The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-12-08
THE BROOKLYN DISASTER.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS SINCE THE
TERRIBLE OCCURRENCE.
National Associated Press to the Star.

National Associated Press to the Star.
BROOKLYN, Dec. 8.-Tne disaster a
the. Brooklyn Theater continues to bC
the theme of conversation among al
classes. Firemen, policemen and 9th.
ers are still busy with picks and shoV
els, and all exhumationS made are al
once sent to the nejghboring police sta
tions and to the old market, the morgue
being already full. Police guard the ru
ms. Nearly three hundred and fifty
bodies have been recovered from the
ruins.
Great heaps of debris at either corner
of what once was the stage, have not
yet been removed, and pieces of wearing
apparel protrude from the mass OF
crooked gas.plpe and piles Of rubbish in
every direction.
Numbers of bodies have been identi-
fed by relatives. In all cases where
Identification is complete the Coroner
delivers the remains to the families oil
the dead. The police are exhausted by
their hard labor, and Gen. Jordan has
accepted the offer of one hundred men
Of the Twelfth Regiment of National
Guards to stand guard as special police
men.
There is great indignation at attempts
at the morgue Of aYaricious wretohes to
gain possession of bodies upon whom
watches or other jeweIry are found
Several such attempts have been made.
In one case TWO men claimed to recog-
nize corpse as that Of relative; the
body was that of boy, and the father
had already claimed it and was stand
ing near, plunged in the deepest grief,
when the two rascals, attracted by the
sight OF a valuable gold watch and chain,
made application for a permit to remove
the body. so far as known such at
tempts have not proved successful.
A Coroners jury was impaneled, and
held private session In the Station
house adjpining the burned theater.
They took no evidence, and at noon ad-
journed to meet at the Coronel's office
Saturday evening.
A. NJ. Palmer, one of the lessees OF the
theater, gives the following statement
OF the number OF persons in the theater
Tuesday:
405 persons in the upper gallery, 800
persons In the dress circle, $50 persons
III the parQuet, 81 actors and speaking
people, 20 supernumeraries, III stage
hands, u musicians; total, 1,0l8, or,
including dressers and other sub:
sons. 4 fault in the con construc-
tion OF the burned building, and one to
which there Is reason to believe the
dreadful loss OF life in the gallery Is in u
large measure attributable, was the use
OF painted cotn for the ceiling. The
canvas caught easily and burned rap.
idly. OF course the flames followed it
to the Ventilat0r at The top, making the
dome tunnel of fire right over the
heads OF The people in the gallery. 1t
seems more than probable that the
smoke and fire, in the midst OF which
they were thus placed, destroyed the
lives OF many persons who might else
have escaped, even by the inadequate
stairway provided Tor them.
A list is published of tifty-nine who
have been identified.
NEW YORK, Dec. Sill A. M.-Tha full
extent OF tho Brooklyn disaster has been
ascertained, but it is
probable that the total loss of life will
never be known. Thus far two hundred
and ninety bodies have been recovered
from the ruins. One hundred and thirty
Ave bodies still remain unidentified, and
The city will probably have to bury the
larger portion of these at the public ex.
pense. Memorial services for the dead
will be held Sunday. The offer OF Green-
v ooa Cemetery authorities mas been &C.
cepted, and the victims not Identified
will be buried in Il large plot. The in
will probably be made to-mor-
'Ow afternoon. The examination Of the
ruins, it is expected, will be completed
,o-day.
BROOKLYN, N. Y. Dec. S.-Two more
bodies nave been recovered from the
'uins OF the theater fire. In the present
state OF excitement it is impossible to
lrrive at n correct conclusion as to the
precise number who persisted in the fire,
Police Captain Smith says two hum
lred and forty-aight box loads
we're carried out up 10 last night, but
hat some boxes contained two or three
'odies and some fragments of bodies;
mother official reports two hundred
md eighty-two bodies recovered,
md sJill another official of the
;oroner's office reports the whole mum.
er of bodies taken out up to 10
'clock last night as reaching three hun
red and ten.
The total number of bodies identified
3 one hundred and fitty.tive, and the |
lumber of persons now reported missing |
5 two hundred and twelve. This would |
Indicate that three hundred and sixty |
even persons were lost. The morgue |
resents fearful spectacle. Many |
fragments have been gathered together |
n piles that will never be recognized, |
nd all are horribly charred. The un- |
ertakers are busily engaged preparing
he funerals of those who are TO be bur- ed |
o-day. Workmen are Sill engaged |
earcning the ruins tor bodies.
Another Theater Rurned.
ALBANY, N. T., Dec, 8-The Adelphia
heater, of this city, situated on Davi-
On street, between Pearl and Green
treets. was totally destroyed by ii re at
O'Clock this morning. The fire is sup