| Show FIRE IN philadelphia THEATER BURNED grout loss of property and a large nuta nuri bor ber of persons injured J tho the most moet disastrous fire philadelphia has experienced in a long time broke out at 9 8 wednesday night in the central theater on walnut street just above eighth and f before it was gotten under control destroyed the theater the handsome sto story ry times annex several buildings on eighth hamilton dissenters Dis jewelry store besides dama damaging glug several other buildings by falling walls walla i sixty people forming part of tho the audience of the theater were injured some gome probably fatally three actresses are missing the our cur tain fain was about to bo be raised on the production of devils auction when the scenery caught fire and in tin an instant tho the whole stage i was in a blaze the cry of fire was immell 1 lately raised and a panic ensued 1 1 i the audience was nearly entirely composed of men and a fierce derce fight ensued between athern them to reach the exits many wore were tram pled down in tho the mod mad rush and the flames i spread with such rapidity that their clothing 1 caught fire and many were wore severely burned it was but a tow few moments until the an acx caught alre and the compositor adl i tors and others on the seventh and eighth if I 1 floors doors made a scramble to reach the street they all escaped but many lost some of their J clothing I 1 thing the annex burned like tinder anil and 11 coon eoon several buildings on eighth street wert i ablaze to add to the destruction tho the immense walla ot of tho the annex toppled over on the adjoining buildings crushing them to the g ground round hamilton ia Dis dissenters wholesale jewelry house was waa crushed not oven a wall remaining in two hours the lira fire was under control but nothing but ruins remained ot of several wooden structures the yarna loses everything except the business office including the aloo presses all machinery libraries and everything in the editorial rooms the total loss caused by the alre la is about three people are reported dead and over a hundred were burned or otherwise injured later details show that tho the fire basmore was more latal fatal than at first supposed it seem certain that at least six of the devils auction company lost their lives two men and tour four women en one or two men supposed to have been in n the audience aud lenco are still missing |
