Show KILLED I 1 I Injured as as Fire Destroys Destroys' De- De Destroys Old J rid Madrid MADRID Sept 24 AP persons were officially estimated today t to have hav b been en entrapped trapped and perished in Ue the Nove dad dades theatre when it caught fire during a crowded Sunday evening performance The injured were were estimated at more mere than Exact figures have not net been established beta because use dense denso smoke coming from the smoldering ruins prevented the authorities from rom learning how hoyi many I bodos wore were yet to be extricated lost 1 ot of the victims were e e not burned but were vere either suffocated or crushed during th the stampede for forthe forthe the exits I Bodies were being taken from some sections of the ruins this morning and soldiers with fixed bayonets bayonets' kept back a a. largo crowd ot of anguished persons persons who clamored for news of relatives and friends A family in a suburb reported eighteen members mIssing but It was believed that they might have e passed the night with friends Doctors worked all night in In the hospitals and dressing stations I THEATRE CROWDED The blaze st started during fL I. I storm scene on the the stage The the theatre tre which Is one or of the largest Irl held persons pErson and It was as crowded to ca for a a. performance per per- or of La Del Puerto El Electric sparks Ignited the ln e n page 5 5 I KILLED IN THEATRE BLAZE Continued from page 1 ropes ot of part ot of the scenery and the flames spread rapIdly to other parts ot of tile the stage setting As the curtains In front burst Into Into In- In to flames there was a mad rush for the exits Men women and children Were ere trampled In the stain stain- pede The theatre was equipped with modern precautions against fIre but It was very ery old and the wooden framework burned rapidly FIGHT TO EXITS People massed In the narrow aisles frantically fighting theIr way to the three exIts at the front of oC the building Soon these exits were choked with critIc the struggling mass and many were ere blocked from escapIng escapIng Ing Ing from the galleries There Were reports today that all those behind the scenes were ere able to escape through the stage doors LONDON LONDO Sept 24 2 Ap AP-A lIeuter's neuters neuter's lIeu neu- ter's dispatch from Madrid says sas that five eIghty bodies had been recovered Ired ered this morning from the ruins ot of the theatre in Madrid In aU all persons were sere taken talen to hospitalS hospitalS' many of them seriously Injured The correspondent nt of oC the Evening E News telephoning from Madrid stated that several children Were found alive In the ruins or of the Nov Nor theatre They had been beon saved by the dead who had fallen tallen on them and protected them Ulem from the flames flame and from rena being trampled trampled tram tram- pled on during the ensuIng panic |