Show B ALL R OOM 4 CHREE HUNDRED MERRY merny MAKERS MEET DEATH WHEN DECORA TION CATCH FIRE door poor had been nailed up to prevent admittance of scores anxious to attend and dancers were Cau in veritable fire trap mate JHun gary the village of and ana the adjacent districts have wn into mourning by a terrible disaster at the former place monday which resulted in the ho death persons persona find the serious injury of others 0 A public ball was held in the coach house at the hotel it wits was a great barn like structure decorated with tinder dry june branches left from a previous entertainment to which were added tor for the occasion other flenora eions and chinese lanterns the fes ea attracted pleasure seekers from all the surrounding country and the building was so oo packed just before the ball commenced that the single door that thai afforded entrance and exit i was nailed mailed up to prevent the admittance of scores who clamored outside while the dancing was waa in full swing saing a pine bran branch th caught fire and fell oil to the floor it listed blayd furiously and almost instantly the dressed 14 of several women burst into flames the itte fire spread with astonishing rapidity 4 A dreadful panic ensued the revel lera ir y losing their heads completely many of theme them with flames shooting out atom their beir garments rushed toward dared the tho barred exit where a surging mass were jammed together women and men fell ell and were trampled under toot foot those in front vainly endeavored deavo red to tear open the door but were crushed helplessly by the pressure of the crowd behind soon the root roof cru crushed ed th fi ohp alaf blat in lag wreckage falling failing an on oi aue ba Abl pleis victims boi that many of th those e wh wha had hitherto escaped the 1 struck down by beams ams or burled u un der debris when the door was wag aln ly y broken open some few persona escaped but most of these collapsed bo bi tore fore they got tar far inside the build ing were heaps of charred corpses |