THE BROOKLYN HORROR.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2494, 3 January 1877, Page 3

THE BROOKLYN HORROR.

Brooklyn, Dec. 6th.—At 2.40 th's afternoon 130 bodies had been removed, and "others are still in the ruins. Some people assert that no one in the upper gajlery cscape.d. The last map that left %e atjiirs b'e'fprp they i'e}\ says that be : hind him was a helpless, half-suffocated.

crowd. The actors themselves had great difficulty in effecting their escape. Going to the back of the stage their advance was cut off by flames that playrd around the usual place of egress, and stniKs'e.i from beyond to burst open (ho doors. Miss Claxton and another lady, Mr Matthews and another gentleman, succeeded in entering the dark underground passageway to the box-office and saved themselves with difficulty. Stuart Campbell, reporter on the Commercial Advertiser, is among the victims. NINETY-FOUR BODIES BECOVEBED. Bbooklyn, Dec. 6th.—Thus far only three bodies have been identified. The Argus states that up to one o'clock 94 bodies had been taken out from the ruins, and others were still visible, lying in layers, four deep. The morgue is completely filled, and bodies are now carried to the old market building on Adams street. They cannot be recognised. TEBBIBLB SCENES. New Yokk, Dec. 6th.—Waggon loads of rough boxes are arriving in front of the theatre, and corpses are placed in them and covered and carried to thsi&pjjfi'litf.: The scene grows more terrible every minute. Men and women are crowding around the station-house and theatre j entrance making enquiries for missing friends. The bodies present every form of contortion. Arms and legs are twisted in every way, hands are clenched and reach out as if grasping for help. ONE HUNDBED AND SEVENTY-FIVE VICTIMS —JJUINS STILL BUBNING. Beooklyn—4 p.m.—One hundred and seventy-five bodies have been taken from the ruins of the theatre. The ruins are still burning, making the work of removing the bodies very difficult. Flags are at half mast throughout the city. The theatres are draped in mourning. HOBBOHS ON HOBBOBS HEAD ACCUMTT- ■ XA.XE. ! New York, Dec. 6th—43~) p.m.—A | dispatch from Brooklyn states that up to this hour 195 bodies have been removed from the debris. New Yobk—s p.m.—Over 200 bodies have been taken thus far from the ruins of the burned theatre. It is thought the number will reach many more. New Yobk—s.3o p.m.—Two hundred and fifty bodies have been removed up to this hour.