The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-26
THE COLISEUM BURNS.
Crossed Electric Wires Reduce the
Building to Ashes.
LOSS WILL BE QUITE HEAVY.


al convention was held last year. was
destroyed last night The fire orig.
mated By the crossing OF two electric
wires The Coliseum was pile Of
twisted iron aud hot bricks IN ~ min.
utes The building has been rented for
an exhibition Of the manufacturer ex-
position, and was filed from end 10 end
with booths, all Of which were destroyed
with all Of their contents.
II is supposed that number Of people
wcrc lost In the flames. and although no
bodies have been recovered, the follow
ing persons are missing and have un.
doubtodly porished
Two women, dancers IN the midway
exhibit, seen in the building just before
Il collapsed.
Two men seen In the center Of the
building during the fire by dcmen,
Howard Geyscr, Wilmington. Del, a
decorator
Joseph Bymcs, Hoboken. y. J., a dec
orator.
Goyscr and Byrnes y,cre decorating
one Of the booths In the balcony when
the iina broke out Tho manager Of the
exhibit nan 20 the booth and called to
the men that the place was on fire and
Tor them 90 save themselves They
were apparently IN no hurry, and the
last seen II them they werc still at work.
Il Is thought that they were both Lost.
Peter foots, a watchman, was burned
about the face and hands
G. A. Lyons, New York City, slightly
burned
Harry Parker, New York City, slight.
" burned.
Louis Weiss. janitor. burned about
face and hands.
Frank Murphy, st. Louis, seventy
burned.
Harry Hamilton. burned about face
W II Wright. burned about arms
William Allahy, a FIREMAN, thrown
from a ifo engine In a collision with q
Lake shor train at Cottage Grove ave-
nue. and Forty int str,ci, head bruised.
Alhert Chamberlain, burned about
face and hands.
Eugene Duggan, hurncd a5out left
side.
II. A. MONEY. laccmied by explosion 81
/ Cruokcs iuhcs and burned about head.
William Robertson. face and hands
burned.
A. J Wheeler. watc,iman. hands
burned.
james Mahcr. fireman. burned while
cutting live WIN with a pair 81 shears.
Robert Harley, hnman. severely hurt
I by debris during The COLLAPSE Of "A wal
Of the building.
Mis- Helen Courlr. shocked by live
wirc and severely burned about the right
arm.
George Dckrckc, proprietor 81 the
Strects Of Cairo exhibit, jumped from d
window Of the burning building aud
was seventy bruised.
About 900 people wcrc Ia the building
at the time 81 the I'm, and thcrc was q
rush Tor safety Fortunately The aisle.
wen wide. and owing % the compam
lively small number Of people in IN,
building thcro was little difficulty II
[ uaching tho doors
The fiumon wen at hand hofora al
the people wCrc out. and hcforc theJ
made any effort o. fight the flames the,
devoted their attention o. clearing th.
hall 81 the pcoplc The firc sproad witt
such npidity that there was no chancl
whatever 60 save the building after .
had once got beyond the confines Of thI
booth In which Il started.
In but a short time one 81 the arg,
arches within the building gave wa,
with tremendous r'port and then an
other and another, each one going dowi
with a sound hkc the rsport Of can
non, Tho building Zen very quickly. a
after the first arch went down Oh
weight was too grat for the arches mex
% IL and an collapsed.
The trc originated In a booth which
was used for an exhibition Of MAYS
The booth being managed by NJ J
Morley and William Robertson. Tn
two men VEN examining their machin
when they Vcre startled BY a ,iEfin,
n0isc behind them, and upon turninl
saw a part ~ their oXhihitabIaze Thel
AZ first tried to smother the flames. hu
bofure they scCurd water aud cloth th|
, hr had snrad throughout the cniir
booth. Morley raliEing that be- arc
his partner would d. unable o. cors
, with the flames then madc an ondcivo
, o. save somo of tio most valuable n
their apparatus Running 10 tho ma
chine he gnsed two crooks tube
and then with Robertson began dghtn.
, his way out NJ the building nofurp h
rachcd an exit che tubrs which hn hcl,
Ia both his hands exploded frum OBJ.
heat, sCyOply homtiug BITS hands 49,
. hair also caught tu aud ho was seycrl,
, burned about tho hoad. Robertson wa
, bumod about tho face
Tho Coliseum cost s2lO,oo0. and wa
twice as la-ro as tho Madison Squar
, Garlen budding Of Now York TIT
, ANNA was only oqualcd IN extent b.
that ~ the Roman Colisoum.
The total loss on the building and con
tents Is said 60 b. si1SOO OF TIN
amount Si0.ooo was the value Of a.
building and slsS,000 the estimate.
cost Of tho exhibits and material In q
, exposition Ia progrcss tn the structur'
. Insurance o. che amount OF Sls0. 900 va
carried on the Coliseum.