Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-12-14
A DOZEN FATALLY CRUSHED AND
SCORES INJURED.

crowd at the door before the rescuers
could get at the dead and wounded. When
the crowd was driven away the following
persons were found dead upon the stairs;
+. BIGLER.
MISS CLARA BURNS.
MRS. NESTER,
oEOhGE HOhNEk'
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CEG1CE GTo>-,1-rp ,r,,a,,,+ D,,,-o,+
LIZZIE CIAYCONR
a. FLEASHOUR.
ISAAC TOLOR.
An unknown woman.
Among the seriously jured were:
CHARLES VAUGHN.
JOHN NEIMER,
NpS TIsTER
Mrs. PLATr.
RIcHARD NoRTHINGToN
ENEEI pIt, ENt'hH"I'
IoHN DEyIT.
There are about seventy-Gve others in
,ured Int their names can not be ascer
tanned.
The dreadful visitation came uDon IFS
victims with even less of warning or time
for preparation than the avfnl deluoe Of
Nav 81 The Johnstown opera -house was
opened to the public le. s than a fortnight
ago Stetson's sJTnc}e Toms Cabin, was
the plev. and there was a large audience
present considering the very limited means
which Johnstown people now find at their
command for anv kind of amu,ement pur-
noses During the performance the cry
of fire was raised.
To a neonle to whom anv sudden warn.
ing MIGHT mean so mpcb-to those who
had 50 recentlv PASSED through thu hor-
rors of the greatest flood OF the century.
this cry was terrifying in the extreme. It
snread like wlldfre itself and was on
every lin in an instant Horrifed and
nonic.striclken the bundreds Of neoole in
the audience rnshed over seats STRUGGLING
bodies and everything toward the one
means Of exit This was only a SINGLE
narrow stairway and over one another
baadlono the rightenad neonIe nlungad
,agardIass of consaouancas
When the calominitv hecama known and
before the dead and wounded could he
taken ont neonle rushed from the outsioe
mn the narrow stairs and vera crushed NV
the crowd forcing its wav TO the street
Nv Ia o'clock nine dead bodies had
been recovered from the wreck of the stairs
and auditorium and dozens upon dozens
of the in inred had been assisted to foctors'
offices and drug stores for relief and re-
storation By > O'clock twelve dead
bodies had been counted ont and il seemed
as if the number might vet be swelled-
! DossibIy doubled. The number of in
! lured at this hour has reached sew
! enty five and there has been as vet only
! the most superficial and hasty searches for
| either the rescued or Gead
When the Jam occurred a large number
of persons. thinking the fire was in the
I
making another jam, and it was necessary
| for the fremen to turn the hose on the
crowd to get them away from the door
The screams were terrible and it was
shocking to see small children knocked
down by big men and tramped upon.
The theater has always been noted as a
death Trap and was condemned twelve
| years ago. but the other one was washed
away in the food and this one has been in
use
The manager tried to quiet the crowd
but it was no use One man jumped from
the third-story window and was seriously
hurt. and many more would have Jumped
but for a few cool heads. 1t is reported
that the police injured several persons in
irving to clear the lam. All the dead were
taken to Henderson's morguc anl all were
identified.
Cor oner Evans and Jury of six men
viewed the remains and came TO the decjs
ion that the victims came to their death
by being crushed and mangled in Parke's
opera house.
Among the killed was n colored man Of
Chambersburg, Pa, aged 10; Stonaker of
Mount Pleasant was 20. Lizzie Clavcomb
10; Clara Burns. ~. Mrs Burns. mother
of Clara. aged 40. was killed. Isaac ToIor
was 60: George Horner. II: Mrs. hester
%: E. Bigler s.
1t is likely that the officials will close
the opera house, although had the crowd
kept their wits about Them not one wouId
have been hurt. An unknown man in the
bows gallery did a great deal in keeping
the people from jumping from the third
story windows and doubtless saved many
lives