The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-02-17
Incidents or the Cincinnati Opc-
r0 House Panic.

\ lady, whose name We suppress,
found when she reached the yestibule
that the skirt of her dress had been
completely torn off, and that she ap-
peared upon the street in nothing
more than seal skin Jacket and scan
ty petticoat. Some one wrapped her
in shawl, and she was placed in
hack and taken home.
A lady, whose name we could not
learn, struggled bravely until she had
carried her boy to the side walk. She
stood there moment, apparently
unaffected by the danger through
which she had just passed; but at the
moment she saw her husband ap-
preaching, with cry she fell in an
unconscious heap on the pavement.
Four tiremcn united in strong and
successful effort 10 pull out OF tho
heap in the vestbule, a large man,
with red hair and light moustache.
Strangely enough, he came out with
out his boots. As he stood up in his
stockings, somebody said to him:
you've lost your boots.' D-n
the boots" he replied, and away he
shot AS though the panic had struck
him a second time.
Uncle Dan. Wolf is am pug the
greatest sufferers by the catastrophe.
He was there with three children,
Ada, aged ten years; Abraham, aged
twelve years, and James, aged eight
years. They were seated in the dress
circle near the front, and next the
central isle. When the alarm came
the children were still for while un-
til they thought the way was clear,
and then they started for the door,
and their father followed them. Soon
they were engulfed in the fatal crowd
at the vestibule. Uncle Dan suffered
untold tortures as he saw his children
one after another go down beneath
the pltiless crowd, and heard their
faint and appealing cries to him for
help when be could do nothing for
them. He shouted and begged for
help for his children until his voice
was gone. At last he was made hap
py by their release. Ada's life was
probably saved by Mrs. White, whose
body protected her. Her clothing
was covered with blood from Mrs.
Whites wounds.
Mrs. Albert White was among the
number who rushed for the door lead
ing to the vestibule. She seemed in
tent on saving the youngest child
BERTHE, and as she was becoming in
volved in the fatal crash, held it
aloft out OF harms way. Finding
that she was being surely trampled
under foot, she threw little Berthe
forward with all her strength, and al
most Immediately sank under the
surging crowd. Little Bertie was
caught by frightened woman, who
folded it to her breast and ran as fast
as she could as far As Race street,
where she was stopped and taken in
to house, out Of breath, and very
much agitated. Berthe told who she
was, and was taken to her fathers
house. The woman who had carried
her so far sank down unconscious
from sheer fright aud excitement.
Mrs. White was extricated from her
perilous situation by the efforts Of the
gallant tiremen and other citizens, and
was carried into Mr.. Hamlin's office.
She was still alive, but unconscious.
Every effort was made for an hour to
save her life, but she gradually sank
without speaking. She was then re-
moved to the hospital, and died fifteen
minutes after her arrival at tnat in
stitution. Her husband arrived at her
bedside just as she closed her eyes in
death. Mrs. Mrs. White had been
married about twenty-five years, and
had, until Saturday, six children.
She was a prominent and influential,
member of St. Paul NJ. L. Church.
Cincinnati Gazette.