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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1904
Page
10
The Iroquois Theater blaze kills Edith Horton and others, with dozens of bodies recovered and families losing relatives. Charles Dexter and Frank Houseman aided exits, while Coroner Trager orders tight theater guard. Recovery, morgue scenes, and religious rites unfold as investigators inspect the fireproof structure.
Mrs. Charles T. Page and her son Harold Page died in the Fort Wayne theater fire. The Page family had lived in Chicago and visited Fort Wayne. Funeral for Mrs Page and Harold is set in Englewood Saturday at 11. Sol A Wood of Gilberts Berghoff Wood recounted the chaotic rescue and 122 bodies were found in a gallery exit area, 120 dead. Rev J Webster Bailey announced Plymouth church will discuss the catastrophe in Sunday’s sermon.
Biuffton Indiana December 31 John W Terrell convicted in the Wella circuit court of the murder of Melvin Wolfe was today denied a new trial Judge Smith overruled the motion after arguments by Attorney A L Sharpe The judge traveled from Portland for the proceedings Terrells attorneys plan to appeal to the supreme court to reverse the lower court ruling
At a Fort Wayne presbytery meeting Rev D H Loux from Chicago was received and accepted a Bethany church call. His installation was scheduled for January 15 at 1 20 p m.
Fort Wayne residents react to news of the Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago. Telegrams fly as families seek word on friends and relatives, with several local ties among the victims and missing. A Lafayette boy, ten, identified as Jack Pottlitzer, died. his cousins survived. Hazel Miller of Fort Wayne, visiting Chicago, faced the threat as her parents rushed to confirm her safety.
Daniel Springer, 62, a farmer four miles south of the city, died instantly when his buggy was struck by eastbound train No. 24 at the Brooklyn avenue crossing. His horse was thrown, the buggy destroyed, and the train stopped immediately. Survivors include his son Charles Springer. He had been laboring on the Bushman farm and recently lived on Barney Cline’s farm on Prairie road. The body was taken to Peltier and prepared for burial.
Frank Houseman and Charley Dexter led neighbors through a blaze at a Randolph Street theater as walls collapsed and exits jammed. They pulled women and children from smoke filled hallways while Eddie Foy tried to calm panicked crowds. Corbett and Butler aided in the deadly rush, carrying out the dead and dying as firemen arrived.
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