"Lest We Forget": Chicago's Awful Theater Horror
CHAPTER XX.
LACK OF FIRE SAFEGUARDS 271
A UNIVERSITY STUDENT'S STORY--A CLERGYMAN'S STORY-- THE FLY MAN'S STORY--SCHOOL TEACHER'S THRILLING EXPERIENCE--GLEN VIEW MAN'S EXPERIENCE--THE LIGHT OPERATOR--THE JAMMED THEATER--GAS EXPLOSION HOURS BEFORE THE FIRE--PANIC AMONG THEATER EMPLOYEES--AN EX-USHER'S WORDS.