The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-05-04

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| inhaled the flames. Their names are:
HARRY MCCLOsKEY, sixteen years old.
JAMES PIGEON, fourteen years old.
AMER HINCHLIFFE, sixteen years old
RAND PATTERSON, sixteen years old.
ALBERT CRUMBACK, sixteen years old.
THOMAS ATCHISoN, thirty-seVen years old.
RALPH FRAZER. sixteen years old.
In addition to the serious condition of
the above. 1t is feared that many will lose
their eyesight, as their burns are about
the face. BY the light of day the destruc-
ton wrought by the fire was made more
apparent, and the desolatIon of the scene
seemed more terrible, as it was without
| the accompanying grandeur given by
columns of flames shooting skyward above
the tallest buildings. The ruin of the Gen.
trail tneater is complete, only the front wall
remaining standing. The other walls
have fallen In and fill the space they
| formerly inclosed. Directly back of the
theater but a shell remains of the eight
story building occupied by the Times The
row OF stores to the east of the two burned
structures and facing on Eighth-st and
extending from Walnut to Sansom-sts.
are almost completely Quilted by fire and
water. Last nights estimate placing the
loss at 81, 100000 is about correct.
Two additional missing are reported to-
night, making nine people who cannot be
| accounted for since the fire. The last are
| George r. Thatcher, a machinist, and
| Frederick Amber, twelve years old, of
| Manyunk, who left home to attend the
! Central theater last night and failed to re-
turn since.
In all probability a seventh victim will
/ be added to the list of those who persisted
in the Central theater last evening The
| parents of Samuel Wallace, boy oil fifteen,
| today reported to the police that their son
| left home to attend the performance
which ended so disastrously and up to this
| time had failed to return. Dilligent
| search has been made at ali the hospitals
and other places, but no trace of the lad
can be found. and it is believed mis- body
lies buried beneath the ruins of the the
ater.
As soon as it became noised about this
morning that number of persons were
/ buried under the walls of the theater the
| crowd surged forward against the police
| lines In an effort to get more closely to the
! scene. Although it was reported last
! night that several members of the COM
| pany had been killed it was hoped that
| they would eventually turn up alive and
well. When, however, six of the
| company had not made their appearance
this morning the fear that they had met
| their death in the flames and smoke be .
| gan to grow into a certainty. Manager
Yale of the Devils Auction company up
until 10 o'clock persistently refused to
entertain the idea that they were dead,
| but persisted in the belief that they would
be found in some of the neighboring
houses. But when az that hour no It'd
ings of any of the missing actors had
/ been received. Mr.. Yale reluctantly ad-
mitted that they must have perished
Mr.. Yale said that the time the fire
broke out there were about seventy peO-
| pie in ali behind the curtain. The dress
ing-rooms were beneath the stage In the
rear OF the theater. Two stairwavs. one
upon the right and the other upon the left
of the basement. led directly to doors that
admitted to alley-wavs in the rear of the
theater. All the members OF the company
We're in the dressing-rooms when the alarm
! OF fire sounded throughout the house. All
| those who sought safety bv the left stair
way reached the street unhurt. At this
| time the left side of the stage was still I'M
touched by the fire, but the right was
already mass OF flames. The canvas,
| grease and paint OF the scenery was
| like so much oil before the adj
vance of the flames and great
volumes of heavy sitting smoke
were rolling over and underneath the
stage. 1t is Mr.. Yale's belief that the I'M
| fortunate men and women who are sup
| posed to be beneath the ruins ran toward
the stairway that led mp into this fire.
| Finding their escape cut off, they prob
ably became confused and blinded and
! chOked by the smoke, falling gasping on
| the stairs or in the passageway beneath
the stage. Their fate then can be only too
well surmised az it was but few minutes
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H Died for His Wife.
Thomas Lorella, the dead gymnast, met
his death in an heroic attempt to save the
| life of his wife. When the fire broke out
| he made his escape from the dressing
room and reached the street in safety.
He supposed that his wife had pre-
coded him and was safe. Not finding
her in the street he returned to
the alleyway leading into the rear of the
| theater 1t was filled with smoke and the
flames were beginning to break out of the
| roof OF the theater. Turning to a friend
he said: 'I'll see il she is safe if it costs
my life"
Without needing the warnings of those
standing about him he plunged into the
dark smoked-tilled alley and disappeared
from view. He was true TO his word about
seeking his wife, though he met death on
| the way and lies buried beneath the ruins
with her. No attempt at rescuing the
bodies has been permitted as yet
owing to the dangerous condition of
the ruins. A single corner of the
Times annex wall, eight stories high over
hangs the scene III a threatening manner.
and all traffic on the three neighboring
streets has been stopped to avoid posi-
bic catastrophe through the falling OF the
wall, which is very shaky. Men are at
work on the debris in front of the Times
annex night and day, and the dan eerous
wall will be pulled down by them. Then
the work OF saving the bodies of the dead
can begin.
None OF the injured have died and all
are reported as doing WELL The Times to-
night will be printed on the Records
presses. The Times loss is found to be
much smaller than was at first anticipated
owing to the construction of the
annex building. which was designed to
save the valuable presses in the basement
in case of fire. Double arches were built
above the machinery, and it was found
this morning that they had sustained the
weight of the hundreds of tons of debris
and the presses and other machinery
valued at $4,000 had escaped with com
paratively little damage. The building,
valued at Sl49,234. is total wreck with
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