The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-28

Jews.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Dec, T,-1n use
isss panic, caused by n deteetlve gas
burned and foolish cry of FIRE at the
old Front Street Theatre tonight,
twenty-tour people were killed. two
fatally injured and ten more seriously
hurt.
Up to I o'clock this morning. but thir-
teen OF the dead have been identihedi
'rfs Leo &c; Cohen. aged sSi scs North Front
''isss Jennie Hensle. aged IS; 900 Albemarlo
'uss jacob Rosenthal. aged aoi :2s South
Eden street,
Morris Maiglous, tailor, aged 80.
Louis Amosld, aged forty-eight.
Louis Levenstein, aged twenty-elght.
Gabriel Bernstein. aged four.
Theresa Bernstein, aged five.
Ida Friedman. aged fourteen.
Susan Rosen, aged eighteen.
Lena Lewis, aged twenty-five.
- saizberg, aged twelve (boy.)
Wolf. aged twehty-elght Cman).
The others are at the morgue await
Ing Identification.
The Injured at the hospital are:
Mrs. Friedman, aged 2S. crunhed.
Mrs. Goldman, aged 40, badly crushed.
Hllda Goldwait, aged ls, contuslons
and shock.
Morris schaefrer, crushed.
Jacob Goldstein. aged 20. crushed;
Abraham Roseuthhl. aged 30, crushed.
Unknown boy, aged 10, will die.
Unknown woman. aged p. VIII die.
Unknown man. aged p. seriously hurt
Unknown boy. aged ls. serious inter-
nal injuries.
Almost all the victims are OF Polish
nationality and Hebrew extraction and
many OF the injured were taken 10 their
homes by friends, rendering II almost
impossible TO get complete list ut this
time.
The theatre. which Is probably tho
oldest In the city, was filed from pit 10
dome with people who had assembled TO
listen TO Hebrew opera, which has been
given In the old house twice week for
the past month. The ticket Office re-
celpts show that over 2.700 tickets had
been sold, when, at o'clock, the sale OF
seats was stopped because there were no
more left. General admission tickets
were sold, however. after this, and II 10
supposed that there were at least 5000
people within the walls when the cur
tain went up In the first act. as the
capacity OF the house was less than 2,5O0
the density OF the crowd may be tm-
agined.
AwfnI Panic.
Ten minutes after the curtain rose,
one Of the attendants went up to the
second tier to light a gas Jet, which
appeared TO have been eEtingulshed. AS
he turned the cock and applied match.
the light flared up, and Il was seen that
there was no tip to the burner. The Jet
was well down toward the stage on the
loft side OF the house In plain view OF
the part Of the audience. but nS the
glare Of II showed against the wall,
come one IN the gallery shouted Fire
FIRE, fre."
In an instant there was a mad scraIn-
ble for the door. In which the whole
audience took part, The vanguard OF
the tcrTor-stricken multitude reached
the entrance on Front street, pushed
on by the nowling, ghriekinS mob be-
hind them. There those In tho fore
most rank were compelled 10 turn TO
the rfEi1t and left TO reach tho double
entrance way built IN the form OF
storm doors. Passing through these
doors. they reached q flight OF Biepa,
leading from each door, downward TO
Il landing. from whence q broad STAIR
way Of mndetmte height would have
carried them into the street nnd 70
uatety. The steps leading from the
doorways are but about flve feet hieh'
but the landing, Ut their base, Is mar
row. Down these the frightened people
hurled themselves In tie frightfui
ttruggie 10 reach tho open air and 70
escape the certain death they thought
was boiind them. As tho crowds from
tne two doorE, one ON the right, the
Uther on the lett, reached the landing
they met. There was brief struggle,
and then some one lost his or her foot
ing. and fell In q moment tho crowd,
pushed with irTusiStablH fGrcc from the
Tuaf. crowded upon tho PROSTATE form
and began In turn 10 stumble, reel and
pFoserHiy 70 fall prOne upon the noof,
under the myriads os feet coming like
herd Of frightened buffalo from behind.
IN lfsa tinic than II takes 10 toll H. the
landing was packed. twenty or thirty
issp, with tho panic stricken multi
'rdrs and tie hundreds b0hlrd them
wsro struggling OVoF them 10 reach the
street.
AwriihlnR aIA'"
Tho tumult attracted an immeuso
crowd FROM tho outside, many Of whom
tried to gain entrance to the theatre,
thus adding 20 the confusion. a dozen
policemen, nlro attracted by tho Cfyn
NJ the frightened crowd, hurried 10 the
fconr, ana using thoir clubs on those
outside. pushed through tho door and
~ the wrltllng mnsH on the laudluR,
Among the ilflt 10 reach them was Of
ilcer r. !. ftuily. Forcing hlH way IN
through the main door, he Rrnnprd
itlt " arms. and pulling with all hlH
might, dragged n womOn from under
the Burglnn crowd. a glance ht her
'ncr showed that Hhc WINS past NIL hu.
iuan aid, dead from BuffOChtiOn. Again
he f'nchod into the mnHg of humanity
hhd pulled out n boy about roygn years
tlh lln too, was dead, also frDm Guf-
location The other officers. by this
ilnr. reinforced ny II dozen Of their frl.
lows. dfnrRGd ont the pfoRtrnio ones,
p1eslnF them IN those on tho Sidewalk
Nmbunncog carried tho dead 10 the
inpfguo aud tho wounded ~ Tie rity
hpHpitnl Wherever practical, IN many
'tt"H Tho nOfo slightly Injured, nnd In
u tpw 0hnrt, those who wore bndly hurt,
Worn inhNn In their hpmOa by fflrndn
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