New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-31

located. and kept some from going up to get
their street clothes. As the others came down
forced them TO leave the building. don't
know how they ever got out all those girls and
men. who came crowding down the stairs. for
tbe stage entrance was blocked by mass of
fame
BISHOP FALLows AT THE SCENE.
Among the hundreds of persons who rushed to
the rescue when the call OF fire was heard In
the streets was Bishop Samuel Fallows. who
happened to be passing the theatre. Without
fear or hesitation he made his way through the
darkness that was intensified by the volume OF
smoke that filed the auditorium to the top gall
iery. and assisted in carrying out the victims.
God forbid that ever again see such
heartrending sight" said the bishop tonight
1T have been in wars and upon the bloody field
of battle. but in all my experience have never
seen anything half so grewsome as the sight
that met my eyes when. with the aid OF a tiny
lantern, was finally able to penetrate the inky
darkness of that balcony. There was a pile
of twisted and bleeding bodies ten feet hign
with blackened faces and remnants Of charred
clothing clinging to them. Some were alive
and moaning in their agony. Others. and by
far the greater number were dead. assisted
in carrying rlanv of the injured down and min
istered to them the best could
HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN THERE.
1t the presence of the children. hundreds
of their frantic mothers. impelled by their first
thought to seek the safety Of their young. that
caused much Of the pandemonum. Alexander
H. Revell. who had sent his little daughter.
Margaret. with younger friend. in charge OF a
maid. to see the performance five minutes after
the fire started heard OF 1t In his store and.
hastily calling carriage. drove madly to the
burning theatre. BY the greatest good fortune
one of the first persons he encountered was the
hystericaI maid. who informed him that the two
children had been saved without injury. Mr..
RevelI then FASTENED into the theatre and aided
in the work OF rescue.
81 worked in the upper balconies" said he
1.-THE sight Of those poor women and their little
children. with clenched fists raised as though
trying to beat their way to safety. and stricken
down in the very act. is too horrible to attempt
to describe But I thought OF how my own little
one had been saved. and forgot my horror and
did all could to save those who were not so
fortunate. I assisted the police and flremen In
carrying down more than twenty bodies"
HEARTRENDING SCENES.
Sheriff Barrett and a score Of deputies from
his office assisted in carrying out the injured
reople and in keeping order among the mob Of
frantic relatives who thronged the streets IN
front of the burning building. vainly seeking
information that one could give them
ST have never before witnessed such a scene
in all my life" said Sheriff Barrett. ION all
sides were heaps Of mangled and charred hu-
mainly. We carried out so many injured and
dead that at last they grew so numerous that
we were unable to keep count OF them. Such
dreadful sight I trust will never be called to
witness again. Crazed men fought to get with
in the corridors thinking to find their loved ones
among the pile OF corpses that filled every avail
able foot of space. Strong men with tear blind
ed eyes stood on the sidewalk and called loudly
the names of their loved ones as though there
were chance OF the dead hearing. We did all
we could to lessen their grief. but such scenes
can never be forgotten in a lifetime
TURNED IN THE FIRE ALARM.
E Leavitt, the ticket taker at the theatre. was
at the main entrance. and. realizing the gravity
of the situation at glance he burst open the
three double doors. and then ran to turn in the
fire alarm.
at heard the cry and saw the mob rushing for
the door," said he. 1T could not see the IRE from
where stood. and thought that 1t was not so
bad as It really was. When the first of the fren-
zied audience reached the outside door tried
TO calm them, but in less than minute saw 1T
was no use, and burst open the doors. Then I
ran for the fire alarm box Coming back. as
sisted in the rescue as much could, but was
overrun with the terrified crowd that pushed
and showed each other out OF the doorway. and
I was caught in the mass of struggling human
ity and carried out TO the street.
WATERS AND COOKS SAVE FIFTEEN.
Walters and cooks from Thompson's restau-
rant. which ed1oins the theatre on the east,
rescued fifteen people by raising ladder from
the roof of a shed to a window in the rear OF the
building. around which mass Of screaming
women and children were congregated. c. Lit
tie. the head cook. mounted to the top Of the
ladder. and told them to Jump into his arms.
Fifteen women and children did this and were