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Show SIX ARE DEAD. The Destruction of the Grand Central by Fire Last Night Much More Terrible Than First Reported. Six Members of the "Devil's Auction" Company Lie, Dead Beneath the Fallen Walls. EIGHT FATALLY INJURED, Nearly Three Scores of People in tho Various Hospitals Suffering Prom Serious Burns. FIFTY OTHER VICTIMS. 1 Who Are Being Treated for More or Le& Serions Wounds The List of the Dead Includes Several "Well Known Theatric! People. t Philadelphia, April 27 The destruction of the (irand Central .theater by fire lasts night proves far more terrible in results than anticipated. Six members of the "Devil's Auction" company lie dead beneath the fallen wnlls. Nearly three score of people are in the hospital suffering from burn. Of the men and boys in the hospital seven aro 1 in such a serious conditiou that their recovery recov-ery is doubtful. Of the members of the audience, besides those seriously enough hurt to remain in the hospitals, fully flfty others have been treated for minor injuries. Members of the company who lost their lives are : Thomas Lorella, grotesque, and wife Flora, ballet dancer. Vineentina Chitten, premiere danseuse, 1 one of the Chitten sisters. Fancheon Coniteres, juvenile. Sarah Golden, ballet dancer. William L. Brooks, leading man. Injured aud likely to die: Harry McClos. key, aged 16 years ; James Pigeon, aged 13 years; Amos Hinchliffe, aged 16 years; Rand Patterson, iged 16 years; Albert Clum-backer, Clum-backer, aged 6 years; Thomas Atchison, aged 37 years; Ralph Frazer, aged 16 years. Philadelphia, April 38. The most t-ensational lire that has Viirited this city iu years broke out last night on tbe stao of the Grand CoDtral theater, thea-ter, and before it was got under control nearly a million dollars' worth of property was destroyed, including the massive eiiht-story annex building occupied by the Time newspaper. There was :t panic in the theuter, and nearly fifty persons, mostly occupants ol the galleries, wore hurt, hut none seriously. Just before 8 oVlork, while tkeatagfl hands were lowering from the flies portions of the setting, they became entangled in the border lii;litr. Tongues of tire shot up to the roof, and the blazing blaz-ing scenery fell to to e stag", and in a short space u! time the entire rear portion nf tie theater was a mass of tire. A large number of choristers and ballet dancers sti o 1 in the wings waiting for the performance to begin. Thoy were thrown into a panic, and rushed out, scarcely knowing which way to turn to avoid the quickly spreading flame.-. All, it is believed, weregott n -at'elv out. A scene "f ei en .:io." Uiumim ---wp u-.i enacted before the footlights. Tho house was only partly ililed. When fno audience realized that they were face to face with a theater tire, everybody st:tited for the exits. The weaker ones were borne down and crushed nnder foot. One individual, maddened and brutalized by excite meut drew a pocket-knife and cut his way through the mass of people. Half a dozen or more were found at tho hospital who had been the victims of his frenzy. Nono of tho wounds, however, were more than of s painful character. Men and boys fell on stairways leading from the galleries, bruised and scratched under the heels of those following them. Fifty-two persons were cared for at two hospitals near the theater. The wildest excitement prevails on tho streets. The ballet girls, in ganze and tights, nished bare headed around, almost all of them in a hysterica, condition. The fire spread with marveloas rapid, ity, and by the time the lire apparatus had arrived tlie scene was a mass of flames. The alarm was promptly given, and all the oc rupants of the Time annex bolMfatS trot out in safety The first, second, third and fourth floor were occupied by De Koskenos & Hetherington, art metal workers. The wind was blowing in a direction to carry the flames to the newspapei building, aud in "a few minutes the structure was 011 fire. By8:50the entire interior was gutted,."" The west wall and a portion of 1L0 east wall fell, ( tlie former crushing in a large portion of the one-story one-story power house of the Philadelphia Traction company. The east wall crushed the four-story building occupied by Hamilton ib Diesinder, manufacturing jewelers, and portions of several buildings below on Eighth street.. The front wall filled Sansoin street with bricks and stone and damaged the building opposite. In the cellar were tho news presses of the Tiine, which were-ruined were-ruined bevond repair. The Poulson houne roof burned a'"l the building was soaked with water. The audience in the old Walnut street theater was Quietly dismissed. Tlv Continental hotel escaped with a slight scorching. Colonel A. K. Me'lnre. editor of the Timet, lost an in valuable! political library. The losses as near as can be ascertained, as-certained, are as follows: Central Theater build-in"- $8'2,iKd. insurance gioW: costumes- and scenery of the "De li s Auction." $16,0T0, insurance insur-ance 75iX; "Twelve Temptations." $18,000, in-snrance in-snrance $750i: "Sea King,'" $2J,!WO, no insurance; the Time estimates its toss at about $3?0,00ii, ex-elusive ex-elusive oil ts tiles, and Colonel A. K. McClnre's library. The whole was insured at about two-thirds two-thirds of its value. Dekoseno & Iletlierington's loss is at least $lno,Oi; Hamilton fc Dieslnger'e, A $75,00: partly insured. Other losses aggregate 8150.000 The is the fourth time that the sites of the Central theater and Timet annex have been the scenes of tires. The first conflagration occurred in lSbl, when many ballet girls Were warned to death. Again in 180' the theater was hurfitnj .to the ground. In this eleven persons perished anorv a large number were severely bjurned. The la-t atC the fiery element visited the scene was on Saturday morning, March 24, 1888, when the new Central theater and the International Comlque on SuuBome street were reduced to ruins. |