Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-29
WORSE THAN ANTICIPATED
Fatal Results of the Quaker
City Fire.
Nine People Believed to Have
Lost Their Lives.
Many of the Injured Remaining in
the Hospitals.
Fatal Flames in New York City-TwO
Women Cremated-TwO Serious
Fatal Flames in New York City-TwO
Women Cremated-TwO Serious
Fires at San Luis
ObispO.
BY the Associated Press.l

BY the Associated Press.l
PHILADELPHIA, April 2S.-The de-
struction of the Grand Central theater
by fire last night proved far more terri
BILE in it's results than anticipated. Six
members of the Devils Auction COM
.pany lie dead beneath the fallen walls.
Nearly three score of people are in the
hospital suffering from burns. OF the
men and boys in the hospital seven are
in such a serious condition that their
recovery is doubtful, all members OF
the audience. Besides those seriously
enough hurt to remain in the hospital,
fully fifty others were treated for minor
injuries.
NAMES OF THE VICTIMS.
The members of the company who
lost their lives are:
Thomas Lorella, grotesque, and wife.
Flora -, ballet dancer.
Vincentins Chitten, premier dan
seuse.
One of the Chitten sisters.
Fancheon Coniters, juvenile.
Sarah Golden, ballet dancer.
William l.. Brooks, leading man.
Injured and likely to die: Harry Nc
Coskey, aged 16 years; James Pigeon,
IA; Anroer Hinchliffe, 16; Rand Pat
terson, Is; Albert Cleumbacker, 6;
Thomas Atchison, 81; Ralph Frazer, 16.
THE SEVENTH VICTIM.
Samuel Wallace, boy of 15, who at
tended the DEVILS Auction performance
at the Grand Central theater last night,
is reported missing, and it is believed
he is also buried in the ruins, making
the seventh victim of the fire.
Lorella met his death in an heroic at
escaped safely from the theater, sup
posing his wife had preceded him. Not
finding her, he returned to the theater.
and without needing the remonstrances
of those about him, plunged into the
dark, smoke-flled alley, and did not re-
appear.
No attempt at recovering the bodies
has yet been permitted, owing to the
dangerous condition OF the ruins. Men
are at work on the debris in front of the
Times annex, night and day, and dan
gerous wall, eight stories high, over
hanging the street, will be pulled down,
and then the work of recovering the
bodies will be commenced.
None OF the injured have died and all
are tonight reported doing well.
THE HEAVIEST LOSERS.
The Times's loss is considerably less
than at first reported, as the cellar had
double arches, which preserved the
presses from the weight OF hundreds of
tons of debris, go the presses and other
machinery, valued at 5000, 900, escaped
with comparatively little damage. The
building, valued at $l49 ,234, 10 a total
wreck. The fixtures, which cost SAC, 900,
are also ruined. The building will be
rebuilt at once. The Times carried
$4,000 insurance.
Proprietor Gilmore of the Grand Cen
trail theater is overcome by the tragedy.
He has received number of kilograms
from theatrical managers offering SYM
pathy. The Academy of Music was this
morning rendered him for a benefit for
himself and the DEVILS Auction COM
pany. He accepted the'offer gratefully
for the company, but declined it on his
own behalf. The theater will be rebuilt
at once.
TWO MORE bIISsINGA
Two additional missing are reported
tonight, making nine people who cannot
be accounted for since the fire. The
last are George E. Thatcher, a machin-
ist, and Frederick Ampher, IL years old,
of Manayunk, who left home to attend
the Central theater last night, and failed
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