The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-16
DANGERS OF A GREAT CITY.
While the Play Was In Progress Some
Of Them Mere REALIZED,
THREE PERSONS DEAD MANY INJURED
The Ceiling Fell First and Was Followed a
little Later by "a Big Center Piece-A
jam at the Door Caused the Casual
ties small Pecuniary Loss.

CINCINNATI. october l5.-"The Dam
gers Of Great city" on the stage Of
Robinson's opera House tonight, was
cut short Ia It's performance by tragic
realization Of the actual dangers Of
great city, The house was fairly well
filled. but not crowded.
A little before $3.50 O'Clock tonight a
lady IN The audience says she heard a
creeping noise which continued for five
minutes before the catastrophe. The ceil-
ing plastcring began to fan in small par
tlcles at first after a while the plaster
ing began 90 shower down IN great
chunks. IL came from the ceiling when
supported the dome. There was a ru7h
from the gallery. which was not very
Well filed The balcony was soon emp,
tied. Those in the dress circle fe'iIeu
as promptly ass possible, and' s'I'"se "
say, without panic.
CAUSED BY CROWDlNG
The crowdng Of these 20 the door oD-
structed tho passage or people rom ,..e
parqucttc. which accounts IN u measure
fo~ tho number oil casualties. Suddenly
the Great central piece OF the ceiling
eighty feet long and thirty feet Wide,
came plunging down. The ehda OF ll
struck ON the two galleries wings, send
ing IL down into the parquettc Nothing
on the stage was harmed.
srhe list ~ the hospital showed three
dead. FIVE dangerously II not fatally
wounded. and twenty-six more or less see
rlously injured. I'm addition to these
large number. probably twenty-five or
thirty We're slightly injured, but We're
able TO walk home or the dangerously
injured all the hospital amputauon viii DE
necessary In several cases. A score OF
physicians volunteered their assistance
10 the hospital corps A sufficient number
was accepted.
AT THE HOSPITAL.
The scene in front Of the hospital door
was q sad one Hundreds of people had
gathered there clamorine for the names
OF the injured. At the opera house ropes
were stretched across an approaching
streets and the police had an they could
do TO Keep the crowd Of seven or eight
thousand people from crushing through.
The damage 10 the theatre is c0mpara-
lively small.
To-nights disaster recalls the one which
happened i'm the same house I'm 1876 when
q score or more We're killed and many In
jured during "a panic which ensued from
needless call OF fire.
About $50 o'clock tonight as
the performance Of Dangers Of
n Great city at Robinsons Oeprl
House began, the plastering began
10 IN from the centre Of the dome
ceiling. forty and fifty feet above the
heads of the people I'm the parquette. This
continued three minutes causing a rush
out OF the house. The house and galleries
were partially emptied when the dome In
the centre Of the roof with its supporting
timber and trusses came tumbns down.
This extended clear across the opera
house and was about thirty feet wide
When it fen the ends OF IL struck either
side Of the gallery crushing IL and scat
terinr timbors In every direction and land-
ing iu the centre or the parquette. Scarce
~ anybody was hurt I'm the gallery, and
nobody was hurt in the balcony or dress
circles There were very few i'm the gal-
lery az the time Tho injured are those
who had not escaped from the parQuetto.
The theatre tonight presents the appear
ance of O. disorderly pile OF old lumber.
Chairs I'M tho parquette are badly demol-
ished.
Thera are three dead and thiriy-three
more or less seriously injured at the Gin
cinnau hospital. while many suffered
slight Injuries. but were able TO go 70
their homes.
Tn, lold-Mlss Lucy Cohen Mrs. Geo.
Klounu
Dangerously miurcd-Mr. Goldman, Mrs.
studdcr Mary Studder. Mary Haas, an
unknown woman.
Seriously or slightly iniured-Pear Haas.
Grace Connor. C.. J. Weiss. jacob Weyle
Mary Hess. John White. Mary Howe
Amelia Woyle Ella Norman. Della Al
geir and her three children-Stanley. Jo-
saph and Iohu. rairhead, $. T.. Long
9 J. Falriand, T. r. Wiley. Fred Jc0'e
william Mofen W. j. McCahe. clint
Deal. Kate White. Maggie studder Anne
Ia We'll. samuel Rosenbaum. Clint steele