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FOUR DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON'. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1903. WE OLD RELIABLE Absolutely Pure , HORROR GROWS (Contlnuod from pago one.) nation camo through the cloud of nnolto that hung between tho intorior of tho theatro and tho atroot. Tho two men Immediately hurried to the floor bolow, and Informed Chief Musham, of tho 11 ro department, that bodlos woro piled high In the balcony, and prompt asslstanco must be rendered anonts not tholr own. Thoy woro ovl- jlf nny of them woro to bo saved. Tho flantty lorn from tho clothing of oth- chief lmmeolatoly called all Ills mon era whom thoy hnd ondeavored to pull 1own and trample under foot, at thoy fought for tholr own Uvea. As tho pollco removed layor after layer of (lead In thane doorways, the fright became too much for police nnd firemen, hardonqd a thoy are to audi alghts, to anduro. Tho bodlos wore in 8ich an oxtrlfalila mass, and o tightly woro thoy Jammod butween tho sides of tho door and tho ValU that It Was Impossible) to lift thorn one by one and carry tliom out. The only possible thing in do was to uotao n limb or koiiio otliar portion of tho body, and pull with fltrongtlif Faces Trampled Entirely Off. In tho llrnt nnd soconil nnlconlos bodies were piled up In tho nlslos throe nnd four deep, whoro ono had fallon and others tripped ovor tho proitrnto foims. All had dlod whore thoy lay, ovldantly surfocated by gas. Othorn wore bent over backs of seats where thoy hud been thrown by tho In the vicinity to abandon work on the Are, and coino at nnco to tho rescue. Tho building was so dark and tho smoko so thick that it was found Im possible to accomplish anything until lights had been secured. Word was at onco sent to the Orr & Lockett Hardware Company, nearby, and that Arm at once plaoed Its entire stock of lautorus at the service of tho depart ment Strong Men Unnerved. Men worked at the task with tears running down their chooks, nnd the sobs of the rescuers could bo henr.l main oven In tho hall below whoro tho aw ful scone was bolng onactod. A num ber of mon woro compelled to aban don tholr tasks and give it over to mon whoso nerves hnd not as yet been .'shaken by tho awful oxporlonco. As one by ono tho bodlos woro draggod out of tho water-soakod, blackonod mass or corpses, the speetnelo Uocame moro and more lienrt-i ending. There weio women whose clothing was torn completely from their bodies rush of people for tho doors, and nl)0V9vtlie walitt whose bosoms hnd killed with hardly a chanco to rise ,,,, i-fimiltn,i i .,.... n,? w.. from tholr seats. Ono man wub found with his baok bout nuarly double; hi spinal column Uiatl boon fraoturod rut ho was thrown backwnrd. A woman was found Hour ly out In half by -tho bnok of tho seat, she having been forced over It face downward. In tho alsluto nearest to the doors the icenoR woro harrowing In tho ox tromo. Hodloe lay In overy concolv nbio attitude, some half naked, tho look on tholr faces revealing some pat Hon of tho agony which must have preceded their dith. Thoro woro BcoroB nnd scores of people whoso ontlro fnooa had boon trampled com pletely off by tho hools of thoso who rushed over Ihun, and in ono nlslo'tha body of a man was found with not a veetlne if rlolhlrtK. Ileh or bone re-, mnlulUK nbovn his wnlst lino. Tho en tire tipper poitltm of his body had been, cut Into mincemeat, and carried away by tho teet of thow who had A trampled upou him. mndo ciiielully with u hope of finding face wero marrod bajoml all hopo of Identification. Will J. Davis, manager of the thea tre, said after tho catastrophe that If the people had remained In tholr stmts and had not been oxclted by tho cry of (Ire. uot a single life would have been km. This, howovor, Is contra dicted by tho dromon, who found numbers of peoplo sitting In tholr soats, their face directed toward the stage, ns If the porformanco was still going on. It Is tho opinion of tho flro men that thoso persons had boon suf focated at onco by tho flow of gas which camo from behind tho nsbostos curtain. Pushed, from the Fire Escape. The theatre had be.'ii constructed but n tfcort time, and Its equipment j was not yet all In plaoo. This included, unlaituimtoly. a die scapo In tin tear of the building. The small Iron balconies to which the iron ladders wflra (n Ck nHnMiafl unr& m l.nt tliu 1 ' ladders hnd not yet been constructed. Whon the panic was at Its height, n and the only method of assistance they woro ablo to dovlse was to throw hurriedly somo planks together and pats them across to the frightened women on the platforms, with Instruc tions to placo the end flrmly on the woodwork. Before this could bo ilon a font ful loss of time onmod. Tho wo men woro being pushed every Instant Into tho alley, and by tho tlmo e bridge was constructed few persons romnlnod to take advantage of It. Howovor, about two dozen, it Is bo llevod by Mr. Elliott, rLade their wny aOross this narrow wa). Baby Meets a Sad Fate. About a score of people In the sec ond balcony wero saved by firemen, who took .them through tho roof nnd carried thorn down ladders In the rear of tho bunding. Two bodlos tightly locked In each other's arms, young women, apparently about 25 years of age, woro found In one ond'of the or chostra pit. Thoy must Iiavo fallen thero from tho balcony above. Tho body of a dark-haired girl, ap parently 12 years of ngc, was found Impaled on tho Iron railing of the first balcony, she ovldontly having been thrown from tho second balcony above. With nil of lt clothing torn from It but a pair of baby shoes, the body of a child about ono year old, was found In a far corner ot the sec ond Dalcony. It hnd evidently been knocked from Its mother's arms, and trnmrled boyond recognition. At the Morgue. At 2 o'clock this morning tho men In the various undertaking establish ments had managed to nrraugc the bodlos in t-oraothlng like order, nnd the work of Identification was greatly facilitated, and it wan expected to movo with groator rapidity after day light, when more people would bo able to visit the morgues. At Rolston's place, nt 22 Adams streot, 183 bddt-s wero laid up tin tablet and floors, and when, tho pollco, about 2 o'clock. opened their lines to nllow tho throng to outer it required all of their strength -to stein the pressure that was brought to boar upon them as tho hundreds of peoplo, frantic with nnx lety In the search for missing ones, strovo to enter the growiiome under taking rooms. Scoros of women fainted bofore they had gono a dozen stops, while men wholly unstrung btaggorod as thoy walked down tho niBlos, and soon had to bo assisted from tho placo by tho police. The blankets woro nil re movod, and tho bodlos woro huddlod In long linos on tho floors. Thirty deop thoy ho In furrows, their ghnst llnoBs brought out by the glnro of the electric lights. ' Thero woro dozens of bodlos of young women nnd girls, from 18 to 25 years of ago.' Many of them wore elognntly dressod, nnd their clothing or fcomo trinket will be the only guide to thoso who know them, for their faces havo beon lltorally trampled in to nn unrecognizable mats. Some of tho bodlos wero stripped ontlrely of clothing and with dlstotted limbs and mangled nnd charred fea tures wero soon in all tholr horror. In one respect thoy woro hllke. The loft arm of noarly ovory vlotlm was hold stiff and close to tho eldo while tho right hand was outstrotchod ns it warding off porll. Iila Itanil tint at n Intl. ttnlli' tf liliytit I .... ,. . .,,.,. ((rent iiumbt-r of women inn for these had not been discovered, and nil that ,. ' , , ,. ... .,,,.. , , , I flro aiCttpes, only to And as thoy will ovor tell hU frlendi who hi was , i ,. , ., , .. , , .... 'amenta from the doorway upon the Is tho co or and nnpenrnuce of to ... , , .- ,. , ., , olQthlng on Uiolowor limbs, and this le In Mich a condition ut- to be baldly njcofiiilsKble Piled, In Heaps. Jinny waved themselves neraee In reevulng the Injured ant currying out 0i dcxtit. Anion theee was Alder man William II. Thompson, who. up little Iron ptatfQfm that thai1 wore 3Q to 50 feet from tho ground, a flro be hind, nnd no method of escape In front. Those wno reached the plat form flitt endeavor! to hold their foot In, and to Uoep back tne crowd (lint proesed upon them front the rr. The effort was utterly uslew. and aldjwl. carried to the street the bailie! In a fw moments Ui Iran ledge of ulbt women. The flrat uvspner men upon the ground hUo can led out many of the dead mid injured. The building was so full of smoke, when tin' firemen flrat arrived, that the full extent of the catastrophe wo not im mediately gittepwl. until a fireman and n nowspaper man crawled tip the stair way leading to the balcony, holding handkeichlefs over their mouths to nvod HufTocntlon. Ab the)' reached tho door, tho fire man, whoso vision won batter trained In such emergencies', seized his com panion by the arm, exclaiming: "dood Ood, man, dou't walk on their faces." The two men triad vainly to .get through the door, which was Jammed with dead women, piled high er than, ejther of their heads. All the lights In the theatro wero necessarily out. and the only illuml- were Jammed With crowds of women, who wrwuicd, fought and tore nt each other like maniacs. Thl lasttjd but a brief Interval, and tit rush from the Interior of the building became so vlo leut that mnny of them ware crowded off and fell to tho granite pavement below. Others leaped from the plat form, fracturing legit and arms, nnd two wero picked up nt this point with frnqturod skulls, having beeiv killed Inntautly. George II. Klllolt. secretary of the Ogdou Ons Company, was In a build ing directly across :he alley from the theatre, and, noticing smoke), wont down to naoorlAln (ho causo. When he roaohed I ho streot tho women woro already dopplng Into the allay, nud M. Blllott immediately rushed for a ladder In tho effort to nave as many 8ame Old Wrecj. Ooiiovn, Ohio, Dec. 31. Tho Ijiko Shoro limited, a double-hoador, run Into nn opon switch while going CO mtlos an hour, wost of tho city this morning. ISnglnoera Spilng nnd Macintosh nnd Fireman Kepllng wore killed outtlght. nnd a number of pas sengen, lnjured: three serious. The wreck CRiislit Hr?. AN OREGON GIRL. Miss Essie Elmore, of Astoria, Went Through the Horrors of the Chicago Fire. Mln KUle Klnioio. or Astoria, was anmng thoe In attondnnco at tho Iro quois theatro whon the tire broko out. and had a very narrow oscape. She was ono of a party seated In the first two lower ooxos ou the left of the stage. The young women were being outertulned by Mrs. Itolllu A. Keyee, of Kvnuatoa, in hono) of liar young daughter, Miss Catherine Keyee. who Is home from school in Washington ftr the holidnjs. The tan young wo min in tho party were terribly fright ened and s'.ightly hurt in their flight from thft burning liases, but all os capd without Injurj". Pamphlets Returned. Secretary Graham was advised to day of the return of 10,000 of the pamphlets furnished by the Greater Salem Commercial Club to advertise Salem and Marlon county through the agency of the Harrlman immigration bureau. The club requested them re turned on account ot the groat demand for thorn here, and as none had beon retained. State House Quiet. The lost day of the year witnessed Utile public business transacted. 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