Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-09
The City of Churches Literally Walking
in the Valley of the Shadow of
Dcath-Funerals and S0r-
row Everywhere.
Remains Of UnFOrtuGates Still being Ex-
humed-The Dead ActOrs-A Pile
of Legs, Arms and Frag-
ments of Flesh.
The Relief Committee at Work for the
Surviving Relatiyes-PreparatiOns
for the Public Funeral-Char-
acter Of the Theater.

BROOKLYN, December 8.-Brooklyn Is lit
el lily walking in the valley of the shadow of
death. Funerals Of such Of the victims of
the theater disaster as have been identified
are taking place, and through the streets
IN every part Of the city hearses are moving
bearing the remains to the cemeteries. About
thirty-five men are at work on the ruins. and
1t Is hoped that the full extent of the calam-
lty will be definitely ascertained within the
next twenty-fOur hours. They have not yet
succeeded In uncoveTing the dress cirle, and
1t Is therefore uncertain how many, if any, of
the spectators in it perished One more body
was found this morning in the parquette and
also two or three fragments of flesh. which
may possibly belong either to the bodies which
have already been removed or to others which
have been almost totally consumed. The
body was so charred and disfgured as to be
unrecognizable. 1t was evidently that of a
woman, as piece of hoop-skirt adhered to the
remains. The articles taken from the dead
have been deposited for Identification. and are
guarded by a number of police officers. Since
eleven o'clock, when the articles were ar
ranged for Identification, they have been ex-
amined by large number of persons. The
remains Of Mr. Murdoch and his brother act
or, Mr.. Burroughs, are in charge of an un-
dertaker. A meeting of the surviving MEM
bers Of the Brooklyn theater and the Union
Square companies will be held at the Union
Square theater this afternoon, to make ar
rangements for the funeral of their late asso-
ciates. Several bodies were claimed at both
the morgue and the market to-day. One
body on which was gold watch was claimed
by no less than seven persons. In the tenn
porary mOrgue there is quite
A PILE OF ARMS, LEGS AND FRAGMENTS OF
FLESH.
The police central office and the city hall
are heavily draped, and the large business es-
tablishments are putting on the habiliments
of mourning. A number of stores are closed,
and on the door is a notice reading: "Closed
in consequence of death in the family"
At the investigation which Fire-Marshal
Ready is making, John Lyons to-day testified
as follows: | was in the top gallery, and first
saw the fire through a crack in the scenery on
the left-hand side of the stage; it was quite
large flame; when | heard the cry of 'Fire!"
my friend and myself ran down stairs, and | |
called him back again, and we sat down, but |
only for minute; | dropped over the banis-
tiers at the head of the stairs, and when | got |
up apOliceman tried to push me back; several |
others jumped on top of me; the stairs were |
crowded then, and the police tried to keep |
the crowd back; there was also a crowd down |
ahead of me, but met with no further OBJ |
not half of the people had got out |
Of the gallery at the time | left; there was |
nothing to indicate the breaking of the stairs |
when came down; the people were