The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1876-02-12
TERRrBLE PANIC IN A THEATER.

1 cincinnati dispatch of the 9Th instant says
During the performance of the aiiegory OF "Ine
Great Repulic' at Robinson's Opera House TINS
.fternoon a portion of the pillars supporting
The gallery gave way, precipitating a number OF
the occupants upon the balcony oeiow. a. TINS
writing it is not known whether any were Killed.
/ ,honph there is a rumor that three persons re-
ceiyed fatal injuries. Some SIX hundred chliofeh
.oob in the allerory. and the audience was most
- comnosed of parents and relatives of the par
Elephants.
Tho latest reliable reports from the Opera
uo,,so disaster il that one woman was killed
o,tr;oht and a number of children seriously if
not fatally injured in trying TO get to the
doors. It seems there is no foundatlon LOT the
report of the gallery falling. but mat the STAN
pede was caused by an alarm OF nre careiessiy
raised by a mischievous boy in the gallery. IL
is almost impossible to obtain reliable details
Of the disaster, as the streets for squares are
filled with anxious friends and relatives.
J.ater-It is now reported that six persons
were killed in the stampede. Four names have
been ascertained Miss. Kelsser, Mrs. Nancy
Clark. Hattie Leslie and Harry White. Between
fifteen and twenty persons were injured.
The house was densely packed and the thous-
and of children among the audience were at the
height of enjoyment when some one IN the gal
lery raised the cry Of fire as the red light from
the colored fires used in the play flashed out
from the wings. Every inch of the vast theater
was occupied and a dense crowd pressing ana
surging about the staircases and III front OF the
doors. Some one of the auC fence took up the cry
OF fire and was re-echoed from near the door by
some one who caught a glimpse OF the req
glare of the red light from the stage. An lmlne-
date rush was made for the front stairs. A
child was pushed down the steps and screamed,
and Immediately after a man thrust his arm
through q window, and the scream and crash
were enough to set the panic in full force. Inc
scene was q terrible one in the narrow vestlDule
leading to the street. The peoplei in the rear, mad
with fear. pressed upon those in front, shouting
and cursing men, terror-strcken struck down
the HELPLESS women and children in front or
climbed over their heads to the top Of the stair
case and precipitated themselves npon the
screaming and bleeding mass OF children and
women below. The scene in and about the
Opera House after the accident was heart
rending. The news Of the catastrophe spread
like wildire over the city and from every oirec-
ton came people h~urrying to the scene. until the
squares were impossible.
A few men placed themselves in the doorway
and endeavored to assure the people that there
was no danger and an effort WAS made from the
stage to check the mad career of the affrighted
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number Of persons were trampled to death and
many severely injured. Those able to walk
went home at once, and those more seriously in
jured were taken to the Ninth street station
house and the Commercial Hospital, and the
dead were gathered in the office OF the Opera
House. Up to 9 O'Clock the following are re-
ported killed and injured Mrs. Alfred White
and Son Harry aged II years; Mrs. Nancy Clark,
reported to have died of heart disease caused by
| excitement: August and Fred. Laesch. two
brothers, aged 8 and 10 years Sallie Leslie,
aged u years; James Crowley, aged 7 ysars
Anna Mai Rinzel and Miss Laroneca Massatt.
aged D years. are dead. Mrs Kelsser suffered a
severe conclusion of the brain and is reported
dead this evening. One unknown woman is
dead. Among the injured are rreu. StasOuTe,
Miss PumplIery, Harry Bliss and a child named
Coddington Carey, base Of skull crushed and
collar bone broken MIS-. Anna Flood hurt in
the breast, seriously Mrs. Lyons injured inter
! nally. Mrs. White, who was killed, had five
children with her, one of whom was killed
Another, the youngest, was found clasped in its
mothers rms uninjured. Mrs. Rieniez of Al
tonna was in the gallery and was either pushed
over the railing or jumped to the floor striking
on her head. A coronor's inqust will be held
on Tuesday, and he will endeavor to ascertain
definitely how the alarm originated.