New-York tribune., 1876-12-09

by the doorway through Fo0dsaley, where the crown
was kept back by policemen. To person standing LII
tho middle of the lobby the last terrible scenes OF
day night impressed themselves with CHASTITY vvidness
upon the mind member OF the coroners jury was NOT
fully assured that the galleries had not faien Deiore
they reached by the fire. He came back AT eocA
10 make private examination. One OF the noor Jolsts
was found TO be spntered but the fracture appeared TO
be comparatvey freshIas If done since the fire. -Four
or FIVE ends Of floor josts broken squarey oh were sun
in the outside wall Of the lobby, where the mass OIL
bodies was found The other extremies OF the Joists
were charred making it appear that the noor hau ho
fallen till one had been burned away.
Remnants OF ,the lobby door opening on FlooPsaley
were still hanging to hinges Mr.. Rockford, the head
usher stated AVID may have thought, he unlocked th
door but the testimony to be indisputaDe tat
was opened with and bars frcm tne oulSiue.
gentleman came to the ruins 10 confirm the statement vi
Richard Lynch, coal merchant with Whom lie opeheu
this door, His description Of the scene al TINS door "
Of thrilling interest He and Mr Lynch were at unter
saloon at the end of the alley On getting the alarm hey
ran up the alley and began TO take horses out OF the
stables But hearing pteous shreks and beatngs on the
inside OF this Obbydoor, they left the horses procou
axes and beat in the door, Some time was consuneu ."
crowbar was necessary to finish the denOuoh ol 'o
door The screams of tho confined victims filed every
body in the alley with terror. The excitement OF toSo
making the deliverance knew bounds When the door
was forced the gentleman thinks not more than SIX
came ont Two women and three or four men dropped
from the windows into the alley and were sllRht'y III
jured Looking through the opening made Dy Dredhlhs
down. the door nothing but black rolling smoke couu DO
seem From the alley high up in the back ghple TWO
hands were seen olinging to an upper gallery ~lhoo"
The wretched man within had not strength to draw h
self up and died without oosening his grasp This gen
emau states that 10 minutes after he reached the aeJ
entrance he heard the whole interior falling To runs
The police Office next the theater where Inspector
Waddy and Capt Smith remained In chafge was NlSou
by numbers Of persons seeking permits 10 Fsit 'ne
Morge or the ruins Permission to Inspect the ruins
was denied even TO aldermen OF the city. Inspector
Waddy told the story OF stage who got into
the cellar and came out through coal shoot in the mid
die of the sidewalk They drawn forth by police
man. who shouted at the top OF ais lungs into the cellar
for Others to hear but received response The In
specor said that inquiries were coming IN from other
cities concerning persons who were In brooklyn tempo
rariv and had not been heard from since the IRE lie
houcbt II the unidentified bodies could he kept TIL sun
day that friends from other cities would ldentJ more
OF the dead boy reported as having died yester
day morning. He escaped, but with every shred oi
clothing torn from him. Naked as he was he ran 10
Neson-st., and, 1t is said, died from exposure
Detective Butts brought william Bennett, brekayer
TO the stationhouse and accused him OF selling permits
70 enter the Morgue for fS cents apiece handful oil
permits believed to have been forged, was taken from
him. Bennett was under the influence Of liquor and IN
his statement SO stuted himself that he was ocked up
When the bodies were removed from the thoater on
Wednesday oil articles found in the clothing were pAced
in separate pasteboard boxes room at No 35J Fulton
ST. was rented and there the boxes were arranged on
tables that the contents might he identified. Yesterday
articles in about sixty the boxes identified as
belonging 10 the missing.