The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-31

chiego. Dec. 81 1.-The list Of fatalities
IN there AZ the Iroquois theatre yester-
day atrnoon win likely exceed 600 peo-
pie. Ie htest statement ofthe dead at
the vaaus margues is 564 It is thought
that allre Of the l57 injured at the hos
pitfalls n bic. The mofgues are being
haunt today BY hundreds searching for
wives, usbands, children, fathers, moth
ers al faends, and the scenes are
heartsdina
ThspUs8liss OF victims shows 59i yie-
tins d deash ID the holocaust. with the
prosp@oi inilng ether bodies in the
ruins Is alnlost certain the number win
exceed p0 Coroner Traeger still be-
lieyes lie Total viii be nearer 100 as the
upper pais ot the stage and part Of
TN ss~ not been thoroughly
searchW Ind may sisld up more victims.
It win days, even s.eegs. before chi
cago WI realize the full horror Of the dis
aster
Wlusiayllght this morning the police
and dreiep again took up tue search I'd
the ruld working under totterng walls
and a wIvering roof that threatened to
COLLAPSED 7Very moment Many prominent
famlhe kae affected By the holocaust,
their ugtims having been identified. but
scores gsid scores never will be Identified.
Ia meay cases even trinkets aud burned
scraps Of garments have not been left to
afford means Of Identification.
In mme cases heaps Of charred flesh and
bones, held ii blankets, Is All that tells
lhe siory Of the blotting out Of life. The
rescners declare that scores 81 victims met
death behind locked doors OF the "A ex
its many we're nsted shut, never having
been opened since The house was built.
Mayor Harrison today received a message
Of sympathy from President Roosevelt.
The whole city is stunned BY the over
whelmihg tragedy Possibly nothing
could better typliy the depths of sympathy
expressed by lhe public than the action of
thestrikipg livery drivers who voted, with.
oata dissenting vote, to establish a truce
ol,sn days, to report for work at once and
odo svert hing in their power to assist
say employers in caring for the wants Of
thepubnoN
Tbe Gre broke out during the second
at II the play Mr. BluebiId." the frst
production in the theatre since its eree-
ton
The theatrical company which was
yery large, escaped to the street ID safety
nearly ali ol them, however, being COM
peIled 10 Il e into The snow withno cloth
inq except their stage costumes A few
members u the company sustained mi-
nor injuries bat no one was seriously
hurt
AZ soon as the ire was discovered, Ed
ale Eos, the comedian 0f she company,
eho4lted ID lower the curtain II descend
u about half way aad then stuck, The
ire vas thus given practically & iiael
through which astrong draft set TO the
doors which had heen thrown open II the
front nf the theatre. With a roar and
hound the flames shot out through the
opening over the head u the people on the
6rst DIOR and up to those on the hrst'bal-
conv. caught them aud burned them to
death
Immediately following this rush Of
Bsmes there came AID explosion which lift
"a the entire roof Of the theatre from its
VANS. shattering the great skylight into
fragments AS soon as the flames iiFst APP
naared beyond the curtain a man in the
Toar n the han shouted sire, hrele and
tbe entire audience rose as one person and
made for the doors.
Asnear as can be estimated about | 800
people we're In the theatre Three huns
drrd Of these were on the first iloor, the
balance being In the two upper balconies
ana ii the Railways back q them
Outside Of the people burned aud snt-