Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-19
DEATH IN THE CALCIUM.
Fatal Calcium Light Explosion at the
Milwaukee Opera House.
PANIC IN THE AUDIENCE.
Two Employees MOrtalIy Wounded
Quiet Restored in the Auditorium.

Two Employees MOrtaiIy Wounded
Quiet Restored in the Auditorium.
FIRE STAMPEDE IN THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE,
MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, JAM. 1S.-A terrible excite
ment and stampede was caused in the
Grand Opera house tonight during the
performance of 'The Lights o'London'' by
the Collier company. In the third act
the calcium light machine then on the
stage exploded with fearful force, causing
stampede i'll the audience of
about 600 persons. No fire fol-
lowing; cries of keep your seats from
all sides and the playing of the orchestra
partially restored order so that nobody in
the audience was hurt. Five Of the stage
people, ell of Milwaukee, were hurt. Gust
Slepher, super, cut in leg;
Charles G. Reed stage carpenter
and advertising agent, cut in leg; Jas. Eos
ter, super, wound in breast; Albert Sey-
mour, super, fracture of skull and partially
disemboweled; Robert harrington, SUPER
left leg torn off. The later two cannot
live through the night. The scene on the
stage was one of sad devastation, and the
play had to be stopped, after which the au
dience left the house in good order. Great
indignation prevailed after it was learned
that one of the principal exits was locked.
In case the scenery had caught re this
culpable negligence would have cost
hundreds of lives.
THE MILWAUKEE HORROR.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 18.-Two bodies and
| several small pieces of remains were re-
| covered from the ruins this forenoon,
making forty five in all. OF these four
were identified since the search began,
which with the nineteen originally at the
morgue, makes twenty three identified
| dead and sixty-four dead in all. The
| search will be finished to morrow.
Sheriff Bentley who accompanied Schel-
| Ter, returned from Madison this morning,
refusing information of any kind. Reasons
are very strong of Scheller being in the
Dane county Jail. The district attorney
stated to press agent that Scheller's pre-
liminary examination would not be had
until after the inquest was finished, which
will take fully week. In the absence of
the statement promised by landlord
Antisdel to the press, it isl positively i'm
possible to figure at the number of bodies
yet in the ruins. They are supposed to be
from twelve to fifteen which
would make the total number of
victims seventy-fve to eighty.
scHELLER's WHEREABOUTS
are unknown, but the officials say he can
be produced at any time. The district
attorney makes the statement that the case
will not be taken up until after the in
quest, and that the real investigation into
the origin and character of the Newhall
house fire will be conducted before the
grand jury. The latter institution was
practically abandoned, in Wisconsin six
years ago, but judge of any
court of record has the right to call a
grand jury, which will be done in this
case. The.jury will consist of seventeen
members, twelve of whom suffice for in
dictment.
THE MOST DAMAGING EVIDENCE
in connection with Schellers arrest on the
charge of having set the Newhall house on
fire came to light tonight. despite the
efforts of the police to keep the direct
causes leading to the arrest a secret. On
the day previous to the arrest it became
known that on the day before the fire
| Scheller removed part of his stock of
| liquors from the Newhall house bar room
| to his private residence, the stock so re-
moved being valued at 500. The insur-
ance agents have done nothing towards adj
| justments on Scheller's policies since his
arrest, but surprising developments are ex-
pected. The insurance men now openly
assert that Scheller's stock was worth
hardly one-half the insurance.
| WHERE THE DEAD ARE TO BE BURIED.
The remains of the forty three unidenti-
| fed bodies will be inferred in Forest Home
cemetery, whose officers have offered a
burial site. A meeting of the clergy of all
denominations is called for to-day to make
arrangements and agree upon the cere-
monies and for the day, which is yet to be
| determined.
| sEvENTY-FIvE VICTIMS.
Careful compiling places the number of
victims of the catastrophe at seventy five.
Seventeen are bodies of those killed by
| Jumping taken to the morgue on
| the morning Of the fire; eight
| OF the survivors that died 6inc8: three are
| Identified and forty three are the unrecog-
nizable remains taken from the ruins up
till tonight The list of the saved en-
braces 1O2 names. Taking Chief Clerk
Tice's statement of ITO guests and sixty
seven employees in the hotel at the time of
the fire as granted, these figures leave four
unaccounted for, who are presumably in
the ruins. Thus the total loss of life will
be seventy five, as near as can be ascer-
tanned. The work of searching the ruins
will be finished to-day.
NOT NEwHALL. VICTIM.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18.-The published re-
port that Morris B. Ward, agent of the
Allen paper car wheel company, and for
merly of the Chicago Times staff, was one
of the victims of the Newhall house fire at
Milwaukee is incorrect. He was in In
dianapolis at the time of the fire.
FATAL EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMOTIVE.
SHREVEPORT, La, Jan. 18.-The engine
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