| Show INO I NO AMERICANS VICTIMS j f Mexico o Theatre Horror Worse Than First Report Number of Lives Live Lost Unknown Mexico o City Feb 16 Late dispatches from Acapulco where the Flores Flore the theatre theatre atre atro was burned bur d while the structure was crowded at a performance given In honor of or Governor Dam Damian I an Flores of the state of Guerrero bring varying es cc of o the loss Joss of life They agree in declaring however that the dead will exceed while some place the figure as high as Most of the dead were burned beyond be ond recognition Acapulco is dazed by the catastrophe All business at the port has ceased the shops have closed and the people are crowding the churches where masses are re being celebrated for the dead Due to Carelessness The firt which spread with incredible rapidity through the immense wooden and adobe structure was due it is charged to the carelessness and inex Inexperience Inexperience of the operator of the moving picture machine There was waa an sion slon a burst of flame which ignited the bunting used for decoration and in ina Ina Ina a few tew minutes the entire structure was in flames I The exits were all In the front part of the building which waa WM almost im ha mediately turned into a wall of fire lire and the people were entrapped Tho women and children suffered most and comprise a majority of the dead Buried in Common Trench The search of the ruins has thus thur far revealed no recognizable human form orm Charred bodies from which legs and i arms have been burned have been taken from Crom the ruins and as there was no chance of Identifying them all have been burled buried in a common trench The greatest loss of ot life liCe was caused according to survivors by the fall fail of the roof which crashed down on the thi entrapped people Previous to this the men in the pit had fought like demons striking down women and children in their efforts to escape The fall of the roof however stilled the screams of or the fighting audience The firemen and the crowds on the tile outside could do nothing to help the victims After the first five or ten minutes no cries were heard and there was no noise save that made by the spurting and crackling flames Latest reports indicate that no Amer leans lost their lives The consul Mr Ir Moorehead had been ted led to the performance but pressing business made it Impossible Cor him to attend |
