Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-30
OUT OF THE RUINS
Searching for Victims Of the
Philadelphia Fire
GnAsTly SIGHTS uNEARTHED
The Remains At I've Of the Victims Re-
csvsrs5-ons Of the injured Dies
of His Wounds

Pxn nApxIrKrA. April sa-Ths bodies
of too of the visklms ct the osstral
shessrr Grs wso sseovsssd ~ - early
hour. oss ef them ix supposed - es
that of MrA Flora Lsrelia- ThsDss
Aehescn. agsA 81 years. who IVES
burned while making his e.ssP< frsn
the burning tAestes. died At the
Pennsy lvanis hospital
In all probability another vistn
must be added 10 the hist Of shoss who
perikhed In the nve. The psrsztS 81
samuel Wallsce. hoy OF Is. reports -
the pelice that their son left bsus -
attend the performance which saAst -
diksstropsly and up 20 shis tssss has
fai.edj to return bikgevs search has
been made st AL tae Hospitals sna
other places, bat no trace Of the LED can
be found. and II is believed his body
lics buried beneath the rutss ef tbU
theatsr.
Two othsrs Misssng.
Two additional missing are reported
at . late hour. masking nine people who
cannot be accounted for since The ire
The last are George f. Thstchsr. .
nachiniss, and Frederick Ampher. IL
years old. OF kansyunk, who left home
TO attend the Central tns ater WsAnes-
day night and failed 10 resurs since.
blinded ny smoke.
Manager Yale. of the DEVILS Auc.
ton" company. said that at the time
the FIRE broke out there were about
seventy people in al behind the cur
tain. The dressing reems were be-
meath the stage in the rear Of the the
ater. Two s.airways. one upon
the right aud one on the left
Of the basement. led directly TO doors
that admitted 60 aiieywsys in the rear Of
tho thsater. All the paembcrs OF the
company were In the dressing rooms
when the alarm OF ere sounded through
out the house. An these who sought
safety BY the left stairway reached
the left side Of the stage was
still untouched by the fire. bu, the
right was already r,Ess of flames.
The canvas. grease and paint of the
scenery were like SO much oil before
the advance Of the flames, and great
volumes Of heavy, s;i1ing smoke were
rolling over aud underneath the stage.
IL is SIR. Yales belief that the un-
fortunate men and women who
are supposed 20 lie beneath
the ruins ran toward the stairway taai
led up into the IRE. Fincins their esr2pe
cut of they probably became confused
and blinded aud enok@d ty the smoke.
falling gaspinr ON tac stairs or 10 the
passagcway beneath the stage. Their
fate then can be only too well surssssse,
rs il was but ssr minutes sfter that
the whole stage was ablaze.
Trird % save tfss Wife.
Thomas Lorells. the dead evmnas,.
met his dealt, Ia a herc.c attempt To
save the life Of has vsfe. When iae Gre
broke out he easily made his escape
from the DIRE essing-room and reached the
street IN safety. lie supposed that his
wife had PRECEDED him and was safe.
Not finding her ia the street be re-
turned to The a'irywsy leading into
the rear Of the theater. il was
6llcd with smoke and the flames
were beginning % break out ef the soof
of the theatcr Turning TO friend he
said: ''I'!l scr IL sic Is SAT, If !: costs
me my life" withou, needing the re-
monstranccs OF those standing about
him he plunged into the dark. srnesse
fiIled alley and disappeared from view.
his wifc. though he met death Gu the
way and lies buried beneath the ruins
with her.