The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-09
THE BR0OKLYN FIRE.
The valley Of the Shadow Of
g-.SFI NO Danth. T HfI

THE BROUkLHN ElkE,
The valley, Of the shadow Z
4TaS7' No Death. y ''g
NEW YoRk, December s.-Btookly
Is literally walking In tue valley Of th
shadow Of death. The funerals Of sue
f,he victims Of the theatre disaster q
have been Identified are taking placu
and through the streets In every part {
the city yhearses are moving bearing the !
mains to the cemeteries. About thirt,
Eve men are at work on, the ruins. and
Il hoped That The full extent {
calamity will be definitely ascertaine
within the next twenty.four hours. The
have not yetsucceeded Ia uneoyerlng III
dress circle, aud 1t Is therefore still un
certain how many II any Of the specta
tors In IL sperished.ss One man
body was found this morning in the par
quette, and also two or three fragment
Of flesh, which may possibly belong eithe
to the bodies which have already beef
removed, or to Others which have beel
almost totally consumed. The body wa
so charred and diSfgured as to be uurec
ognizable. 1t was evidently that OF awo
man, and D piece Of hoop.skirt adhere,
10 the remains. The articles taken Iron
the dead have been Deposited for ideuti
ticalion, and are Guarded by q mum
Der OF police officers. Since II o'clock
when the articles were arranged for iden
tification, they have been examined BY q
large number Of persons. The remains
OF Mr.. Murdock and his brother actor
Claude Burroughs, are In charge Of un,
der.akers. A meeting Of the surviving
membets of the Brooklyn Theatre and
Union Square Theatre was held this AZ
ternoon to make arrangements for the
funeral Of their late associates. Several
bodies were claimed at both the Moigue
and the market, to-day. one body, on
which was gold watch. was claimed BY
no less than seven persons. In the tenn
porary Morgue there Is quite a pile oi
legs, arms, and fragments Of flesh. The
Police Central Office and. City Hall are
heavily draped, and the large business
establishments are putting on the hablli-
ments oil mourning, aud q number oil the
stores are closed, and on the door Is no.
iice reading, aClosed in consequence Of
death in the family. ~
AT the inyestigation which Fire Mar.
shal Ready Is making, John Lyons testi:
fed that he was In the top gallery and
tirsl saw the fire through crack In the
scene on The left hand side Of the stage.
It was quite a large flame, and when l
heard the cryof FIRE my friend and my
lelt ran down the stairs and l called him
back again and we sat down, but only for
/ minute; dropped over the bannisters
1t the head OF the stairs and when | got up
/ policeman tried,to push me back; several
others jumped on top OF me; the stairs
we're crowed, and the police tried to
teep the crowd back, and there was
slso crowd down ahead Of me; met
sith no further obstacle; hall oil the Peo-
pie had got out ot the gallery; alter
left there was nothing to indicate tue
breaking OF thestairs; when came down
ne people were panic stricken and were
alling on each other; there were very lew
women. .,.s
Marshal L. Bryan who was IN the
'arqnette, testified, ! 40 not think there
we're SIX persons behind me when got
'ut; | am sure when ! got out there was
rot sman, or woman 10 me parquette.
Egn.y S ooales M ats sa sun IN a,.aa. .ae mo.gas
'uu % M .Ae as Hus ,tess..nLs susss nI
lousg i ia ia"h syI. H. 'Is asa pSss' - a.F,i
:ruIyieu 1 aIi 'uons Iae nst, u h,U.i. %
5afooi.e ac;u - PouteJu y'st g..,,. .n.n .hioa. @
Y oTaet Q. 'ne nIasSo San. ssa ~
!. ime ~ ssai;sga S aoUt oOJ ,.a Wv . os s
iecoa poS:ng nnios a. Sau .,saa aHA' isSissss
W 9,Su Suens.Seue,s G VI Wv SI s,S., ,,o.. no.
tne .oton. ',;n.,;on 1a ,oJav pSa.;c;sns Ia.
s sSaasa ~. ,,,oat ~ tha 3:,,bs yor. csn,"d
y. ,sTo 'ng"oo,;o" ss"s ,V'' W Wv s"'"' "''' ''
y ~. S"NCea''O' e:aN''Ot'zt..:A.-..s.1,
There was . f'imor lEis mofning that
he men digging in me ruins IaS mad come
ipon new pi@ containing zVV aeaa ana
eodies. IheTe was no io1hda.
ion Tor this FnmoF. Inc heiiet Com
aittee is now aseertainlng me number
y surviving relatives ana iheir cohui-
ION. Az tue sefViees In lhe Cal9olio
ihurches to-day reference was made 70
ne disaster, ana lne eongfegat.os were
'a!led upon 70 make manifest 1helr Salh.
'llc enarlty1Prayers lor ,the deaa ana
aia ior the ilVing'
The following testimony was taken by
'ire Marshal Ready so;aay Z,
John poyae was IN tne gaiiery ~ !ae
line Of me nre, a9u saia Tnen Iae aiatm
vas gwen all MADE u r4sh; m ABOUT ohe
hundred got ont before nc ela. ne utst
awit n tne nies over me s!age, ahe .he
;ry OIL hre was fasea aus, r.l penina y i. I. MINI
ioch came 70 'he iooI'agh.s anu s. teques..
% all 70 % seated. saM osheis n1
ioWh again anu saw 'ne ,, naAes =. nse
aiiinS on sne stage ana .housnt ~ wa.
n me pay: B9s up anu went
'1t when II increased. SONG one ieli'
'shen twentyihve or tmtIy ieii over mm.
! Fusn o. lre anu smoke ,isen came
through like a whitlw!nd. John Turner,
IN old fireman said, Look out ior your
eli! the place is all ablaze' The peo
,le were panic.stricken, and cried out
hat the stairs were falling behind them.
they begged some one Tor Gods sake to
ct them out. l did not see the stairs
all. Think that not more than seventy