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Show II THEATER PANIC. R ialliDi la the Dealt- of Twenty-foDf Twenty-foDf People, oriirns EBioi'sM iji:rki. II KM All Caaird b I)tfllr llururr Bid i roollah Crj f Urc. IULT1UORK, DM. 27. IB B SSIISel.BI rinlo camel I'JT Jefeolle u bnraer ,DJ fuollsn cry of Are at the alii Kr.nl alrrol Hiastar soBlejhi, tweaie. tour poopla were killed, Iwo f.lallj HliureJ aod mo Mirlouily Hurt. Up lo I o'clock ttala (BaturJaj) mom-In, mom-In, thirteen of lb Head have limn Unitlll'il. The elliera are it lb omrcue awalllne; Idnntlflratloo. Alinuat til lha vietlma in of Polish MlKlty awd Hebralo ilrtcllon. Msnr of lb Injure! wera takes to their homes bf Irleoile, rrn.lerlni It (Inioit Iruiwsiliile o (it a eeinilete Hal at ibis lia'. Trie lliaatcr, erhlrih Is r,rotiabl Iba cidMi I" ' mm nu'" ,'"a f" u torn wb ra"' who aeeenirilel to italan to a Hebrew o era, wmrli bad l,n ltn lDtrieolilO.erenriue Iwico t week lor tha pant month. Tha llraet ifflce receiiiia alinw thai neer S.Wii ,ic, .li inii oreBeiilil wtien.et So'clork, Itia aala of seata wn eloieU becau. Uiar waa no mere lall. Uauaral ad. n I'tbn tick. (a vara aoltl, lioweeer, . tir lh!a, anil It la euppoaed that lli.rawara at least 3,1X10 people within Ina walla wlian Ilia curlaia Waal upua trie But art. Aa Ilia capacity ot the houtala laaatban 2.6'H), Iba iWuall ul Ilia crowd niaf ba luiaitlneif. .ja oilnoire altar Iba ourlaln Mae, oneof Ilia altenilaBte want up to Iba aeroud Herto Unlit Bae (alwlilrb ar i..aiJ to haa baafl eallnaulabed. Aa D. lura.d tha cock anu epplled a malch the llhl flared Ui,aotf It waa t.n Mere waa no tip to tha burner Toe jet waa well unwo toward Ike rlae on Iba lall bend aide ef Waa bjuer, In plala lew ol Ike icreeier part el the eiidleaoe, but aa tba glere fniio it .now. 'I enamel Iba wall, ausne one In the iall.tr abnuUid lira. la an lonaut tliera waa a wild ai-ramble fir Ilia door. In wkloh tba bole eudlelice took paru IbeTau-au.ru IbeTau-au.ru of the leiror-elrli aeB mult Dune n.chfd the entrance on Front elreet, ad u.hed on bf Iba howliai, shriek-iti. shriek-iti. tnub behind tbem. There these la Hie lorrmo.l rank were nompelleil to turn to the right and to the left la raaeb Itia double eiiirsnoe-way, bull! la tba t.im ol a elonn door. 1'aaalDic threuf b tinea dmra Ilief raaohed a HlKbt of alape, ItadtOR from each deor down ward to a lanuinc, irom wnenoe a liruaj elalrwajr or moderata b.l(ht wuulil bavaoarrled Iheni lalo Ibeatreet ud tn eaietr. Turn etepe laadlnt Irom the doorway are but flea feel nia, but Hie leading at tbalr baee le uarrow. Down theae the Irlgbteunl peopia hut-Had hut-Had IbamaeWae In tba frlxblful atruiiitie to reach open air. and to aa. catie the certain deatb beblnd tbem. Aa the erowd reached the lauding, one to tbe nchl and one la tba lall, ilia mat, Tliera waa a brief euu.uie, and than mat ena luel ule or her fjolitiK end fall. In a nioruant lha arewd, puahod wllh Irrealatlbla foroe from Iba rrar, crowded upon tha proatrata form and beicau, In turn, to atuoable anil real, and pieaeetl fall proua upon the fl ior, uudor the aiyrlade of faet coin. tat duwn Ilka a herd of bullaloee I rum iH lilud. la la.a lliue tkea II take, to lall II, the landing waa packed Iweuly tr llililjr deep wllh Iba paulc-ttrUkeu niultllude and tha buuurede behind In. in were iruggllng aver lhain to rtarii tna alreet. The luaiult attracted an Immaaae crowd ftorn tbe outetde,rueny or whom Irnd In gain entrance ta lha thaaler, Ibua editing ta tba ooofaaioo. A dnlen pollneman elae attracted bj Ilia ehrleke ol tbe frightened crowd, burrlcl lu Iba eoene, puened tkruugh Ihaduorand to tha writhing niaae ua tbe landlog. Among trie flrel to reaab tkem waa Ufllcer K. J. Kelly. Forcing tile way in tkrougb Iba main dour ba greened i air of erma, aud pulling wllb all hie might, draitgad a woman from uudor ikaaurging oxowd. A gleeoa at bar l.re allowed that a be wee peat at) tuniBu eld, dead from aufluoatlou. Ataln be reached lute tba niaaa of bumetilty and pulled aut a boy abau!7 Jrata alii. He, loo, waa dead, alee Irom auitooatiou, with ecerce a brulae on Ina body. Tba ether otlloerr, by tnia time reinforced by a doien of their fallow ollloere, Urauged out tha proa, line 01 ea, hualng tbem ta Ihoae on tbe liewelk. Ambulenoaa carried Ike dead to the run. ua aud tba wounded to lha oily liotpitel, whareTer urautloable. ia many caane tha lightly Inlured, 'nd lu a few oaaea tboae who Were ! ily hurt, ware takeu lu tbalr boui.a ty Ineiida, When Hie mauoDlhe landing had baen o'cered, the frightened mobiualde arequleied duwn ullloianlly le en-ail. en-ail. In police to clear tna theater. I hen II waa found tbai lhara had been nodaugar aud not a aoul would have ten Injured bad tba audience re uiainad in their eeale. The theater wee Ural opened to lha public In lHitt, but nine yeara later wee I'urm.l, aud lha preeeut atruolure lueb tla place. Jeuuy l.lnd, Meoready, illiarlutle Ouahman aud many other jioiablM p.rlnriu.d there, and la IntH II a tbe acene of Ilia K.pukllcau batlmial coiifeution whioti renntulual-aJ renntulual-aJ Abraham Llnoola for lha pi ell-deiicyaud ell-deiicyaud Auuraw Johuaon for the a.oonU place on lha ticket, Tba coo. eutluu at whlori tna Denoerata ""mlneied Mtephou A. Uouglea, alter 'I 'urnlug irotu CbarJeatun, 8. C, In 'S'j'i, w.a alio held In tha old building, aud during lie ooeaina a panto waa a'arled by the glTtng away of tbe 11 ior iilcii had beau bulll oeer tha pulpll. 'Uckiiy, howeear, tie one waa aerloua. y Injured. Moon alter llila a perlluu ol lie del.gatea withdrew Irom the rrouiair.,,1 theater, and, repairing to ilia Maryland lnatiiuie, nominated John (.'. llreckenrldge aud Joiepb J.ane P.r l'realnent aad Tioe iiranluant ol the Uuited rJlatea. |
