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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1904
Page
3
Morgues scenes of heart rending spectacles as the search continues. The theater is closely guarded by a cordon of police and entry is permitted only with a permit. A rigid investigation is to be conducted.
Chicago mourns as fire victims. Fatalities likely to exceed six hundred with 556 confirmed dead and 314 missing. Hospitals report 157 injuries, one third may not survive. Public sorrow fills streets while lenders, drivers, and theater workers react with unity and blame.
In Chicago, Rev F O'Brien and Bishop Muldoon administered last rites to Catholic victims at the Tremont house now Northwestern University Law School. Coroner guards sealed the theater as detectives searched for bodies amid smoke water and charred debris. thousands watched from the street. The scene showed quiet mercy inside a ruined shell outside.
Chicago reports the Iroquois Theater fire as the deadliest theater blaze in world history, with earlier major fires noted in 1876 Brooklyn where 295 died and 1811 Richmond where 75 perished, including Virginia's governor George W. Smith, marking three extreme incidents in theater fire history.
A Chicago theater fire sparked an extraordinary medical mobilization. Dr. Herman Spalding coordinated 100 plus doctors and about 150 nurses from downtown hospitals and clinics, with rapid telephoning to offices and switchboards. Comptroller McGann ordered unlimited funds for emergency care, directing fire, police, and public works chiefs to act without restraint. Mayor Harrison was notified by telegram and returned on the first train.
A Chicago crowd at the Garrick Theater faced a distant, unseen tragedy unfolding near the Iroquois Theatre as a fire halted the show. The article notes the audience remained unaware of the blaze while inclement conditions and safety concerns surfaced nearby.
Terror-stricken women and crowds of men gathered outside Rolston's Morgue as hundreds of bodies were brought in. Police and extra details struggled to handle the siege of morgues, with scores of weeping women and children surrounding the doors at multiple sites.
Chicago reports show the Iroquois theater met all building ordinances with 27 double exits yet used wood and stairways. Architect Benjamin H Marshall travels from Philadelphia noting ample exits but condemns wood use. Coroner Traeger impanels a single jury to hear evidence and determine responsibility, naming local business figures and promising a thorough investigation.
Chicago coroner jurors struggled to view unidentifiable dead at the morgues amid the Iroquois theater disaster. Chief ONeill coordinated relief for grieving families as crowd descriptions guided mourners to specific morgue locations. Theater managers Davis and Powers denied earlier fire and curtain-wiring sabotage claims.
Letters of commendation pour in from every state praising Peruna as the age’s catarrh remedy. Dr Hartman receives hundreds daily and figures from all social classes endorse its cure and prevention. Governors and public figures urge households to keep Peruna for coughs colds and winter ailments.
In a busy Chambers street crossing Hilltop, preoccupied with wife and baby at home, narrowly escapes disaster as a truck loaded with Vermont maple sirup toppled a tub, splattering his feet and trousers. The driver coolly remarks the mess is not on him.
John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wis offers a plant and seed catalog with seed for 1000 cabbage 2000 carrots 2000 celery 2000 lettuce 1000 onions 1000 radishes plus 1000 flowers and a Berliner cauliflower package for 16 cents postage and 20 cents postage to add. This try-to-grow-any-seed guarantee aims to win customers for warranted seeds.
In a brisk exchange the speaker argues the person neglects his enterprise to chase a rich widow, while another insists his aim remains profit driven given her ample wealth. The terse debate mirrors a broader focus on money and priorities.
Advertises a cold cure claim for one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. States all druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Includes number 256.
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