Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-07
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THE PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE.
fiorida's Dual College.
Alleged Efforts 10 BTihS HAYES Electors.
BROOKLYk'S GREAT CALAMITY,
More Shocking Details.
315 Dead Bodies Recovered.
BROOKLYK'S GREAT CALAMITY.
More Shocking Details.
3l5 Dead Bodies Recovered.
THE BROOKLYN HOLOCAUST.
a Frightful struggle for Life


The play until the close of the first act. when
they went out. The second act was Just COM
lnencingas they resumed their former places.
anu as IL drew toward the final scene Mr..
Gain noticed some confusion on the stage
and the audience seemed 10 be growing rest
less and excited. His interest in the play
prevented INN from paying any particular
attention 10 these circumstances and il was
only when several Of the spectators arose
hurTledly and crowded toward the door that
ne began tO think that something was wrong
Then Mr.. Studley advanced TO the front OF
The stage and seemed 10 be arguing with the
audience, but the noise Of Shuf1ing feef
prevented his voice from being heard in the
galIeryf The actors wordf, however. seemed
TO have some effect. and many who had
arisen resumed their seats. The play went
on confusedly for a few seconds and then
sparks and burning material began 10 drop
uDon the stage. Probably this was the FIRST
intimation that most Of people i'm the packed
gallery had OF their peril. Certainly Gain
up To this moment had not suspected the
presence Of fire i'm the theater. and he now
round himself IN an exceedingly bad pOSitio
Tor erecting his escape. He tried TO reach the
door. but in
THE DESPERATE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
going on all around him. he was not at first
successful; at last he was carried out with
The moving mass upon the stairs. and here
ne caught momcntary glimpse of woman
being borne along and crushed against the
wall by the crowd. In second she had dis
appeared and he did not see her again. She
was the only female he noticed in the gal
Hight Of stairs a number of persons fell and
were trampled under foot. The passage way
was blocked, and Gain was falling over the
PROSTATE forms in front ofhim, when quick
ly realizing his danger he flung himself for
ward desperately and tumbled nearly 10 the
foot ofthe stairs. Regsining his feet quickly
he found himself slightly relieved from the
great pressure Of the crowd and attempted 10
make the best use of his opportunities by
getting 10 the door ~ quickly as
possible. but he stumbled and fell again.
MI ~. MI lasaI
difficulty in rising. He could hear the
Shrieks OF women and children i'm the par
quet and family circle, but could see nothing.
as mass OF binding smoke was pouring
into the passage. Quickly gathering his coat
about his head TO avoid being suffocated. he
FASTENED forward and gained the street. His
last recollection, he said. was being i'm the
top gallery OF the thcateT, and the Interval
between his being torn out of his seat by the
terror-stricken hrOnS around him. and
walking into Myrtle avenue. was an utter
blank TO him. AS far a. Gain could learn,
his two companions lost their lives.
How Bodies Were Recognized
NEW YORK, Dec. The names are printed
OF those who have been identified by friends
IN most cases either by means Of some article
oi clothing or ornament, or something carried
IN pockets. In most instances the faces were
burned, distorted. or bIackened beyond pos
sibiltty OF recognition.
Relief for the Sufferers
Dion Boucicault has contributed 500 10 the
sufferers and suggests the opening of a sub
scriptiOn. The Emily Soldene English opera
company offer their services FOR matinee at
Baltimore next Wednesday. MeSsrs. Poole a
Donnelly, lessees of the Grand Opera House
propose to devote the entire receipts of their
theater during every evening of next week
towards aiding needy sufferers by the fire
provided any company volunteer their SER
vices.
Mourning i'm the City Of Churches.
\ very gloomy feeling manifests itself i'm
all circles in Brooklyn. Flags on the public
a 1f-raao 81 a cfsR
dwellings and municipal offices are being
draped in mourning. The usual Wednesday
evening church lectures last night Were turn
eel into prayer meetings, at which inVoca-
tions were made for Divine grace upon citi-
zens 10 enable them 10 bear with Christian
fortitude this calamity. There was
AN UNIFORMITY PRAYER MEETING
organized yesterday noon in a saloon on Will
loughby street, within two short blocks Of the
disaster, which was crowded and continually
IN session till evening, participated i'm by la
block where the horror occurred. but no noise
of any kind was heard, except the rattle of
wheels of wagons taking the exhumed bodies
10 the morgue and the improvised dead-house.
PEOPLE SPOKE IN WHISPERS.
and the policemen and fremen on being re-
lieved 10 obtain a few hours rest, would stop
in the streets with eyes flooded with tears al
the thought OF the narrowing scenes in which
they had been involuntarily acting. The I'M
dertakers voluntarily combined To protect
corpses from being robbed by professional
mOulners.
Three Hundred and Fifteen Bodies
Found.
NEW YORK. Dec. Work on the ruins of
the Brooklyn theater was stopped this morn-
Ing. IL is stated that 3l5 bodies i'm all were
found.
Cause Of the Rapid Spread Of the
Flames.
w j. Fleming, the actor, who is acquaint-
ed with the construction of the Brooklyn the
alter. offers clear and rational explanation
of the cause of the fire starting with such fear
full rapidity from the stage to the auditorium,
and enveloping the galleries seemingly In the
nrst moments of its appearance i'm the dies.
He says that the theater building had a high
gable roof, which was some 20 feet above the
ornamental dome over the auditorium. The
closing in of the auditorium from that vast
empty space by ceiling and dome only ex-
tended as far as the proscenium arch. Back
OF that all the great stage territory was open
clear 10 the roof, and from the level OF the
flies one could look out far over the dome.
That dome was OF light wood-a mere
painted canvas = all was slight, dry.
readily combustible, and through the great
space above il the air circulated freely by a
through draught from one end OF the building
10 the other. Naturally as soon as the flames
sprang up among the fiimsy flies and borders
the current OF air drew them out between the
roof and dome. The unsubstantial dome at
the touch of that fiery cloud shriyelled and
burst into flames and disappeared like a dry
forest leaf in furnace, and through the |
enormous vacancy, where IL had stood the
masses OF flames rolled down into the audi |
forum, enwrapping the galleries, licking up /
the dry woodwork, and carrying destruction /
everywhere with almost lightning speed
what the Breeklyn Arg9s says
NEW YORK, Dec. THE Brooklyn drgas
states that the official report 70 the coroners
counsel, at II a. m, Is two hundred anu
eightly-four bodies were recovered, 20 Of \
which are unrecognizable. Digging has been
been discovered since midnight. There were /
I 200 people in the house-3oo below and 800 ON /
the other two floors.
The Tive Dead Act0rA
NEW YORK, Dec 7.-Among the i've dead
bodies found after midnight is all that is leff /
OF Claude Burroughs, the actor. The remains
OF Mr.. Burroughs were found In the part OF 4
the ruins corresponding with the site OF the /
box Near what remained OF his 1
body were few fragments which are sup Il
posed TO represent all that is LEFT Of Harry i
=. Murdoch. The remains Of Mr.. Burroughs /
were taken 10 the first precinct sfation-house /
in CONN and lay there al II O'Clock this |