Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-14
HOLOCAUST.
The Revelry of Death.
Burning Of the Brooklyn Theater

Dululuk VI tuo OIUUAly0 4u0dtof
Swelling OF the HOrrid Roll to 100,
$50, 200, go, 800, and 35O-.No Ger.
tainty That Three Hundred ana Fifty
will Exhaust the Pit..Tales and
Scenes of a Character Entirely Beyond
Portrayal.
New York, Dee. 5.-Ths Brooklyn
Theatre burned to the ground to-
night. The fire originated on the
stage 1l:30 p. m. when the COM
pany were about half thro gh with
the last act II the Two Orphans.
The fire spreai with lightning rapid.
ity. and burst ont through the door on
Washington street. The panic and con-
fusion among the audience was ter
rible. The theatre was owned by
Kingsley, Kerney. and others, and
was rented 10 Shook & Palmer, OF the
Uaion Square Theatre, New York
Loss on the theatre about $2j0000.
New York, Dec. 6.-Although the
fire originated on the stage. the loss
OF life among the theatrical company
was not rs extensive as might have
been imagined. Two lives were lost,
two young mon in the flower OF
their professional life, Harry s. MUIR
doch AMI Claude Burroughs. These
two yomng men were playing re-pec
lively Pierre. the cripple, a1d Picard.
valet to the CheUalier. At the mo-
ment when the fire was discovered
Murdoch Was before the curtain play
ing witt. Miss Kate Claxton. As soon
"a the panic occurred. and the gener-
al rush was m uie to escape. Muir
loch AMI Burroughs
RAN TO THEIR DRESSING ROOMS
to get clothes to wear i'm the street,
their garments being very scanty In
the play. Their dressiny-rooms were
on the same side OF the stage,-th-
right wing, as viewed from the au.li
torium,-and consequently farthest
from the stage door. even hal that
means OF exit not been locked 10y a
panic stricken janitor. The dress
ing-room; were arranged in tiers.
approached by narrow stairway.
which led up to the painters bridge
which spanned the stage.
MURpocH's ROOM
was on the seco d tier and Burroughs
on the third. Before they emerged,
the staircase was one sheet OF flame,
so eagerly and rapidly did the fire do
its work. All chance OF retreat cut
of, the unfortunate men were driven
back 10y the roaring flames step by
step, till, supposing in the agony OF
their peril that, by some chance "a
means OF descent from the other side
OF the bridge might offer, they as
c~n'ied to the trembling structure.
Here they were last seen by j. II.
Studley, u member OF the company.
who had left his dressing room a few
seconds before them, ami fought his
way through the flames to place OF
safety, from which he was enabled to
make his escape. Once on the bridge
their position was hopeless. They
could not descend by the way they
came up. There was no other means
OF escape but to leap. At half-past
zen this evening the DO lies OF the two
men were digged from tke ruins, and
both were identified by the remnants
Of dresses worn on the stage. Oaly
the trunk Of Murdoch remained.
There were 1900 people in the
theater-5O0 in the galleries.
The Post says: At about III o'clock
horrible discovery was made. In
the middle Of what was the lobby OF
the theater lay an immense pile OF
rubbish, smouldering beams, frag
m-nts of girders and other things.
This heap was nearly opposite the
principal entrance 10 the auditory OF
the theater. Beyond it was another
heap, marking the place where the
stairs which led TO the gallery fell.
Under the heap first mentioned, a
dead body was found, aud the fire.
men diligently prosecuted their search
in this direction. With much labor.
some OF the heaviest lumber was re-
moved, md "a horrible sight was re-
vrsled. Beneath that mound the
corpses lay in rows, heaped one upon
rhe other, packed together with fear
full solidity, which told OF the great
pressure to which they had been SUBJ
jected. How many lay there, what
their sex or age, no man could tell.
aud at noon only guesses could be
made.
THE AwrULNESs OF THE DISASTER.
New York, Dec. THE dimensions
Of the awful calamity which has be-
fallen tae city OF Brooklyn in the de-
siructiOn OF it's principal theatre by
fire. and the consequent loss OF life.
have not yet been realized. Enough
Is known, however, tn make it GER
tain that the catastrophe ranks
among the most fatal OF the kind
ever recorded. According to the
statements OF all the parties VIII. pro.
Tess to know anything as TO
THE ORIGIN or THE FIRE,
began on the stage. The business
manager. Mr.. Rogers, says that
piece of canvass. out OF which trees.
etc, are made, was broken from its
fastenings, and hung from the file.
Immediately over one OF the border
lights, near the center OF the stage.
The ca vs. had began to smoul sr
and the paint on 1t 10 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 il hastily up. The rapid motion