CHAPTER XXIV.

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MOURNING AND INDIGNATION--NOTHING ELSE SO HORRIBLE--UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS--FIRE! FIRE!--BEFORE THE DISASTER--THE HOLOCAUST--THE STAMPEDE BEGINS-- ONE OF STUPENDOUS HORRORS--CURSED AND BLASPHEMED-- DEAD BODIES FOUND--SUDDENLY AND FOREVER PARTED--THE FRENZY OF FRIENDS--TOO HORRIBLE TO DWELL UPON--HOW THE THEATERS SHOULD BE BUILT.