The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-05-20
THE ATLANTA HOLOCAUST.

other meeting will be held on Monday.
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THE ATLANTA HOLOCAUST.
Ladies' Dressed as Angels-A Gas Jet sets
Fire 10 q Wing, and Five Amateurs arc
Wrapped In Flamss-Their Wild flight.
The Atlanta Constitution contains the
following particulars of the burning of
nye young ladies at the Opera House in
that city:
1t seems that just before the time for
the performance to begin o group of
eight or ten young ladies were collected
in one. of the upper dressing rooms,
which is reached from the stage floor by
means of short fight of steps leading
up to q narrow balcony, from the edge Of
which rises low wooden railing. These
! young ladies were dressed TO represent
angels. They wore full flowing tarletan
robes, with very large sleeves, relieved
by long broad wings standing stifily ont
behind. and made Of common batting.
The mind staggers in the effort to i'm
/ agine more combustible costume. A
gas jet was burning in this room. It had
been lighted for the purpose of burning
cork, which, as everybody knows, is used
by amateurs and professionals, the world
over, in making up the face for artistic
effect upon the stage. Among the ladies
| IN this dresslng-room were Miss Maggie
Chapman, Mrs. Abbie Hammond, of
baltimore, Miss Madge Ellis, Miss Min,
MIC Bellamy and Miss Katie Mayrant.
who is visitor. here from Charleston'
One OF tho above named ladies-somo
say Miss Chapman. some Mrs. Ham
| mond, others Miss Ellis1in turning
about, thrust her wing into the biazing
Jet. In less than one minute she Wa, in
flames, and in wheeling around in ner
fright, had communicated them to the
other two. Mrs. Bellamy, who was also
in the room, took in the situation sc n
glance, and, with the quickness of
thought, violently showed the girls near
est the door-her daughter and Miss
Mayrant among the number-out upon
the balcony. The three flaming angels
rushed inadly from the room, and two of
them, in passing down the balcony to
the stage, set Ere to the wingsof Misses
Bellamy and Msyrant. The third, Mra.
Hammond, frantic from fright, took a
shorter path to the stage, throwing her
self over the balcony railing and falling
distance OF nearly ten feet to the floor
was making for pile of rubbish in a
corner, evidently with the Intention OF
throwing herself upon it, when Messrs.
G. s. Barnum, T. +. Hutson and Prof.
Agoeiini, three of the performers, came
i iheFoicaiiy 10 iIer assistance, and by fold
ing her in coats and stripping OFF her
| fiery garments saved her life. Miss
Chapman ran down the balcony steps.
and was intercepted Mt the bottom by DIR,
| Olmstead, who; braveIy embodied her in
his own coat but alas, she pulled away
| from him, when Mr.. Edward King flew
to his aid, and nobly striking her TO the
floor, the two together fought tae fiery
scorpions, which were drinking up her
young life, until they we're dead. Miss:
Bellamy. as soon es the tip of her wings
caught from the passing flames, with a
cooiness which borders on the marvel
ious, threw hes.elf upon her back on the
balcony and rubbed the fire out before it
| Ellis did not leave the balcony, but with
o presence Of mind truly phenomenal
+! mdue her way to an adjoining dressing
room, and throwing o piece Of CARPET
around her rolled lover aid over upca
the floor until the flames were extin-
| guiahed. Miss Mayrant was deubly tn-
fortunate. In her desperate effort to
escape from 5s1a balcony she saas not iuIiiv
| set o.' fro, but knocked down. She fell
| nc the head OF Ii ) steps leading to the
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