New-York tribune., 1905-01-08
OPERA CHORUS IN CRASH.
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the scenes had quieted down. Meanwhile the
opera continued without interruption.
THE STAGE CARPENTER ARRESTED
Harry Palmer, stage carpenter n, the Met
ropoltan. was placed under arrest by Rounds
man Fogsrty. Of the theatre squad and taken
TO the Tenderloin station to await examination
Falmer was allowed TO remain at the opera
mousse however. until the completion of the per-
IoFfnance. in order to supervise the stage ar
rangements. At the station Palmer said that the
nraose was put up with much care last night
as ever and that the fault was not his. One OF
MS assistants. who accompanied him to the sta
tioh' suggested that the accident may have been
caused by the "supers." who act as soldiers,
marching across the structure IN STEP which is
not permitted. the rhythm of movement being
700 great strain upon the supports.
Just now much he was responsible for the ac-
o'ueht the police have not yet ascertained. Cap
.aih Cottrel will make a rigid investigation.
i'er the excitement had subsided Herr Conried
MADE the following statement:
knoy Wy Ihis accident should have occurred do not
e1 Strnction' and could see no evidence Of careless
bridge "a was sne part Of the stage carpenters. The
stage to % is beS bneesfsaF to raise two sections Of
en- ing across from section to section This pIankng
IRON bots fe 9TTdgs T5oSS and is joined each
Z ca CO. 10 not & know The broken end Immediately
happened so quickly that there was no time 70 warn
snyoooy; was sitting in private box when ii
praise Of heTosm and cooess % @orf @ ose Gf seO on sFsat S
the Srd "a wen en- as OF my corps OF ushers The instant
20 Ie no9or grooming those of the unnjured in the
wounded from view and drowning out their gfoans
~ INC music or the chorus. 1t was a magnificent
The accident BAD enoag5 but Se6 the a% Ga
snooiSs gooq Goo; thought that should have
I'M Ny us. ushers behaved splendidly In a minute all
audience had left their Seats IN II pan G fbnS or that 5f
we should have been successful in getting them ali
rection re- of Henry Bull my head usher, the ushers
were tr9Ign STad regular IRE drill every week They
sgeGo serxe6 them in good stead wish to thank the
Nine. Ackte said:
Io was vas standing in the wings watching the chorus
ana waiting for my cue to enter. I heard a crack
ag g seddng ed SOUND and looking up saw the bridge
Der fell and grazed my head. It struck my foot
Z ana "a ankle but was not heavy enough to in1ure
wings but managed to regain my composure, and
part "'-0 - 50 y" WIN my
CONRIED WILL CARE FOR THE INJURED.
Charles H. Meltzer. assistant TO Mr. Conried.
said:
l cannot give, any reason why the accident should
aaye The 6dgs was sd in use at the
Perhaps the work of resetting the scene for the
we could And nothing to indicate this We cheer,
fully welcome investigation. The injured will
all be cared for by Mr.. Conried Most OF the
chorus have sung together for years, several OF
them being blood relations
A man who was in an orchestra seat when
the accident happened said to Tribune re-
porter:
The whole affair a most commendable dis
play Of GOODNESS and courage on the part OF the
theatre people and common sense and good be-
haVOr the part Of the audience / occupied
halfway 4
the smash came. and the people on the stage fell
buried among the debris, screaming with fright
and agony. there was conVuIsiVe shuuder
throughout the audience. The behaved with
rush into panic Everybody jumped TO his feet and
turned toward the atsles. and women all around
began TO cry and moan. Then We heard above
the shrteking and grOanlng 8 sudden peal or music
The Uninjured part of the chorus advanced to the
front Of the stage and burst into song l don't
think. from my knowledge of Carmen. that IT
The orchestra kept on playing 10 q man. Then We
heard the loud voice of Conried addressing rs from
the stage and everybody calmed down and was
satisfied that the accident had only been light
A small panic also developed at the afternoon
performance of "Lohengrin" yesterday A globe
over one of the boxes broke with a report. and
several women jumped up. Ushers ran forward
and yelled, sit down. and the women obeyed.
Various highly colored reports of the night ac-
cident reached other theatres. The most sensa-
tional came to the Princess where Terry was ap-
pearing in Sweet Lavender" This humor said
that Nine Sembrich's neck had been broken.
Some one finally remembered that Nine. Sem
brich does not sing Carmen, and set the rumor
rest
The cast last night was as follows: