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Show i HOWE PATRONS ARE TRAMPLEDTO DEATH FALSE FIRE CRY COST8 8IX LIVES IN EAST SIDE THEATRE IN NEW YORK. Paper-Clogged Flue Causes Smoke to Fill the Playhouse, Children Being Crushed Under Foot by Stronger-Ones Stronger-Ones Who Rush From Building. New York. A paper-clogged flue, which caused smoke to fill the Cath-mlae Cath-mlae theater, a motion picture house In the east side Italian quarter, raised a cry of "fire" late Sunday nml In the ensuing panic sx tots, between tho ages of 2 to 10 years, were trampled to death. Twelve others wero seriously serious-ly Injured. .The little theater wns crowded to capacity. Children filled most of the 300 seats, for the hero of the picture was an Italian lad who roe from humble surroundings like theirs to riches nnd fame. The youngsters were absorbed In tho progress of the screen hero, when smoke began to seep through the cracks of tho theater floor. "My God, It's u flrel" This shout "line from nn elderly woman Who gathered n llitle ono under her imn and ran for tho neurest exit. Immediately Immedi-ately loud walls arose, children began be-gan to cry. They Jumped from their seats, Jammed the aisles nnd fought for passage. The lights flickered out. Youthrul cries attracted ninny residents resi-dents of the Italian neighborhood. Camtllc Itrullle, who sells haunnns from a push cart on tho ltowery, dnrt-cd dnrt-cd Into the theater and attempted to shout down tho cries. Falling, he enr-rled enr-rled more than fifteen tots to safety, then collapsed, overcome by smoke. Some one sounded u fire alarm. Many were overcome by smoke, but soon revived. l'raiitle women nnd men, lenrnlng of the disaster, crowded before the llttlo theater, nt hls time guarded by police, nnd sought news of their children. |
