THE THEATRE DISASTER.

Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10915, 5 January 1904, Page 3

THE THEATRE DISASTER.

New York, January 3. The funerals of the victims of the Iroquois Theatre took place on Saturday and Sunday, and will be continued on Monday. Long lines of processions are constantly proceeding to the cemeteries. The hymn "Lead Kindly Light" was sung at all the funeral services yesterday, the church bells tolling death knells all day. All business and seasonable celebrations are suspended, and the public, schools will be closed on Monday in memory of 34 school teachers who perished. Warrants .have been issued for the arrest of the proprietors of the Iroquois Theatre and the Building i Commissioner, on charges of man-j slaughter. A ■ There are not enough coffins and hearses available for the funeral rites of the victims. The Mayor, after inspection, declared that the theatre building .had not compiled with the laws, and ought not to have been opened. -The operator of the electric light for the moonlight dance states that he saw the arc splutter between the carbons, and the curtain became immediately alight.