Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 January 1904 — Page 6
THE Ml AFTER THE DISASTER The Entire City of Chuago Completely Stuaard By the Eaorn::y of the Disaster.
electric p uit of tha theater ww Installed, a I hi'jHu tit know from j. r nal observation, in accordance w'.h vry molfrn rntiulrement for safety. The plant a a nx tfl blame If t he farts I have beea given are ctcrect. thfl ,h.te b! tue rest m the iersim who ! placed, or was operating a lijrht ao closely to the curtain " Tr luhle milk the Cartala. The failure of tho etpected fire pro-
tat 'in ! atrribuu-d .. iiu-uran nun to trouble with the aabesto curtain. Tbe stare always 1 reCkaCBiied a
Fdft KIENS OR RELATIVES. The Morgue the Seen? of Heartrending Spectacles as the Search Got Oa.
TBa alcd Thrairr tloart baar44 caM ( raltii and Iwaw ai-
lert ber- e I ear? a 1 the .ti.pre. siou thai hi theater waj on fire should spread in 'he audume W heu the intrr mission between ac s mrue. he 'rilerel the door ued. an J refused i allow BByoas ti pass In or MR, as he was determined that uo knowledge of the fire fhoulJ reach tho M I -tire. Kept iiilii-iii-t- rulrrmlnril. WIHOS l-a kaye, the star of the play now being presented at the (larricU, stepped U'fore the curtain and enter
tained the andlence for v r five ram
the dancer point In a theater, an 1 the Lutea wit it a witty -1 - li . which kept
his hear rs :n continual lai-shter Th orchastra rcntnbuted Us ran lowarl
desire is to have it cut off from the aadiioriuhtn as thoroughly potwible. The insurant men declare that the curtain at the Iroquois never had worked perfectly and that the mechanism had n N-en repaired. t'trr I it llrmr. F. n We-more, of the insurance firm which placed the insurance on the Iroc,i'Ois thea'er. declared that the lot would Bot flSOSSd $: He also as serted that the spread oi the flames to
tern .. womB Ta .a.-ea w ere seeded to hold the OTerahiss azJ shoes found. at i.i. .. W.i a. . law trreatc5t crater of nciteaweat -f the daj LiM ihe thtiatit. i -a Hols ton s in it j..e 10 ah. 1 1. . 1 w t lak- 1 en All .h morsues were f irruadeaW i
the sts a. re the wo-t Atiovt the dours of the place were raunte d hundreds of men and rarrtxt Jmc them, like a huge fan. spread the sVKdds caf weep um women and childr. J Um numerous police staiioned there could
uot begin to handle ti:
GOVERNOR OF OREGON Uses Pe-ru-na-A in His Family
For Colds
divert :ns the audience, and the curtain extra details were hurried to the tee
the Bl
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o r i' :ki. iii in iiitokt. Iraajaula theater Iiarr ikr Wurst al I La Klafl I:. . .1.1 Chic ). Jan 1 The Iroqaios dhBmxer was vastly morv dost rut tire to human life than any other playhouse dre la the tilflni of the world. The Ire test to it -M point of lives loat occurred DeteniUr Z lTe, ir. Cunway -Brooklyn theater, llruoäuyn. N Y-, where -" uf the Budiet.. perished in
The tay after Cbrtstma, while the plsy. "The B!e was MM irformd in a
Rkhnvnd. Va. a burped n penoaa them betac the gw Ceore V Smith.
N ater at ed that
tn st
to death, among eruor of the state. he eld world stijs-
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of fat r:
and h:
llaoroaitr -:.0-Lt preiicuon t the IroI when baI he late.;
the tn-
CBIeac C aaly th that thi fB f . Sta': Is H hopita!
Jured ?re remowM. tha- - f IV. people ho wr Iri.'uiTd. rnti ably onthird iaa cot lire The t&Jesimj are esümat aj Raj bat U Is expected that many of these will be aceooated for. probably a iante mar:;y of iheu. Tar I Its Hbar4. It Is no ex-raraxaBza of ianspvue o amy that the city Is staatoed ta the overwhelming tragely akh was enact pv when the twes' -r wLi b housed -Mr. Blaebeard" becam a chamber at horrors, indeed. There is the deepest woe In hundreds of homes deep sorrow fn thousands of others And a pity beyond the potency of cords to conrey. In a!!. The first streak of day'.cht which hone on 'he sr.ow I streets fojrtd - r,ct:es a ill the sorrowaaunted ceiter Of many z er h- r
rrltla-lsat o u t oaat rurttna. j Early laft summer a prominent trade Journal of Chicago criticised the conistruc'ton of the Iroquois theater, ba- ; cause it lacked a shaft or flue at the back of the stac for carrying tho flames and smoke upward and away . from the and.torium in the event of fire Such shafts were built In Madison Square garden and the Meropolitaa : opera house in New York, and a similar provision is made at the Chicago j Auditorium. The meth.nl of fireprooflng the balI cony and gallery was also declared by I this magazine to be defective, because metal lath was used in what is known ad exposed construction, where heat 1 would easily affect it In modern firoI proof l-uildings this lath is buried in
concrete. It was the buckling out of ,
th.s metal lath and inn rods, giving the impressions that the galleries themselves were fallini:.' hat is believed
by some i on tri
ly responsible for the panic. There wxs no crtti'ism of the gallery and balcony arches, which were built in the aaaal manner. Ilrr Till 1 1 If a Iii. Chief Musham. of tho fire depart-
r---- when asked what prevent a repetition of
ro.-f tor ' n a. t wi bout at. !-!' other than the theater unployes knowing that hundreds of llvs were being sacrificed almost next door to the tlarrick. I nctiri'trd i.rrrilin. When the people filed out of the fJar-
rick thy ere grwted at the door dv
humlrds freu led men and women, who anxi.Kisly scanned ihiir fa. es to see if my of their friends were among them. Thy were looking for memb :3 of their families and at -quaintam s ho had gone downtown bimp'.y to attend a matinee, without stating to what theater hey had intended to go There were many scenes of Joyful recognition, and astouished mi mbers of the Clarrick audience were hupped an 1
I kissed iu fr.int'ic delight by their rela
tives, who, up to that t mo. had believed it possible that th"y were in the ghastly pile ol dead lying within the doors of the Iroquois theater
would best he horror.
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Ther their w:-. band, ft children lives, sad chi'dr-t:
of their eaperienc' rmH d:'rre: about n earfc of fa her and m Ttar- n-atta nf aa natBr.
art hin 'or
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COX SOI v l ion I oil nil lIXG. Uenrral li In I In n l'r.i n on nerd hy lit t u Iii mi . Chicago, Jan. 1. When Rev. F. O'Brien. f ths Holy KaSBS Caibedral. learned of he fire, and heard that so many were dying, he ru.-ht-d into the old Tremont house, which i now con-
' rarted into the Northwester! univr1 sity law school, into which many vic-
rs to have been part- "u urru lu mimwmmmv
m.-i ;i T'liieni iu raenini is oi tne Caiholic church. He was followed, an ' Instant later, by Rishop Muldoon. the
highest Catholic prelate Dext to Archbishop Quigley In the dir. so of Chicago. Fin lini; that they were unable to attend the great BtUBbaf beins brought :n. Bishop Mttldooa announcoJ that he would eive a 'ineral absolution to nil the Catholics amcng the rtetiras. I'nlhftlc ffiif. Diirins the hfief mon.ent that th two priests with uplifted hands be
sought Uod to pardon all tt? frailties of his dying servants, the nor mangled men and worsen who lay In dozens on tho floor seemed to reaii that they were face to face with the last scene in their lives. Many, though crazed with pain. eased to moan, and fastened their fast -dimming eyes o the two priest3. After the absolution was given, many of them barely abie to move feebly stretched out their hands imploringly to the priests for one han ! lasp ami one word of sympathy bef ire they aajaaj away. Both clergymen administered absolution, remaining till the dead were removed to the morgue and the injured to various hospitals.
wer ion
that has
"I don't knw as I can r. ' ucil an investi
been made as to the causes of this fire. On the whole. I suppose it would be a good thin for the department to have ve unifura-.ed men. prepared to art, -avoned in every theater throughout every performance. I un lerstatid that New York has them, and that they arj pail by the managements of the theaters They hal a man in the Iroquois who was an ex -member of the ( ago Are department. He was old. bat he ahoaM have known what to do It seesa? to me that there Is nothing in the world, at least nrthins that 1 an think of at the present moment, that can save Uvea when a thousand persons try to pass through one doorway at ne time. It was the rushing, the crowd. ng and the trampling that was ' r . i,. ry of the deaths that have occurred. Anybody who views the dead in the morgues can tell that at a glance."
sieped morirue. On a 'r i-cal- tiie same fcarful t-iege wa- m ; avl the arious iih r n. t. naOTHIXC l I I l l i.on l .
Kvcr) Oratlaaarr Mm! Hrra aaaa pit aja aWarh la Ikr- ll-.iilttlas. Chicago, Jan. 1. W hile the dead were Inning examined tv fri rids, that
rexrds of .he city build lug departaMaBC Wen also 1 ing cloM'iy wrc tm l.-ed. Ao cocding o the record, the buildms ordinance mith regard 'o the theaiers
was complied with in every iarticuLar tW 1'in the onstru tion of the Iroqucala, J s
The report of the inspector. Edwar 1 Louphiin. !s that not one of the provisions of the ordinance ls violated It was aaaaratty considered tti te ix absolutely firepoor struiture According to Benjamin H MarshaV. arihitoct
of the building, and who Is now on Lis
way here from 1'! ilade-ltihia
were m.re ample than usually planned for au-h buildings He 'emcians the use of d il a theater, however arid declared that Le will never alkw another bit of wood to be used t a i'.eater. The Iroquois was provided v i H tOSJihas fire exits, but wood was as od and sta:r ays were employed. onl Oaaai jur f iu.jo-i. With t he announcem ut that '-e jury of representative citizens vuuH listen to all the evident e regarding 'b Are,, and return a single verdi t f r all the rietiaBt, Coroner Trae' r prT :
lasaaaaled Jary. Katisaal can Cuaimi't reman Gr a me
memler of the firm o ic d . :.. cr.Hi the rtrnwtff that the Hoyt's daushter. Mrs
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the eaita ' Uac yeaeaer aui aajrew lut iwswaaa as
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It wxs a cause of wonder to m tay pertple around the theater building how
sear hing fr- tus- J 60 saany ; cysicians and trained nurses
u:d arrive on the srx within ao ort a time. Dr. Heician Spaldins. aior officer la the c'.t health dertmn'. at the time thfl fire broke r. made all the arrangements for nlical attendance. I telephoned to all th" physicians
th by ter er? ten lish ber n. a !
r typ.fy I in ths doantown district." he Mii, - h h is felt ("sad ihea to hospitals, nurse assoctaby the disas- J tions and schools, for persons to assist e tisary dri.- Io the care of ths Injured. Emploves rlthoat B dls- telephoaed to all the principal office IM to estab-l bnildlnr. and told the operators at th j
in the
thfl ! at ,ne
arls to so'! buildme. w
hat eery mi
S 'n his power to assii his i raring for the wants of vVsjrea are to have no xm-
pnblic o fluos 1 trutakers a a: : do f Bow on resi- i -do e .en employe the pub,
vaaaratioat I Signed 1 -ALBERT YOIXGKaaplur ra t to II- OatSnar. In their turn the employers issued a rail to their striking employes to return to work" Irrespective of any previous affiliations with any and all organization " and promising to ; - te t thaftB la all ront inrenries whib. may arise in thfl f.'ure, AU night kaag the crowds came and went arojnd the morgiies where the bodies of the victims of the disaster tay ThTA were the head- of fxtti lie. brothers, lrtefs anl mn and women look ice for those fan as outatde eitles who had been their gueata For hours they ra. - j up nd down before the long raa- of dead. searchiL - for thfl faces of their missing Oalatan. at Taratrlral Wra. Among many of the rhearrbal men flflflploy i in the other Chicago theaters, the responsibility for rh fire u as-
irery physician jihrs tele-
o Be nurses. Th'-rc w ere over iciaos whom I pet .nally knev.ire. and ptopably 15" nurse.i
re has ue.r been. ! far as I have
been aware, a call for : many phyBkflBaS in rhiWTo at any one time siBce the .-rest firs. Within a few minufee ri.vcif lars three and flee miles from the riowntoxn district were oCering their services.'" f iiaai ll i art- Itlanrha. Mayor Harrison was Bflj hin way ti the soirh for a hunting trip, and Cmptroll.r MeOnnn was acting mayor It hap;i-'ti 1 'hat the finance committee of the city council was iu SaatOa when the extent of the disaster became known at the rlty council Mr McGann at onfe walked into the committee rooTi, and was told I y Chairman Marot of the commit to direct the Cre mannal. the chief of pdice. an. the eimmissioner of public works, to
I proreod in the emergency without any I renrlction of any kind as to expense He wis told to do everything needful, spend all tb money ne. cvsary, and 1 tmk to .he comii-il for hi, warrant i Wm will be your authority for everything you Jo." said Alderman Mavor. aaWfl llarrla Trliurrflinl To. A telegraai was at or.ee sent to Mayjor Rarriaori, Informing him of ths fire, and s returned on the first train. ni.Mari i ir.Miii e.
ent.1 he carries j atacing of electric arr ! ght apparatas too close to one f the hanging borders of the
Chicago theater e prise on hearmc t ered a poesihle ea "There n.-r w re." he said
x :
AaSlrare t Ihr f.arrlrk Theater '. tlvrra to K nnw. Chicago, Dec 11. One of the largeg audiences war seer. In th.i C.-rrl k tha
' d graat enr-' , r r-w-i -! ihn . kiwv a
a w i vr- aaaav a au aa uaiii ' raaT ifiwa u io
tant. sat In complete Ignorance of thfl awful tragedy which was being enacteu fe'-t 'rum where they sat. When he fire engines commence la patter ü " " . ' "am 4. -.ogcr Schu
i' 'hl was consid-
e of the fire.
r Would have been say I 'per care had been ia -c the Ughta. The
nv oaoEB or m Moauk Thr 1 In- .t-r tbarnrl lloaar ladrr TlaHt Police t.uard. Oiicazo. Jan 1 By order of Coroner Traegr the theater charnel house has been placed under a tight police guard No person could enter without a written ordpr from Chief of Police O'Neill. ho was notified that hs would be held responsible for keeping the theater building in the exact condition In which it was left by the sweep of the flamis Thirty patrolmen were stationed across the front of the building and 20 men guarded the rear; within were 3') more officers, the whole interior, ineluding the s airways ami fin -b.tted baUoties being Jealoii- guarded. eiir-h of IBM II. i aaj mrn t . As sin a- ; . . : ie an additional detail of po!i. D n went through ths l'irned building from top to bottom. There were bars that in the basement, beneath ten feet of muddy water, wuld be found more victims of ths smoke and flames Hig fir engines that before had deluged the place, were being utilized to draw forth dozens of streams of thick, murky water fpm the basement, whiie a dozen firemen in hip baotfl made a thorough Mar h if the basemi-nt for bodnw No bodies, however, were found In the basement. 'I a. ii n it it of ihi- t nrloaa. Thousands f the (iirious triefl vainly to reach th scene of the fire. The police, hoararsr, permitted no loitering on either of tho strct nix by. If they did. the onltjokers would have seen nothing out of the ordinary, for the exterior of the building was the same as liefore the fire The giant stone heal of an Iroquois Indian over the grand entrance, fitting synilml of the cruelty of the dewrted s'ructure, stood forth from a front unstainod by smoke or water Srrrnr Without. Iloolati Wlthia.
Though fren- without, the Interior of the theater marked it as a true whited epiilclire I'pon 'he marlde a rcases at the left and ritht within 're thfl mess and co'ifu.-ion of ths grim man h of the hearers of tho dead. Among the thousands of bits of brilliantly colored glass, shattered In the fight against th; flame, lay many scorched bits of clothing and occasional fragment:: of charred bodies. From tho tipper galleries the view soemed a reminder of a burned-out volcano crater. aBBateeetee Bdsea. In a saloon near the theater was being guarded a hugr pile of garments .and furs gathered up in the theater after thfl fire Five hushel bask eta were ftlbd with the purees, gloves and handkerchiefs uf jLhe fleeing mob of
and her three children
as a ba-is fr the invest ;ia i "If any jersons are raas this fire.'" --aid Coroner Jra will le r-.---. :ted to thefui of the la-.
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Nnnift f Iii- Jnr I inpa at-lrd r ai Ihr Ii . in. ' Chicago. Jan. 1. The follow. n; well-kn wn citizens have beea awmmoned io sit on the jury of inquf-st to deter.nine the resiaonsihility for tMt greet calamity: L H. Meyer, secretary rf tt? Kennedy Furniture Co. Dr. Peter Byrnes, salesman for Lyoa i & Hsaiy. Walter Hingman RalrFraaa for -bt Tobey iirniture Chi Joseph A Cummingts. manager d Browning. King L Co. Ceore W. Atkins, credit man f ' Marshall Field a Co. John W Fine, salesman for A U , Ree,l k Co. so MtCaUfcftfi i atvaaaaaTaVB. t'oroner'a .larrara a lnit allaaraet. o r i.iriiiuiii, "it Chicago, Jan 1 No dexTeaee S shown in .Tosh estimates of the dea missing and injured in the IroqwaaSj theater Ire. Continued siph' of deail fctaflaai i; :nc unidentifi'd on the floirs and tat .es of various city morsruei proved ioj much this aft'Tnoon for so sat of Ths' .'sr. rs in.:...:.- . I y . u. r Traejcei. Several of the member of the jury objected to beir.g forced to vjpw the liodiea. and one juror, !r Joeappt 1 C'tramings. prscticaJiy t-r llassal M Rolston's morgue, where the jury vu forced to step over the dead haal i in their our of incp-. 'a. Hill' (IM II L Kl IT Rl I . Grir-f.trlrkra I rl-aS aiaS M-la Mews flaSaiaai afwahv DraS. Chief of Tulit e O'N-i'.l Tnttrdav,
tln-d of persons, rri1 ai d nsw... written -m their face. thrfip'"' al- at Chief O'Niell s office. seshaSag iLt''nuation The pressure grew so strong that SertMary Markhntn. -nf -.r a thair, read off desrip'ijns loilif auiutude. ho listened with rrain r-.z ears Frequently jers t:f m tht e-ad recogni?. d -he deatrlptioiis reaö n - e secretary, and Ftarted in borro for tas particular morgue named aa the words fell from tb- w t'-un At the .norrues the inadacuacy of the means of i r. -j.'- t irg t bf line ies wa evident, (inly a fea wr r - u- h : were allo-ed to pans before the lioadi'. and places In the line of admis-si a ere a ' r y so'-.gtLt and fourht bf as means tf c.taie wer w bc lag theater wis miming. Tn Hon Horn at lanrj. MetTt r. - : Tower, aMMagrrs nf the Irojuois. have called a im I Hap I at the IlTnoi tieair or a 1 enalers of ihe Hlutiard rn piny "aft a full statement w ill le made afir a carers: Invcsoittition a t ;h report ''Lat there was a fire in the IrOpMaf thflarsflr j three weKs aro. and that the aiabewiofl ' curtain refused to work cm s-cmrc being eont rolled by ropes ln?tfad of , wires. Mcpfts. DbtIf and Powers fieay 1 it. They state, also, that ih r -.r-ia wsa controlled by the - v that It was po ' to iae. Tbe fi, , are. according to then, that tbe car- j tain awayed the metrf .! ' tt n e , taelve exits wer ihroaa obb, ow to thfl lnroah of aar.
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