Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-05
ncod to ruins aud that the, fire could not


factory adjoining. and covered Sansom
street with several feet of bricks. Several
" ,ie HOUSES across the street qulckiy
,a,i, - '.i siieiI minutes rlsne'i from
,,'l ens''i utmost into tne more deauly dahger
oiI'Vs.s11' fircnirh "lu ppliceihon WIN
,'i o,v'i,1,uo"s cNertioils saved many threat
e'iuu .'s
,,.,n Vt .i'ne ine continental iiptel itsei,
w m"s thhrealeileu, IN anu an exodus was started
un .nc part OF the minutes, streams oi
MM"Yr M Wo,e Kept lhaYlnk upon rooi ana
~, mNiis, UNI US soon us u was apparent mat
tiie :, uuilser was past " tllat pniht thc WIN
uoNs were cFoWued Wltn spectators.
THE rLAYERs ESCAPING.
While pnndemonium reigned in the body
of tho house the PLAYERS we're MAKING
good their escape, TIE women of the
company had great difficulty in escaplnw
and several tainted. and were carried ont
tipon Sansom street when they were
passed through the crowd and taken 10
their boarding places They saved moth.
ing and many of them escaped in their
galidy stage costume.
The men of the 4company behaved ad
mirably and they reached the dressing
rooms when the step was n mass of flames
Although it was thougbt fiat Mi escnned
later ii was rlmored that Miss Annie
Stickley and Leader George A. Craig Of
the orchestra and nm unknown woman
perished,
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When the fire was first noticed by those
on the. seventh floor of the Times annex
the iull editorial and reportorlal stan had
not yet reported for the work OF the night.
The assistant city editor was III his room
al the extreme SOUTHWESTERN corner OF The
building, and half a dozen reporters were
busliy ENGAGED IN the ADJOINING room pre-
paring their copy. Ihree telegraph, editors
and two operators were 1T their desks. One
exchange editor was.ln his room at the re-
mote end OF the building, whlle alone IN
her room NJ the extreme so'ltl east corner
was MIS- =. W. ENerett, editor OF the
Womah'S department
A crackllng, roaring sound was heard
about O'Clock, ana the assistant city
editor, who was nearest TO the burning
theatre, at once ordered all hands of that
iioor; AT The same time the 10 printers on
the ilnor above saw their danger and im-
inedlately shatched Their clothing from
under their frames and started for the
stairway at the northwest corner. Whlle
they were on the stairs It was 70 be seen
that flames wero shooting into the doomed
bmlding,, and dense smoke iilled every
room Inc men all penaveu hobly. ihere
was no crowulng, plt AL went down
rapidly but u an orderly manner. NO one
was hurt, Mrs. Everett walked down with
the crowd, Dut lost all her personal belong
lhgs except what she wore,
THE nrttDtSG ot.IcHIy RtrpNrp
several OF the men ioSt their mats ana
coats, so rapid was the rush oi the
flames, ana wheh the lasl man lelt, IN
less than ~ minutes a1ter the ilaines were
ulsgofereu, the souti emu ol tne great
p',liuing was ii..s5 y. 'launiaias ,ia,,ieS'
n was nj oncc seen that n waa useless XII
,ha vaiuable hooks mitrh nnn,,scrint and
,ictnres were ubandoned and whrn the
lost man reached the sidewaIl, ali hands
,vere hannv that thew had escaned with
thair liv,s
For n fcw minutes the fire burned NOR.
rilv in the soith.y Vest corner and Il wns
bonod thnt thev ,vouId eot thernsalvns out
hut y stiff hrseze was nIoving from tha
west and as tIoor after door rnI,7ht and Tho
wind swent them into the biz buiidinp
| hnno was soon uhnudonnd and in On ,nipn''
,,tas # ,vas seen that the str,,rt,ire was
donmed No engine was powerfml eno,ith
tn throw stream aboye the sixth donr
nnd the nttnntiou NJ the tircnen hciu,,
c,nco,tratad CON M tha theatra hnt fe,S,
thnught of The bir nile thnt was blnzina in
lis rear
II was ahout a ouartcr of an bonr ofter
tba gamss onincd AZ, e,,frnnce to thc Tim,
.nnny ,yhcn the ,vhnje inierinr was a rnar.
Inc, mass ~ na,nes frnm thr ,,rniind ilnnr
- far above the four massive walls Tho
! terrible heat soon penetrated the thick
| Lrinl, ,v.iis and hv tha fnrcn of the exnan,
s;an n "'' H. I'm in,iIn boa,an to fnrc,. Il e,n
ant S' If nInm,h Seclion Nv sertion the walls
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| LOSS THAI CANNOT bE MADE "oop'
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chief of the Times, reached the business
office, at Eighth and Chestnut streets,
about half an hoar after the fire broke out.
lie said that he had lust stepped into the
Broad street Theatre when informed OF
the fire, and a. once hurried to the scene.
The colonel was amazed ut the rapidity
with which the lire swept through the
annex, and was filled with regrets at his
personal losses. these, he said comprised
L library Of political text books which had
taken 30 years to collect, and which could
not be replaced. ihis Loss was rrcparable,
because the same books, could not again be
gatherd The desk IN winch many ol THESE
vlluapies Werc storSl VIII o'ic o"ilou ~
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