Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-12-15

" "AV RioAeiH& SuIl0kD Oh bne untUI
Q Inmates who were either crushed /
I. death or sntfocatod BY the smoke nm
> flames. Those who could not reach IN
stairs fastened to tho windows Of III
loggia. 1t was q terrible time. Dens
! crowds struggled together, those b.
! hind urging those in frontto 'spring out
or we shall MI der
. TILE VIEW OF THE BopfEs
, ut the inorgue shows some which retail,
the form Of the last desperate struggle
the features expressing the final cram,
OF agony. Others are fair women, som,
With diamond rings still glittering OF
their fingers, the only objects b,
which they can possibly be recognized
have been tralnpled To death and then
partially CONSUMED bys the fire. Some
nave their skulls crushed In and limbs
distorted and broken; from others the
bowels protrade, o horrifying sight;
oat WHY continue this CHASTITY lists So
Tor only dozen persons have been re-
corded as having escaped. The rest are
Ill dead, aud oh This fearft,l result Il due
to the criminal carolessness, negligence
and lack Of the ordinary precaution Of
safety,
| The week after the Mics fire tho police
authorities ordered that Director tanner
should havea reserve ofpetroleum lights
Id OIL the passages and galleries IN case
OF the extinction Of the gas, that a sutii.
cient number Of water-plugs should DO
in tho tiles, and that % wiro gau1e cur.
tain should be placed before the drou.
scene to |et down IN case Of firaon the
stage.
Six months have passed since this or
der, and q fire breaks out in the see,,arv
on the stage How the fire originated Is
immaterial, and nobody seems to know
really how If did originate, whether by
the overturniDg Of - paraiine laInp on
the stage, or by tho carelessness Of n
man lighting lights IN tile aics. or
whether piece of scenery was driven
by draft, for which the theatre IL RI.
iiowned, over the blaze Of tho au6;to,s.
,lin. Every precaution for the security
OF the audience was there except the
drill and discipline of the attendants.
who, with their directors, are respopsi.
Die TOR the catastrophe. The audience
"as helpless. Tho brayest man could
40 nothing. The shouts of Director
JaIi,ler 10 ths 1uaianer, endeayorinp 10
quiet them By saying that there was no
danger, reads to-day like the act Of n
man deprived os his senses. The calm
Cat head. Che btavost heart, could hive
done nothing Ia Save those nearest and
dearest IN hitr II was almost imposs.
Die 10 s'tve any one I,ut ones self S;ev-
efal ,ot thoqe who escaped arc to-day
sADmEN
Last hisbt ebout midnight q Young
man belonging by bis dress TO the upper
classes, wls found ID . side street near
the theatre, hafeheadsd and sipped. IN
sanity expressed is his staring eyes, aud
crying ont incossantly d single word.
'AmalieP "Amaliew He held n strip
81 tnf worn by ladies' around tho neck
historically to his bosom. Where do
1on lives ilgge courage said d by
'tander But his only answer was.
'A'nalies Amaliel sprann down but
he Is being burnt Within She il being
,nrnt within y
. VI the members Of the Bonrse. one
'roker is missing. Two bank officials
md twenty members Of the Fruit Tx.
hange are missing. A score of medi.
al students are among tho victims.
The majority Of the dead are haul
7orkers, clerks, and people of very Inn :
ted means. /
The Vienna fire department proved
self .supremely inefficient. There was ,
My one tire engine, giving % stream t
,arcely larser than u finger. and il T
ould not render any service. There is Y
be searching official inquiry into the
anse Of the fire, and who is cnlpable,
Among the victims Is
ONE EErtKs FAMILY OF SEVEN. a
he father arrived home on Thursday :
tter six months absence, and celebra- 6
ID his birthday By taking all to tho 4
leatre. :,
Many bodies lack their hands or feet, !,
hich were torn off In the struggle for :,
le.
One beautiful young lady lost both y
ms. Tonight only pieces Of bodies a
N Dc recovered. Some corp.es are ;,
ushed almost flat. Among the bodies q
und were those of Il mother and child i,