Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-08

Later - Recovering the Dead - Heart
HendinE Scenes.

Later - Recovering the Dead - Heart
Hendins Scenes.
New YORK. Dec 6.-rhe latest intelli-
gence from the Brooklyn frestatesiihat 50 far
2i5 bodies have been recovered and that
there are still others burned in the ruins.
Mayor s,heider called meeting of the
board Of aldermen this afternoon to take
action concerning the calamity. In his
communication to the board he says.
Arrangements should be made by pablo
authorities for burial Of the unrec0gnized
dead in manner becoming kind and sym
pathic Caristian people. To this end a COM
mIttee should be at oncs appointed and our
merchants should close their stores on the
day Of funeral and participate in the obse-
qules. II in addition II should transpire
that many homes have been deprived Of
their support by loss Of father. brother.
husband Or son, the attention OF
oar churches and charitable institutions
and our wealthy citizens should be
promptly called ID the fact in order that
neither reality nor apprehension OF imme-
date want may be supeTaGdad 70 an allie
tlon IN ItseI almost unSupportable.
FIRE marshal Ready proceeded to in-ti
tute an Investigation. Miss Kate Ciaxton.
the leading LADY in the play Of the 1.-Two
Orphans" and Mr. J B. Study testified as
follows Miss Ca1tou says
played last evening the part
Of Louise the B,iud Grrl in the
Two Orphans At the beginning OF the
las: &C; Just a. the curtlin went up heard
a rumbllng noise on the sage aud two min
utes after saw the flames. think the fire
commenced in the flies The fire sc med to
be all on the stage. Mrs. Farre1, myself.
Mr.. Study, and Mr. Murdoch, were on the
stage at this time We four remained there
and endeavOred a best We could to quiet
the audience and prevent a panic. SAID
10 the people. BE quiet, VIC are between
Won and the tire. The font door Is open and
the passages arc clear. Nat one ct the
audience jumped on the sage. The flames
were then coming down on Us. run out
and jumped over several people. Mr. Far
rem and others were also endeavOrlng TO
quiet the people. We used NJ fire in the
play and | could not tell what caused the
FIRE. The first alarm OF fire was when we
saw il up in the lies.
j. B. Study testified
played Jacques FrocAard. last evening,
and was on the stage at the time of the fire.
1t discovered it by the restiveness of the
people at the back of the stage. | tried to
quiet the audience. and finally made my
way out, but how. Is a conundrlm that
have not solved yet. | 90 not think any Of
the actors were burnt; but | cannot be
positive about that. When first saw the
fire. it was over our heads The audience
were pretty well gone out Of the lower part
Of tie house before We left the stage.
think | was the last to leave the stage.
The loss Of life among the members of the
Theatre company was not SO extensive as
might have been imagined. The lives OF
two OF them were lost-iIarry S Murdoch
and Claude Burroughs, who were playing
the parts Of Pierre the Cripple and Picard,
Valet to the Chevalier When the fire was
first discovered, Murdoch was before the
curtain playing with Kate Claxton. As soon
asthe panic occurred a general rush was made
to escape. Both Murdoch and Burroughs ran
to their respective dressing rooms TO get
clothes to wear on the street. They gath
cred up what garments they could find and
were seen to make an effort to descend. but
DCiOAC tt4l NtfAAIA1C "a O1C
sheet of flame and all chances of re.r eat cut
of. They were las. seen on the painters
bridge which runs across the stage, by
member of the company, who had left his
blessing room few seconds fore them
and fought his way through the flames to a |
place OF comparative safety. There was
then no means Of escape but to leap. Be- |
meath them many feet below was sea of !
lanes, around them burning canvas |
,hoked them with sIaoke. Whether they |
made that fearful leap into the fiery pit |
,r whether they remained till the bridge
tsssf took fire and fell with them, will prob
IDLY never be known.
All places of amusement in Brooklyn will |
be closed during the week, and the dramat-
C profession are organizing relief measures
Flags drought the city are at hali-mast.
md throughout the entire district mourn
III feeling is manifest, d
The street scenes to-day were such as
rave never been witnessed in this city.
Business OF all kinds was at a stand-still.
from an early hour il the morning throngs
urged from all directions to the scene.
In anxious crowd oil thousands took pos.
ession of the sidev alks. The passage of
ehicles through the Inflated district was
ntirely suspended. except for undertakers'
wagons. which came and went with fearful
egulariy, in their CHASTITY work of recov-
ring the charred remains and trans ierring
hem to the morgue. Among the crowd
Gere hundreds Of men and women looking
Ior missing friends. 1t was necessary Of
course to deny them admission to tho ruin
d buildiDg, and the police directed them
10 the morgue. The work of recovering