Logan Republican | 1904-02-03 | Page 4 | Local News

Since the fearful disaster In the lio-quols' lio-quols' Theatte.at Chicago municipalities municipali-ties all over the couutiy aie compelling compel-ling owueis of opera bouses to piovlde suillclent exits to their buildings lor the escape of people In the case of an onieigene.v. 'Ilieie ai' other public pub-lic places that mod attention. In almost every large city through-out through-out the countiy, dancing halls can i be found in tlie upper stoiies of buildings, with anything but adequate ade-quate exits for ax ci age use, saying nothing no-thing about a stampede that is likely to occur at any moment. Regulations and icstilctloiis should be placed upon all hallswheie huge numbers of people gather. The life of one poison taken tlnough the neglect of having pioper piovlslons made for escape, Is woith more than all the money spent in the leinodelllugof these gathering places.