The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-09

and thOre were 90 many that the
could not get up again. / don't. thin
j that 100 people out Of 400 or 500 in Ii
gallery got ont. Charles Holloway wa
10 the gallery At the time OF the ere. an
. was about to Jump down into the dreA
b circle, when he saw some ladies belo,
8 aud was afraid Of hurting them. He the
!, drew back and run 10 the door leading :
4 the stairs, when he encountered In
9 crowd, he jumped over the heads OF Ii
: people, and was At the ticket Office wbe
the lights went out, he then fell, but Ro
up again. Upon going liItl
l farther he found a pile OF women o
: stairs IN the dark. he thinks about 8
, got out. Thosesth he got eyer th
stairs seemed to be dead. There were tw
. separate heaps Of people ON the stair,
! The Gre reached him before, he got, ou
and burned his ear. Was nearly sutfocat
ed by the thick smoke. ' .s1
: Wm. H Smith, an actor employed b.
Mrs. Conway, testified that he was at th
parquette door when the fire brok
out. Was on the stage abou
three weeks ago, when the "LonI
. strike" was played, at which time til;
rubber connection OF the border lights Il
the third entrance caught FIRE, but the ex
element did not pass beyond the few
people who stood around, and. the ga
was shut oti at once. Witness was Il
the gallery on the second night tha
John E. Owens played in "0ur Boys.''
That night, an alarm ,of fire occurred
There was = movement Of the people
when Murdoch told them TO sit down.
heard the FIRE was In a curtain in 4 box
He thought at the time Of the fire that
there were axes on the stage labelled moi
to be used except In case OF fire. Ht
knew that the fire door from the par.
quette 10 Floods Alley was open at The
time, and a number Of people went Oul
there. Irts- -rt.s D,
A very interesting escape from the
flames was that Of one Of the stage hands,
Timothy Owen, who made bis way
through the underground passage 10 The
coal bunk, under the pavement, and sue.
ceeded In getting beneath the coal hole,
where his rappings on the cover attracted
the attention OF some bystanders; they
saw the cover move and prying Il up,
pulled out the fortunate fellow and com.
rade. - : fl'ts ''Ef+"
A corpse on which last evening lay
some money-thtee ailyer coins, half
dollar, q quarter dollar and fye-cent
piece-appeared this morning bereft Of
the coins. ~. -.' u
The public funeral Of the identified
dead will take place on Saturday instead
Of Sunday, as previously announced.
Memorial services will be held Sunday.
At noon tomorrow the militia will as.
semble on schermerhorn street, the right
resting on Flatbush avenue: The pro.
cession will be in the following order:
Police, band, clergy In carriages hearSes
escorted by military, relatiyessad friends
in carriages, city officials in carriages,
citizens. The procession willSmoye at
/ o'clock. The services In thetcemetery
will consist OF prayers, addresses and
singing by choral societies. ~
The bodies will be taken from9 9he two
morgues by the undertakers, without
special ceremony and carried, each coffin
In separate vehicle, to the place Of as
sembly on Schermerhorh street, which
will Be kept free from ordinary travel
while the cortege 10 forming. Places OF
business will be closed between the hours
Of and 3 P. N.
The lot In the cemetery is,on the sum.
nit Of an elevation, Is circular and near.
ly sixty feet In diameter; the rise from
the circumference to the centre is about
two feet. The ground was presented by
the Cemetery Association, and the plan OF
the arrangement Of the collins was made
by Comptroller Perry. Inorder that the
services may not be marred by the pres
ence Of any sort Of hill Of fresh earth
thrown up by the grave.diggers, Comp.
troller Perry volunteers 10 have all the
earth carted away and afterwards carried
back again. A circular trench IA feet
wide will be dug completely around the
inside Of the circumference. This will
leave the centre plot for tho monument
about 8 feet in diameter. In the trench
he bodies will be laid with
the feet towards the centre, and
as close as may be necessary. The
workmen are busiIy engaged digging
the trench to-day. The lot Ia on Battle
avenue, near the exit for funerals. All
collins are 10 be alike; they will be plain
but tasteful In construction, the
only ornament being double row Of
diamond headed tacks. II il supposed
that not more than one hundred vehicles
will be needed. About 5000 infantry,
under the command OF General Thomas
s. Dankin, will form the escort. The
line Of march will be through Flatbnsh
to 9th avenue, thence to Sd street, thence
to 4th avenue and 18th street, which |
leads to the cemetery, Services, Sunday |
afternoon, will be held in Hooleys Opera
House, Park Theatre, and the Academy |
Of Music. The vocal music will be under |
the direction off. W. Ioyejoy, and the
instrumental music will be under the |
direction Of L. Couterno, band master Of
the 2Sd regiment. %. -
The actors, both masculine and fem.
inine, with characteristic generosity,
have promptly volunteered their services
in aid Of The fund for the relief OF the |
suffering and Impoverished surviving |
relatives Of the dead. Clara Morris,
Rose Eytinge and J. 7. Raymond are |
conspicuous volunteers, and Mr.. Nc
Wicker has rendered the services OF
Edwin Booth. The members OF the the
atrical profession have appointed a com
mittee 10 communicate with every man.
ager in the United States and ask |
cooperation in the raising Of funds. J.
T. Ford, II was promised, would give the
proceeds Of performance In each Of his |
theatres In Baltimore aud Washington.
Mr.. Harry s. Griffith, who was In the
dress circle with his wife, writes to
Fire Marshal Ready, saying, We were the
last to leave our seats; we tried to escape |
by the doorway in the corner near where
We we're sitting, over which we're the words
exit johnson street; we were driven back
by the smoke and fire that was making |
its way through the partition, and when |
We turned around to go toward the
main entrance, all the people in the
dress circle had got into the lobby, but !
found 1t was blocked and that we could get
no further. At that moment we were over
whelmed by the smoke, and after being
nearly sutticated we escaped. lam sure
there was no one In the dress circle be:
hind IA and Nth ,ba aYNaniion NJ n /