Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-31

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When the psople fled out OF the 0arrick
they were gseetea at the door by hundreds
OF frantic mon end women. who anxiousiy
scanned their cAees to zee IL any Of their
friends were AnnpnG them.
They were looking for members OF their
families ana Appropriateness who had gone
down town simply to attend q matinee
intended to 20 .ss
scenss Is Joyful Recognition.
There were many scenes Of joyful recog-
nitaon. and AssoAished members Of the Gar
rick audienSe Hsre Rugged and kissed in
frantic delssht BY their relatives, who up
to that TINS bad believed 1t possible that
they were In the shastiy pile Of dead lying
WITHIN the doors Of the IroQuoiS Theater.
When tis Rev. F. oBrien Of the Holy
Name Cathedral learned of the IRE and
neard that so many were dying he rushed
INTO the OLD fremont House, which Is now
converted Into the Northwestern University
Law school, into which many victims had
Deen taken. to administer the last sacra-
ment TO members Of the Catholic Church
he was followed an instant later BY Bish-
OPP Muidoon. the highest Catholic prelate,
next ne IT. 10 Achbishop Quisley in the diocese
Gave General Absolution.
Finding that they were unable to attend
the great number being brought in. Bishop
Muidoon announced that he would give q
general dissolution to all the Catholics
among the victims.
During the brief moment that the two
priests with uplifted hands besought God
70 pardon all the frailties of His dying
servants the poor mangied men and women
why lay In dozens on the floor seemed to
know that they were face to- face with the
last scene in their lives
MANY. SO crazed with pain ceased to
moan and fastened their fast-dimming ewes
on the two priests. After the ahsoIntion
was gwen many of them, barely able tn
move. feebly stretched out their hands i'm
plorlngly to the priests for one hand clash
a 1n.. one WORD OF sympathy before they
passed away. Both clergymen admins
tereo aosolution until the dead were re-
various hospitals ~
One Of Many Pathetic Scenes.
over one girl in Thompson's restaurant
the doctors labored one hour. They Ioosed
her dress and two Of them waved her arms
up over her head and slowly brought them
down again in an attempt to induce arti-
ficial respiration ga
Every moment or two one of them listened
with his stethoscope for her heart heats
mere was no sign of a burn on her She
coulo not have been more than sixteen
years old, and when they forced her eve
iid u.s. apart her brown eyes were yet bright
up" said the doctors e'o
otHhulant after stimulant was tried. and
laSt OF all nitroglycerine was injected It
all seemed useless. The efforts to induce
az al .iiiclai respiration continued ceaselessly
Out In the end the doctor gave I'M. He
stood erect op' ne
mere Is nothing more to be done" he
saio. The child is dead. It's horrible
Bravery of Boy.
Not far away a nurse and two doctors
labored over boy. After ten minutes he
opened his eyes
"Whatcher dom to me?" he questioned
Taking care of you," said the doctor.
Tell us your name"
Il amt gofn' to have any one teI,in, NV
mother about this of me. I'm all right T
am. 1t was fire. that's what it was"
woman who assisted in caring for the
wounded In Thompson's restaurant spoke
ur souns girl on table near the quick
Witled boy mentioned. The doctor dscoy-
efed IN his fair patient a spark of life.
Stumbled Over Body of Man
"Strychnia, qafckr, he said to the nurse,
hurried to get it," relates the nurse.
On my way hack 7 stumbled over some
TANG soft. The horror of 1t will be with
me Always Iehad stumbled over a dead
man.
Inc sfrhsi hands were cold-as cold as
snow. 'Chafe them said the doctor and T
did SO. Already they were stiffenina I1nor
one one slender finger was a pretty soil
talre pearl ring. It was all no use. and
soon her delicate body was laid with a ollie
OF dead" - = A pi'o
I am the most grateful man in Chi
cago. said Mr.. Thompson. owner Of the
restaurant. MY sister was in the theater
with my two children. John, aged nine. and
door w aEed bs seven She almost got to the
peared My sister told me she knew that
the child must be safe, but 1 ran around
IKE maniac for an hour before 1 found
her How 1t happened I don't know hut
she ran back into the theater and ont nm.
ger the stage, through the stage entrance"
Under Tight Police Guard.
BY order of Coroner Traeger, the theater
charnei mouse was today placed under q
tight police guard. No person could enter
without written order fron Chief Of Po-
lice ONeill, who was notified that he would
be held responsible for keeping the theater
building in the exact condition in which IT
was left by the sweep Of the flames
Thirty patrolmen were stationed across
the front of the building and twenty men
guarded the rear Within were thirty more
ofiicers, the whole interior, including the
stairways and fire-bitten balconies being
jealousy guarded.
An additional detail of policemen went
through the burned building from top to
bottom There were fears that in the base
ment. beneath ten feet OK muddy water.
would be found more victims of the smoke
and flames.
As Ruins Looked Today.
Big fire engines that before had deluged
the place were today being utilized to draw
forth dozens If streams of thick murky
water from the basement, while a dozen
firemen IN hip boots made a thorough
search of the basement for bodies None,
however. was found. Thousands of the
curious tried vainly to reach the scene of
the fire. The police. however, permitted no
lettering on either side Of the street near
by.
II they did the onlookers would have seen
nothing out of the ordinary for the ex-
terror of the building was the same as be-
fore the fire. The giant stone head Of an
1roQuois Indian over the grand entrance,
fitting symbol of the cruelty Of the desert
ed structure, stood forth from a front I'M
stained by smoke or water.
Though serene without the interior of the
theater marked it as a true whited sepul-
chre.
Sad to Contemplate.
Upon the marble staircases at the left and
right within were the mess and confusion