Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
SAD SCENE AT PADUCAH
Partial List of Those Who Were Injured at
Casino Fire.
Six Hundred People Were in the
Structure When 1t Took Fire
Wild Stampede Followed.

PADUCAH, KY. July 24.-Tnere is a sad
scene today about Ramona Park. where
the Casino summer theater was burned
last night A performance was being given
to about $40 people when the fire broke out
from fireworks display on the stage.
The audience was panic stricken and
many were trampled almost to death,
while some were seriously burned.
List of the Injured
The following Is a partial list of those
more seriously burned: Ed. G. Bourne
and wife. c. c. Rose and wife, Mrs. Brant-
ley. r. r. Rowland and wife, Miss Ora
Clark. Fred. Hummers two children. A
e. Einstein. Miss Grigsby Fred. Schroeder
Henry kellar. John Byng. George C. wal
lace and his three children. Mrs. Lehr
and ten children. Mrs. Gregory and daugh-
ter Of Yazoe. Miss, terribly burned about
the face and hands; Harry Gilbert, Ike
Bleidel and Hal Waters.
Mrs Bleich also sustained painful in
1uries by being trampled upon. as well as
scores of others. who were taken to their
homes from: the burning theater in hacks
and other conveyances.
Covered With Tar PAPER,
The building was covered with tar paper
and was a mass Of flames in a very short
time. The theater is about three miles from
the city, and was principally patronized by
women and children. Ed. G. Bourne's com
pany has been playing in the building all
the season THE Streets of New York" was
icing produced. The third act is principally
composed OF fire scene, and excelsior
wrapped about wires was used on the stage
TO produce the scenic effect. When the ex-
celsior was ignited a lamp on the stage
exploded and the tar paper board roofing
on the building was instantly ignited.
The curtain was instantly raised. and as
10 nj hat Il
ing was on fire panic enSued and a rush
was made for the front and side entrances
The building was a large one-story frame
structure and had formerly been used as
a skating rink.
Men and Women Go Wild.
Men and women went wild. running over
each other. Children were trampled down,
as well as women by the score
The building, although about 300 feet in
length, was a mass of flames in about three
minutes. Mothers and fathers in the wild
scramble to save their lives were lost from
their children. Many children were rescued
from the burning building by heroic men,
who themselves were terribly burned about
the face and hands in accomplishing the
undertaking. Those not injured rushed
panic-strtcken through the woods toward
the city, not even waiting for the long
trains of street cars in waiting to take the
crowd home
While there will be no fatalities resulting
from the panic at the Casino Theater last
night. II Is announced by the physicians
today that none of those burned or tram
Piled upon are in a serious condition No
limbs We're broken. and the bruises sre
sngnt owing to the audience consisting
mostly of women and children there was
much screaming, and the reports during
the night and early this morning were
greatly exaggerated There is much relief
tcuav over the fact that no lives were lost
anu mat no one was seriously injured