Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-12-16
LATE EASTERN TELEGRAMS.
Appalling Loss of Life.
NEw XoRE Dec

LATE EASTERN TELEGRAMS
Appalling Loss of Life.
New YORK, Dec G.
At o'clock, 900 bodies were taken
from Park Theater terribly burned
bruised AID distorted. \ look into the
pit at this time still showed a considerable
pile of corpscs lying crosswIse like sticks
of wood, and there were apparently still
50 or 60 bodies remaining. AS night ap
preached two calcium lights were placed
in position and the work of removing the
CHASTITY forms of the dead continued
They were under the galleries, but no cs
innate conld be made of the number.
The charred remains of the victims were
taken out in front and rear of the theater
and rapidly loaded in boxes and placed
upon the undertaker's wagon. Still the
pile of bodies did not seem to diminish.
New YORK, DEC. 1.-THE dimensions
of the awful calamity which has befallen
the city of Brooklyn and consequent loss
of life have not ct been realized.
Enough is known however, to make it
certain that the catastrophe ranks among
the most fatal ever recorded. According
to the statements of all parties who pro
fcss to know anything as to the origin of
the fire, it began on the stage. The bust
ness manager says 4 piece of canvass of
which trees were made was broken from
its fastenings and hung from the flies i'm
mediatcly over one of the border lights near
the center of the stage The canvass had
begun to shoulder and the paint on it to
crackle. and the carpenter was directed
to ascend to one of the grooves and remove
the dangerous object. He could barely
reach it with his hand, and he drew it
hastily up. and the rapid motion through
the air of the half ignited and highly in
tlammabic canvass, caused it to burst into
flame, which rapidly spread to the ad-
Joining material, equally susceptible. All
efforts TO cXtnguish the flames were abor-
tive, AID the carpenter had to retire TO
save his own life.
The scene in the gallery after the alarm
was heartrending and horrible.
Probably not more than five minutes
elapsed between the beginning of the pan
| ic and development Ct the stage and l,ar>
qlette in flames. BY this time nearly all
of those in the lower part of the house had
escaped. The crowd from above came
pouring down into the Hobbies which were
soon dcnscly crowded. The stairways
were choked up, and there seemed to be
no way in which they could be relieved.
Many succeeded in escaping by the regu-
lar means OF egress into Washington
street, but that staircase was soon crowd.
ed, and escape by that way was impossi-
bic The greatest loss of life must have
been among those in the family circle or
Top gallery. Those WHO happened to be
seated near the doors succeeded in gaining
the s:airways and lower part of the house,
but there were many who got no further
than the sccon.! floor where they died
The flames made such rapid Roadway that
the flools feel! in before assistance could
reach them. The shrieks of women, and
shouts and imprecations of men, and pit
iful cries of children were heard below,
but there WAS no human relief for their
heartrcnding situation. TO have human
beings perish almost in sight of thcirofcl>
lows is something terrible beyond dc,crip-
ton. There were two hundred persons in
the thcater, and five hundred in the
galleries.
This evening, notwithstanding the pop
ularity of Miss Muller in the latest play
at Union Square theatcr, the proprietor
ordered that theater to be closed, and u
placard draped in mourning was placed at
the entrance, stating that in consequence
of the terrible disaster in Brooklyn there
would be no performance this evening.
At a late hour last night 2S5 bodies had
been recovered. Kate ClaxtOn loses $40
900; Ida Verncy, $S, 900 aud Shook and
Palmer, lessees of the theater, Sc, 900.
The city authorities are in session to make
arrangements for interment in Greenwood
cemetary of the dead not identified
The Times says Fire Marshal Kennedy,
who has made an exhaustive examination
of the circumstances attending the fire, is
of opinion that at least $50 persons per-
ishcd in the flames.
The fire at Brooklyn dwarfs the Prcsi-
Dental question. All the journals pages
are devoted to details, though scarcely
anything is known not already tele-
graphcd.
The Sun says f. b. Dickinson, secretary
OF the national committee, was the last
man to leave the Brooklyn theater.
| Conspiracy to DepOse the Sultan
| Squelchcd.
LONDON, Dec. "a special to the Stand.
ard from Consiantinoplc says a conspiracy
to depOse the present Sultan was discoy.
cred on Tuesday night. The conspirators.
six of whom we're found in disguise in the
palace itself and arrested, had planned to
carry off eX-Sultan Murad in a steamer
which they had already engaged, to Ath.
| ems; when there they intended to proclaim
Murad had recovered his reason and Sui
tan Hamed was consequently usurper.
The prisoners are of various nationalitics,
one is Greek, and is a brother to the
chief dragoman, one of the principal for.
cign consulates.
oregon TO he Investigated.
CHICAGO. December 1.-THE Inter.
Oceans Washington special says that
Senator MOrtons committee on privileges
and elections has been divided ND into
four sub committCes, three of which visit
the three disputed States in the South,
and the fourth will investigate the Oregon
matter. The latter committee, which
consists of Morton, Logan and Herman
will sit here, and will call witnesses fro
Oregon. Iti expected that the President
answer 10 the Withers' resolution will +.
sent to the Senate tomorrow, and wi.
create quite as much sensation as the
dress of Sherman and other visitors t /,
New Orleans.
The World
Editorially says: The seeding Oregon
rebels have no executive commission on
the list to transmit with their votes, and
under the circumstances the votes are void
without executive lists. The votes of the
two Republicans after their secession has
no electoral vitality, not half as much as
the Democrat, Alrich from Vermont
Grover has acted ON the very theories of
!, law which tie World announced In the
Vermont case long before there was any
general newspaper discussion of the ques-
ton, and long before any compile alton in
Oregon vas dreamed Of Our readers
will appreciate why at least we stand by
, the action OF Grover regardless of its influ-
ence on the aspirations, either of Tilder
or Hayes.
The sun.
Editorially says the spirit of the Republi