, 1876-11-25
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.Amity Club, has recently been
changed into a theater capable of
seating 1000 people, including the
gallery with a capacity for $50, and
90 private boxes with room for $50
more. The place was named after
the proprietor, Morris Opera House.
It was thrown open to the public
this evening, with a variety troupe
lust from the East among them
being the Peek Family OF Swiss
Bell-ringers ; Miss Lulu Wilson,
serio-comic singer; Miss Emma
Dunham, dancer Misses Beatrice
and Ellen Devaux, John Foster,
negro comedian, and number OF
others. The house was densely
crowded this evening, on the occa-
sion of the opening performances.
The hall is about 40 by 80 feet in
size. At about SIS o'clock, while
the performance was progressing, a
sudden sinking of the floor was no
ticed, accompanied by cracking OF
beams, and the dress circle was pre-
cipitated into the stable. The rear
part of the floor was held up by the
stalls underneath, and those in that
part of the house were thrown for
wards towards the stage. The lights
were extinguished by the concus-
sion. and the mass Of struggling hu-
manity was left in the darkness.
The scene was q fearful one, and
the cries and shrieks of tie panic
stricken were heart breaking. The
alarm of fire was rung at all the en-
gine-houses in the city, and news OF
the accident spread like wildfire.
Fully five thousand people were on
the spot in less than ten minutes,
and people rushing wildly from ev-
ery direction. The fire department
and police at once took charge OF
the ruins and exerted themselves to
rescue the MANNED and assist the
unhurt in escaping from the wreck.
Besides those killed it is known that
some 50 or 80 were more or less IN
iured. The following is a list OF
killed and wounded, SO far as can
be ascertaired at present: S. L
Perry, janitor court house, killed
Frank Myers, compositor Record
Union office, killed W. J. Foster,
compositor Record Union Office,
carried out badly injured, dying in
an hour; an unknown Spaniard fa-
tally injured unknown man lying
dead at Wilson's stable +; Henry Va
ca, badly bruised ; Ezra Wilson,
fatally injured Valentine, ". U.
T. Co. employe, hurt a boy named
White, slightly hurt Arthur Will
son, son of J. W. Wilson, badly
hurt Mrs. Wilson, actress, Sc
riously bruised; Eddie Peake, bruis-
ed Smith, leader of the orchestra,
wounded; Oscar Gilman, badly hurt;
S. J. Joseph, b lily hurt ; Gibson,
wounded Ed. Harber, compositor
Record Union, badly hurt Fred
Smith, leg broken; Freddie Gibson,
paper carrier, seriously hurt; Frank
Chapman, badly hurt !; W. Fl.
Cooke. slightly hurt DR.. II. H.
Briggs, eye hurt A. Lovett, Sc
riously hurt S. W. Freeman, hurt
about the head; Scotty Burns, hurt
about the head; Thomas Cox, bruis-
ed; S. W. Harris, bruised about
the back and shoulders George
Carpenter, leg and arm broken
George Grimshaw, badly injured
George Riley, badly hurt in the
leg A. III. jackson, hurt about the
hips and legs; J. Green, seriously
hurt; G.. n. Blanchard, badly hurt
CD. Humphrey, internally injured
G.. Barnes, cut in the head G..
Frey, arm broken ); Willie Myers
and Geo. Myers, badly bruised ;B.
W. Cage, shoulder blade broken
August Bangson, slightly hurt about
the head Frank Wilder, slightly
hurt about the head; Michael
'Tierny, killed.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 19.----Aboui
II o'clock last night the tug boat
Monarch, which was in Cousins dry
dock at North Point, undergoing
some slight repairs, was discovered
to be on fire. The crew who were
sleeping on board decamped in haste
and gave the alarm. Men from the
brig Annie, lying near, got stream
on the fire, but with little effect
The department was soon on tho
ground, but despite their exertion'