The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-25

of the dead and helpless from he
 stairway and lay them in row be-
 side The building. This disposition
 of the cTumpled bodies was found in-
 advisable because of the hystera it Eaused among the spectators, and the
 bodies were carried back into the hall
 as soon as it was emptied of fright
 ened spectators. All the chairs were
 lined with bodies and corpses had
 to be placed in the wi.chen Of the hall beneath the stage
 l Within an hour almost every per son in Calumet was at the scene. The police formed a cordon about the place and kept the crowd back. After much effort a lane vas opened through the crowd and ne bodies of children were carried .hrouga the ranks of mourning men auI wonen 10 Red Jacket village hall, which was turned into a morgue. It was many hours before all the 5olies were identified.
 During the confusion several bodies of children were wrongly identified by mothers and taken away only to be returned later by the parents who had found their own offspring In other cases parents ran about for some time uncertain whether their children were dead or alive. Many mothers tainted while fathers cursed all those who interfered with their mad search for los. girls and boys.
 For hours frantic women ran the streets calling for their little ones. Efforts were made to calm the wom- en and many were taken into homes that had not been bereaved so that they might have proper attention.
 Of the TOO persons in the hall, more than three-fourths were chil- dren, many of them having gone with. out their parents. These fathers and mothers soon rushed to the scene and added to the confusion. They did not understand what had taken place and hindered the rescuers by insist ing on information as to what was the matter.
 There was a fire escape at the rear of the building, but only those who were very near it could make any use of it until after the fa.al rush was over. Probably not more than hundred persons escaped the first rush by way of this fire escape About score more jumped from the windows near which they sat As it was not many feet from the ground the jump did not cause injury.
 The Italian hall was built about five years ago and was well provided for emergencies. it was thought. The en trance was hallway about ten feet deep. A stairway about eight feet wide led up from this vestibule to a small landing about eight by ten feet. The main door of the hall open ed on this landing. There was a | small cloakroom about. ten feet l square to one side of the main door | The loss Of life was heavy at the | small door of this room. The rush | apparently turned many against the | door of this room and crushed them to death within the doorway.
 The greatest number of dead in any ! one place, however was at the bot tom of the stairway. Those who ! reached the stairs first evidently | were hurled to the bottom by those behind and in this fashion .he stair way was filled almost to the ceiling. |
 That death in most instances was due to suffocation under the weight | of those who fell last was indicated | by the fact that few of The corpses bore marks of injuries. Bodies were crumpled and broken but the features were not cut or bruised.