The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-08
The Fire Mar-har- Investigation.

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testimony of q. A. wessman Of IA No.trand
avenue. ope Of ne mounted toncemen. who
was Attending the theatre on Tuesday night in
civilian dress. He sat in the parauet. He
SAID " When the nre broke out siw 1t nrst up
III tne eur'ai"' OF SCENERY over tue s'ase' ran
" wv - Wv w t'' '"' uo''' o'e"' i"n a.,o's
uu'e''u '"e suu'e"Ve 'or " nlou'enl' anu 'neh
thav nil var. ,,t and ,han ci,s,.,, ,ns ,,,,rs -,
~, -. - Wv" NO'"-
vhat u,. IN. meter mean ,ha o,., ,,,ierv
or what is called the dress circle. There are
two separ tie IL shts Of stairs leading up there.
As got 10 the top OF the Grst hlght OF stairs
there WAS a lady coming down who caught her
foot between the b.lusters. \ stout man fell
over her and that made a heal on which one
person phed on top Of the other. There were
iuli n'y OF SKY persons packed Ia tue heap at
'"e i'o' u Tue se0o"" n's"' "' s'"'rs' lnes'a'rs
Were open az .ne way aown om 'na' ana above
vacant for four OF Ave steps from tue top. THIS
time the smoke was very dense. ltwas not three
minutes after the hre that TINS occurred. They
lowered the curtain (after the audience beeanto
rusn Gu, ana tue curtain TOOK hre. and ms had
ery looked at II for about three seconds and
No., -..t .,, ,t,.., 81 -. ,ri -,
"" VIZ ,.h - a ~. ' ~, ,"e b"if - ~ 80
ne 10 help thrm' auu Cld get some OF
them IN tue rear In thll back uh'H ! got
"A Seeing those
tWo get ont they nil rusned forward and
hlnrkea nm the nlssge the trIrt ia .xtricaf. in.
wunan uio h,i c.ught her f,t In IA. ait. mi -
va held st. An I'ier came Gn t. ,sist uc id Se
nushrd fnen macy and mad, sali naca n, M ,nen.
'orr Ia, ,.rr..rs nf = me vetI inv fnriu am mn w.
nnn 1, got nli that crosu ON neni mn IN fr fres.
rirr - ana fnnrd A Woinsn mar. an TONS her nti
There must have been ut ,r rr,Ons tn,re + en- Tor
hrad ere out cou Il not -rr them on "A count ~ Inc
su,se know there inu.i nav, b.en .eysr,i ners,
m t ,ir,ss clrcls no were en- ny Inc nr. Ms
men ming wrnk from ia. .Iuonr M drnpned Ia he
hDor To gel ONE frr,h AIR Tnr s Ike A. niar, and
ma yery .utf ,ritiug smell Am An oil ur..uI All
/ va. nut IN tre smoke over minnie a,sd
| could not Drea he. The urst ami rrroni %
.rns nnd oven Tho st.irs wrf. th.n I'M
ot this rufiocnting smoke ~ hum N Lem hi
i've m II twu uuuut,s lnr,ri A thu,nplus noise AZ, n
!, ma nne "a ii'nnn an M tn. wt,i ~ n uas ~
tttns Tvs nearly sun, st,d unen i vnf AM INV
ina the reuple mere Al taken on the drt IS rfr.
NM rnrl inr ,rl inside = dress cirrI. ,ud a. ,,h
" ere Are Vou p 'lot nn ntsMtr i,ru w1ru yni
down on tae ii or / heard Inc / ,..uul y n,i,, A,
thnugh lhey were inning ami Of IN u,u'r gurty il
tn, prolr mad Iu pri fron ~ IN ,rr "a LEW to 1 ~
ar.s- circle broN cOuld not nave seen tsrt1 In.
smoke " A. 20 dense Itoun n br.r'et nAir ~ II nos
an era a and a bundle OF clothts, a ~ whr1
s.y, 10 he seiur Of th Fir.t lr,rlict porr hrra
Am prety sue Thai all IN tne dres, ar, e Iu MOI cst
oui .fye" -"
nri IIaatlnRs OF lp5 South nurth street who va,
ttsrt rerryer M thr s.ll.r, was Inrrs Ia 10 lr cun.
ln.uc,ment Of ne a.t lct 'ihr -alirry ~, well "A e.
lie ihlnSs tnat ere were about four nunlrc taerc.