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Show Wy of Acapylco, Mexico, Scene of Horror 'Beyond Description; F Saraies Break k Out in SEryctiiire Containing If Thousand Persons. BEE NARROW EXITS SOON CHOKED; If , ALL HOPE Of ESCAPE CUT OFF ie Americans Supposed to !Be Among the Victims; Bodies Burned so That Identification w is Impossible. r OF MKXIC'O, Feb. 35. Bo-HO Bo-HO ami MO persons were burned ih ami ninny vvere injured in .1 Kii destroyed the Mores theater tjtyo Acapulco last night. The S tV disaster reached hero this 4B. telegraphic communication iMpul'-o having been destroyed .htand lodav owing lo tho fact c lelcgraph ofiice adjoining the wus burned and all wires rnit fonimifiuii. Klnrrs (heater was a wooden re. nnd last night over K)0 VOO-Hfdrd VOO-Hfdrd into ii to witness a spe-:rfonii:iiife spe-:rfonii:iiife given in lionor of. jr Dainiait Floret of the stato of .-who was visiting tho host at the One m' lite numbers on tho pro-:onsi?lrd pro-:onsi?lrd of a series oC moving i. While tho operator was ox-C ox-C tlirso a film caught firo and a tt-h quieklv communieated to mntiim which liad been used for ivc purposes No Adequate Exits. au,hicrcdibly short limo the spread lo all parts of tho ire. There were but three nur-fa nur-fa ami the panic-stricken audi-isW audi-isW lo them, many persons fall-Id fall-Id crushed to death, their bodies m -,,.e tho nay to escape for others. .jJIliwsiiis of' those imprisoned were jyfpbp Owing to tho rapidity with which (he firo spread and its intense heat it was impossible to attempt rescue res-cue work, and thoso imprisoned were literally roasted alive, as tho lire burned -with little smoke, and fow were suffocated The efforts of the firo department were confined to altempling to save tho adjoining buildings, and the firemen suceeeded so well that tho property loss w.as small. The telegraph office," post-office post-office and custom hnuso were damaged, but all of the government records and registered mail wcro saved. Today pitiful scenes of grieC were witnessed on the streets of the-city. Ien. women and children wandered about hunting for relatives or friends. Many Victims Prominent. Many of tho dead aro from tho first families of tho state, tho affair nt the theater being a social event oil considerable consid-erable import.an.co and calling out the wealthiest and oldest families for miles around. In some instances wholo fami lies were wiped out. Tho municipal au-thoriticH au-thoriticH today caused largo trenches to bo dug and into theso tho bodies were laid. Identification has been impossible, im-possible, most of tho bodies having been burned to' a crisp. Telegrams sent to the American consul con-sul at Acapulco by tho Associated Press, asking for the names of tho American dead, havo not been answered. an-swered. Acapulco. on the west coast of the state of Guerrero, is ono of tho throe important ports ot the Pacific coast of Mexico. Nearly all of the steamer lines mako it a port of call, and the..harbor is accounted tho best in Mexico. |