CHAPTER IX.

THIRTY EXITS, YET HUNDREDS PERISH IN AWFUL BLAST 123

HORRIBLE SIGHT MET THE FIREMEN UPON ENTERING AUDITORIUM--THE GALLERY HORROR--GIRL'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE--AN ACCOUNT FROM THE BOXES--INSPECTION AFTER THE FIRE--A YOUNG HEROINE--A NARROW ESCAPE--FINDS WIFE IN HOSPITAL--A MIRACULOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS ESCAPE--LITTLE GIRL'S MARVELOUS ESCAPE--FOUR GENERATIONS REPRESENTED--DAUGHTERS AND GRANDDAUGHTERS GONE.