring down
the staircase. They came down by twentieS:
fell down, as ii were. They trampled on each
other. There was not much outcry. He got
ON one side 10 avoid the rush. and looked into
the house again. BY this time all the orches-
ira performers had escaped, and the par
quette and parquette circle was clear The
stage was now all i'm flames and the fire was
rapidly extending over The orchestra into tn
body OF the house. The proscenium boxes on
both sides Were entirely gone. The police
removed dozen or twenty ladies who had
been thrown down by the rushing from The
dress circle. He thinks all were taken out
In a few minutes more the flames would have
consumed them. He saw two men carried
OUT irom the stage \ police officer who was
ON duty III the family circle says he heard "A
cry OF fire, then came a CRY Sit still there il
no fire." All that could be seen at this time
was few sparks falling down from the top
Then came great burst OF fire. and the manic
was intense. One piled on top of the other
The landing was completely blockaded. The
cries and shouts were perfectly terrible. Men
and women fell powerless. The crush was
appalling. Men trampled ON the women.
and big men rushed wildly over the smaller
ones. IL took fully ten minutes 10 empty the |
dress circle, but il seemed like an hour
Many men and women were injured, and
some OF them were severely hurt. Numbers |
OF women tainted, and we were obliged 10 |
carry them out. Fortunately there were few |
children present The draft OF air through |
the theater was terrible.
Il.
Miss ClaXton testified before the fire mar
shal thls morning, that at the beginning of 4
The last act of the Two Orphans" Just as |
The curtain went up, she heard "a rumblng /
noise on the stage, and two minutes after /
She saw the flame. She thinks il caught In
the hies; IL immediately enveloped the |
stage Mr. Studley and Mr.. Mundock were /
on the stage together. and Mrs Farren asd /
herself, and efforts were made to ouiet In,
audience. She said In them: Be quiet we /
are between you and the fire, the front doors /
are open, and the passages are clear" The /
names were then sweeping down UPON the /
Iour, ana she ran out and down into the su-
q ence anu escaped. Mrs. Farren, Mr. Muir /
dock, and Mr.. Studley also joined IN the ef-
fort To quiet the audience. No fire was used /
IN the presentation of the play.
MR.. sTUDLEY'S STATEMENT.
j. b. Studley testified that he was on the l
:. zee az the time OF the fire, but he was igno-
f"1t OF lts cause. His attention was directed |
~ Dy "A neStlveness among the people
:. me back OF the stage. Then he saw the /
flames over his head. How he made his way
out ne does not remember. He does not
think that any of the actors are lost. The
audience was pretty well thinned out of the
lower part OF the house when he left the stage
which he believes he was the last 10 leave
LIST or THE MISSING.
Inc following persons were reported to the
police as missing al 3oclock this morning /
IN, Inc parties IN every instance having been at
Cadmus, Geo. NJ. Cadmus, Henry WeasIon
George Farrell, Annie Wenig. Rosins 4
Froudeyaux.
AT the Long Island college hospital the fol- 1
lowing parties were received: A gentleman
named Lynch, who was taken up insensibIe
rs still unconscious; his injuries will proba- |
bly, prove fatal Mr.. John Lamberson is
burned about the face and hands; Mr.. Fred. |
H Eoss was burned in the same way; Mr.. L.
Froudeaux is severely burned about the face |
and hands; he is also badly cut about the |
head.
MURDOCH, THE ACTOR. MISSING.
Mr.. II. s. Murdoch, the actor, Is believed 10 |
have persisted I'm the flames. Up To O'Clock |
this morning he had not been seen.
BROOKLYN. Dec. 6, 10 a. NIT Is now stated
that 33 bodies are i'm the nforgue, and at least |
Is more in the theater. Most OF the killed |
were i'm the dress circle. Their means Of e. |
cape was cut of. as the stairs were burning |
and they were suffocafed.
8fxty-0ve Bodies Recoser>a.
LATER-f1 O'clock gentleman who has |
just come from the interior OF the theater re-