The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-06-10

be, but 1t was estimated at several
hundred dollars. The three films that
were burned are worth $500 or $4O0.
They belong to the Laemle film com.
pany. The picture machine, belonging
to Koyen, is ruined.
Won't Reopen There.
Mrs. Scates said that the owners OF
the Pacific and Queen City hotels
would not permit reopening of the
theater in that place, if possible.
They don't want the danger in their
building. Norton Howe. landlord of
the Queen City, went upstairs and
turned on a water hydrant, allowing
1t to drain through the floor into the
picture theater pNtR tho pipes melted,
But Mrs Seates said she thought
| that the theater would be reopeped
somewhere in town,
Crowd Going In.
ut was local vaudeville night and
made their escape from the rear exit,
which was jammed number of
| times
Girl Thrown through Window.
Miss Cora Marquardt daughter of
Chief Of Police Marquardt, was pick
ed up bodily by man and thrown
through the glass window at the rear
into the alley. When she fell, a man
| jumped on top of her. but she was
only slightly bruised
College Girl Rescues Old Woman.
Miss Opal Coryell, a Norfolk college
girl, daughter of f. c. Coryell, was
the heroine of the evening. She got
out safely and was told that an old
lady near whom she was sitting dur
ing the evening had not her escape
and was lying on the floor inside. She
broke loose from her companions and
rushing into the burning theater
brought the aged woman out.
Two Children Trampled On.
Little Krissie Kingsley and her
| brother, Richard Kingsley, both about
Q years old, were slightly injured as a
result of falling over the ladder lead
ing from the stage to the rear exit
where they were trampled upon. The
little girl S hands are badly smash
ed and the little boys legs were
| bruised
Hotel Guests Get Trunks Out.
Travelling men in both hotels all
through the fire were busily engaged
trying to get their belongings togeth.
er. and trunks were hauled out by
them Several times they came in
contact with the stream of water
which was being played on the fire
in the west hallway of the Pacific ho-
tel, by the firemen.
Another Girl Stepped On.
Another girl would have been toss
ed through a window as was Miss
Marquardt, but the crowding of peo-
pie prevented the men from getting
free use of their arms and her weight
proved too much for them. This was
Miss Corrine Hirsch. She was step
ped on and slightly bruised. Later
she escaped through a rear exit.
Clarence Rasley was stepped on and
his hip slightly bruised
How it Felt to be Thrown Out.
Miss Marquardt, who was hurled
through a window lit upon a pile of
boards with nails in them.
when saw the fire | was scared"
she said to The News later. And
when | couldn't get out some man
or men picked me up and threw me
through a window. | struck on
pile of boards with nails sticking in
them. Then some man stepped on
me-"
when l saw the fire, | jumped out
of the operating box and downstairs"
said Operator Baker land yelled to
Mathews, the assistant, to jump"
Rev Edwin Booth, Jr., pastor of the
First Congregational church, was just
about to enter the theater when the
fire broke out He didn't happen to
have the right change and neither did
i the ticket seller, when he first went
to the door, so he went to a nearby
drug store to get the change. Other
wise he would have been in the the
alter. He met Miss May Johnson and
Miss Parker coming out.
shes still in there. She's stll in
there" they said.
who's in there?"
opal Coryell."
"Why didn't she come out with
you?"
She went back to help an old lady
who was on the floor
Mr.. Booth entered the theater but
Miss Coryell had gone out the rear
exit. In the process she lost her hat,
which later was restored. When Mr..
Booth told her father of her heroism,
she made light of it. Asked about the
episode, Miss Coryell told The News
she didn't think it was So" She is a
Nebraska university student
Machine Operator Tells Of It.
Il was winding up a reel" said
Baker, the operator, after the fire,
land Emil Mathews was working the
machine. A loose piece of film was
lying on the floor near me and it sud
denly caught fire, from the transform,
err, | believe. The wires must have
| been crossed The reel | was winding