The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-28

n eater tonight. tNenty-f.oIr people were
b ae4. two fatally injured and ten seri>
els hurt
Il rhirtecnof theaeaa have. been identified.
81 scy are, Leo Cohen. aged -. aE North
ont street. Jennie Henzel. aged Is. -a
n Acmarle street Jacob Rosenthal. aged 10
south Eden street: Morris Magli0us
j Tor. aged 81 Louis Anosky. aged
~ Louis I.evsnstein. aged y. Ca
i = Bernstein. aged 4 Theresa Bern
II IN. aged $ Ida Friedman. aged Is Sus-
Rosen. aged u. Lena Lewis aged p
salzberg, aged 4 2thoy) - Wolf. aged =
am
ne injured At the hospital are: M~s
+ gaman. aEed 2i crushed Mrs Gold
n, aged ~ badly crushed NiAda Gold-
A.. Is years old. c9ntusians; Morris
II saffer. crushed. Jlcob Goldstein aged
IL crushed. Abraham Rosenthal. aged 90
H. shed, unknown boy aged lo VIII lie;
~ known woman. aged =. sill die. un-
~n man. aged p. seriously hurt about
II body. unknown boy. aged l6, seriously
III rod
y im0st all the victims are Of Polish ma
~ and HebTatc extraction, aud magy
/, l. he injured were taken ~ their homes
friends. making IL diflicult to get 4 COM
list At this time
~ o. thcater which is probably the oldest
II le city. was oiled from pi Il dome WITH
L. who had assembled 90 listen To
rev opera. which had been given in
Qld opera house twice a week FOR the
month The ticket Office receipts
II that over 400 tickets had been sold
y %, at o'clock the sale of seats vas
1ed because there we're no more lcft.
~ rat admission tickets were sold. how
after this. and Il Is supposed that
IL were ~ least 1900 people within the
when the curtain went up On the hrst
2,@0. the density Of the crowd may be
- med.
r. minutes after the curtain rose one
/, II e attendants went up % the second
~ o. light a gas jet which appeared 20
- heen exCngulshed. As he turned
1rk and applied match the light
up. and IL was seen that there was
20 the burner. The jet was well
toward the stage on the left SIDE OF
1atlre In plain Yiow OF the greater
- ~ the audience. bat as the glare
f showed against the wall some one
gallery shouted Fire. fire. fire."
an instant there was Wild scramble
~ door In which the whole audience
part The vanguard OF The terror
Nfen multitude reached the entrance
ont street. pushed on by the hewling.
Il sing mob behind them There those
e foremost rank were compelled a.
g. the right aud ia the LEFT 10 reach
luhie entrance way. hu'lt ia tho form
storm door. Passing through these
they reach fight OF steps. leading
each door downward 20 a landing,
wh ~h "A broad stairway OF moderate
would have carried them Into the
* and 90 safety. TIE steps leading
fhe doorways are bat ave feet high,
y" e landing al their hase Il narrow.
~ fhese the frightened people hustled
elves n the tr.ghtnh struggle 10
the open air and to escape certain
IL f,enind them.
4s crowds reached the landing. one
~ right and one 20 the left. they met.
was q hr.ef struggle. and then some
h'i - h's or her footing ana fell. In
le Hutnt the crowd. push.ng with ire
~ force from the rear, crowded upon
Su -ostrate forms and IN turn began 20
ie d. and presently fan upon this noor,
iInA t1e ryr3ads Of feet com NIX down
dt herd ~ buffaloes from behind In
H' mo than II takes 10 tel Il TIE land
- vas packed twenty or thirty deep
= the pan.c-atrcken mult!tnde ana the
reds behind were struggling over
20 reach the street.
.en t4onult attracted an immense crowd
the outside. many ~ whom tired 10
iH entranoe 20 the thrater thus ADDING
an earfftslou \ dozen policemen. also
ta,f by the rhrtclts of The frightened
hurried 20 the scene. and using
clubs on those outside. pashe1
IN The door and To lhe writing mass
landing
Am& Kelly Forcing Ms way through
ain door he gra4ped pair OF arms.
~ .uiliue wtih an his might. dragged
la' ,an FROM under the sureinG crowd
VI 1r. at her face showed thai she was
M human aid dead from s'tffo7 iieo.