Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-14
NEW SERIES.-VOI~ III, NO. q.

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described as something horrible ever
TO contemplate.
HORRIBLE DETAILS.
The description given by person,
who were in the gallery OF the Brook.
Ign Theater at the time OF the disas.
ter Is heartrending and horrible
Alfred A. Jones gives the following
account OF the scene: I was seated
next to the front row, but, seeing that
something was wrong on the stage,
moved up to the entrance OF the tier
While my back was turned shrieks
were heard, and the mass OF people
in the gallery arose in wild confusion.
l cannot describe the scene as it wa.
They were climbing over seats. grip
ping each other by the clothes, and
struggling frantically to get ahead OF
one another. / saw one man smash
Il fellow in the face who would not
yield to him in the passage. and big
powerful woman tore her way through
and came toward me with scarcely
any clothes on her back. and with
BLOOD STREAMING FROM HER xosTRrLs
Two decentlooking boys got togeth-
or in the front row, and I saw them
Ilmbering over seats and queezinc
their bodies through the crowd. One
OF them was thrown down, and the
other turned and called him wildly by
name. got down among the FIRST
that escaped. and didn't wait to see
what happened.
ANOTHER.
A tall, stout man, who said he was
a truckman, gave a very vivid des-
criptiOn OF the scene. when the
uproar began" he said, Il Was seated
in the aisle, about the middle OF the
gallery. and three or four seats rom
the front. never saw anything like
it. All the people in the gallery
seemed to be crowsling one on top
of the other. There were men there
who seemed perfectly frantic. The
yells and shrieks I shall never forget
to my dying day. MY wife is down
stairsl" one man cried out, "let me
get her OUT" ~We're all safe il you'll
only he orderlyl" another cried. A,
the same time. however, he was max
ing the most strenuous exertions 10
got through the throng. The weak
est went down one after another, and
the strongest rushed recklsssly over
them. could actually hear the
bones cracking as the men jumped
on the writhinR. struggling. helpless
mass beneath them. The cries tina,
ascended amid the uproar we're heart.
rending.
my GOD HAVE MERCY ON MEi"
one voice repeated several times
One man managed to crawl from u
heap Of PROSTATE DO les, but the
struggling throng rushed against him
and he sprang round towards me and
fell almost at my feet 1 tried to lift
him, but he groansd once or twice
and gave few gasps, and all was
over. When saw it was to be life
or death, made for the door. All
I've been telling took place in q few
seconds, but there Is picture in my
mind could not paint When got
out / walked over bodies three or
four deep"
PHILLIP wANsER
WAS among the very last to get out Of
the gallery. He gives tho following
account Of the calamity: Il got in
from the row near the stage. saw
the fire from the very first. As 1
looked up to the gallery the scene
was the most terrific that one could
imagine. Men and boys were tearing
one over another, and the shrieks
and oaths were awful. One man
clambered up the heap. and was spun
round and round on the heals OF the
throng, he was flung with a crash /
could ,iistinctivrly hear against the
back OF the gallery. Every one was
for himself, and men seemed to be-
come wild beasts. They were threat
ening and tearing one another with
their hands. Seats were piled with
PROSTATE human beings, and, as sue
cessful strugglers forced their way
over the gasping forms that lay all
u ound, others who had been crushed
70 insensibility fell as they lost the
support Of the living. There was
nothing for it but for myself, and
some others who had waited, to walk
over the piles OF bodies on the fool.
They were slippery with blood. Hands
and feet were protruded here and
there, which showed that life was
still in some OF them. BY this time
the smoke was dense. and the nois..
and shouting from the lower part OF
the house were terrible. and some
others maraged to get to the stair
way. and we went down in q uass -
how couldn't tell you. All this ]
have been describing took place in
less than two minutes. One man
who got out In the crowd just beforr
me showed me his arm, which had
been bitten almost to the bone"
NUMBER OF PERSONS IN THE THEATRE
A. NJ. Palmer, one OF the lessees Of
the theatre, gives the following
statement OF the number of person-
in the theatre on Tuesday evening:
405 persons in the upper gallery, 300
persons in the dress circle. $50 per-
sons in the parquette, FL actors and
speaking people. 20 supernumeraries.
10 stage hands, and twelve musicians.
a total OF l,0lS, or, including thu
siressers and other subordinates, iu
all about 1850 persons.
INVESTIGATION.
Fire Marshal Ready resumed his
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