Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-04-28
And Several Other Buildings Burned
or Wrecked by Falling Walls,
Theatre Crowded with Audience and
Male and Female Players.
Number Of People Missing Twenty or More
Reported in Serious Condition.

nigh' on 'he ',agc Oh Tue "ra"u ''h'fa'
lh,''i'' anu "eloie tlo'', ""s e"' "h"'I t"h-
''oi lieafis si,nop',o' WORTH " pf"l%lN WIS
"''''"Ntu, u''i''i"S a m'NsNo ''s"' >'"'a
annex ouiidihg occupied pN ue Times News
paper
IN ihe panic III me 'heattc nearly "' per
sons mostly occupants ni tht ga'Itrlts'"'fe
hnr'' none seriously me ,en'ral ihra'fe
Is sioehtsu on "aiii"' H'fr'' n't"ecn fiRh'h
and Ninth III the most thichly Sc,tle,l Por-
uoh OF the 'itY' bclns surrounded ny hol'iS'
tes'aurah's' "o'rniiH houses newspaper
o'hcefs ahh business houses itinle'ilat'lN
IN the rear OF ,he thea'rt was the Times
puiidihe' "heh iacch on HanSolh ',r'tt.
MS week the spectacular pfohucU"h ne
Devils Auction was ON the stage OF The
theatre. Just before O'Clock "hit the
stage hands were lowering from the fiies
portion Oh seulhg iof thc mrs, scene II be-
came entangled IN the border nights. In an
instant the himsy canvas was mass "t
hahies'
tongues OF hfc Sllo, up |" the foof H'lh
the blazing scenery tell to the stage and IN
u short time the entire rear portion OF the
theatre was a mass OF 'ire. Inc production
requires the services OF large number "t
female cholrs'rfs anu Dhii't dancers. ihtF
stood IN the wings anu about the stage III
scaniy attire, waiting Tor the performance
10 peglh'
ihey were 'hfo"h mo pane anu rush'd
ABOUT scarcely showing "nich way 10 'utn
I" a'oli 'ne quickly SPreanii,g hah'fS. Ah
We're II is neh''ed' sot Saieiy oh,; f"f'n-
nateiy me mouse "as ohiy Par'ia''y hile'-
ne auhiehcc had lnS' Sc'''c'' do"h III 'h'r
seats awaiting 'he neeihhihg OF o,e per
lorniancc' "heh 'hey were startled ny tie
ha.h 'hat came "he'. ,''c scenery caught
"hieh 'oalh De P''''''E S''" ''f"uSn inc
iowefe" eur'ai"'
Inc hrA hiinuhe "t'H,t name Sh"'
'hro"Gh tue 'nr'a'h' anu r'aI"l'e ','' l"'
| 'm'atre was anre' eNefSpouN III '"t 'h'"F'
started iof 'he eA''' ne weaker "h'S
were uorht h"Nh "'' ''us,'e' u''''tr '""l
ohe ln"i'iduai' na,n''h'' "N 'Ac"'"''"''
nf'" a PoeA'' h'nle ""' 'n. "'H WI!
'hro"gh u mass o' PeoP"' nan ',"N'n OF
more PeoPlc were .on"' VI NV n"SInai' ine
''''it,N VI "iN i'r"NS m N''i' VI '"'H
"nu'ihs are dangerous pi' man was one
oi ,he hrsi 10 ica'" we nn"N"N'
Men anu p"S iei Oh ','e S'aif f"'
ing from 'he gahef'eS ana were nfui'ea ana
scratched olu'r thc neeis Oh 'ho7e iollo"
ing 'heh' IN an % persons were tafeu
iof at ,he TWO hospi'a,s near 'ht 'hca'f'-
ture ,,;tI,;n two u;nu,cs from thc time tho
fire started
Tho widest exc;tem,ut prcya;lrd nm tb,.
strco,s IN. Lallnt Girls in g,uzc and
t;gbts rushed Iiarebeaded orounJ almost all
in bvste,iral conditions IN. 6rn s,r.oL
with maryellous rapidity and by the time
the fire anpara,us reached the scene the
huldinp was n mass of flames Looming
away mn above the rear of the yheatre was
Times annoy buildiug occu,ied on tho
seventh floor by the composi,ing and stereo-
,vning forces The city donar,ment of the
Times was in the rear of the buildiug.
A reporter saw from window the flames
1 shoot tbropoh the roof of the theatre Ui-
crv of alarm warned everybody in the
room and all the editors and reporter.
started for the elevator. Nobody tboupb,
of staining tn secure their ciothiny ar
other pfonertv Everybody got ont safely
The srcna. in the comnosino rnon
whore these were about seyentv-fiyr people
at work were of the sam, character
Printers rusheJ from the casea. NOT waiting
TO gather aDy of their belongings. On the
/ sixth fonr was the illustrating dcpartpieui
of the Times and rooms of the American
Press Association. The fifth floor was nm
occuuied
The first second and third and fourth
floors were occupied by De koskeno & lie
tberinrton, art metal workers. Their plaut
was one of the most valuable of its kind in
the country The wind was blowing in Il
direction to carry the flames from the