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. CHAPTER X. HOW THE NEW YEAR WAS USHERED IN 137 MOURNING IN EVERY STREET--NOISE SEEMS A SACRILEGE-- MAYOR ASKS FOR SILENCE--MERRIMENT IS SUBDUED--CITY OF MOURNING--BUSINESS WORLD IN MOURNING. CHAPTER XI. A SABBATH OF WOE 143 SEVEN TURNER VICTIMS--SAD SCENES AT WOLFF HOME-- PATHETIC SCENE AT CHURCH--BURY CHILDREN AND GRAND-CHILDREN--FIVE DEAD IN ONE HOUSE--ENTIRE FAMILY IS BURIED--MRS. FOX AND THREE CHILDREN--MRS. ARTHUR E. HULL AND CHILDREN--HERBERT AND AGNES LANGE-- SWEETHEARTS BURIED AT THE SAME TIME--FIVE BURIED IN ONE GRAVE--BOYS AS PALLBEARERS--WINNETKA SADDENED-- MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS BURIED TOGETHER--HOLD TRIPLE FUNERAL--WOMEN FAINT IN CHURCH--LIFE-LONG FRIENDS MEET IN DEATH--EDWARD AND MARGARET DEE--MISS E. D. MANN AND NIECE--ELLA AND EDITH FRECKELTON--MISS FRANCES LEHMAN. CHAPTER XII. WHAT OF THE PLAYERS? 152 THE CHORUS GIRL--THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR--THE JOY OF THE OPENING--SPENDTHRIFT HABITS--GAMBLING, PURE AND SIMPLE--THE SHOW ON THE ROAD--THE ONE-NIGHT STAND-- THE "MR. BLUEBEARD" COMPANY. CHAPTER XIII. OTHER HOLOCAUSTS 181 CHAPTER XIV. STORIES AND NARRATIVES OF THE HOLOCAUST 193 MRS. SCHWEITZLER'S STORY OF THE BURNING OF THE CURTAIN--ESCAPE OF MOTHER AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN-- EXPRESSION OF THE DEAD--ONLY SURVIVOR OF LARGE THEATER PARTY--ALL HIS FAMILY GONE--A FAMILY PARTY BURNED--CARRIES DAUGHTER'S BODY HOME IN HIS ARMS--SAD ERROR IN IDENTIFICATION--THE HANGER OF THE ASBESTOS CURTAIN--KEEPSAKES OF THE DEAD--THE SCENE AT THOMPSON'S RESTAURANT--LIKE A FIELD OF BATTLE--WOMEN EAGER TO HELP--STEADY STREAM OF BODIES--CLOTHING TORN TO SHREDS--PRAYERS FOR THE DYING--CHILD SAVED FROM DEATH BY BALLET GIRL--PRIEST GIVES ABSOLUTION TO DYING FIRE VICTIMS--LITTLE BOY THANKS GOD FOR CHANGING HIS LUCK--USE PLACER MINER METHODS--DAUGHTER OF A. H. REVELL ESCAPES--PHILADELPHIA PARTNER IN THEATER HORRIFIED--ALL KENOSHA IN MOURNING--FIVE OF ONE FAMILY DEAD--COOPER BROTHERS DEEPLY MOURNED. CHAPTER XV. SOCIETY WOMEN AND GIRLS' CLUBS 214 MISS CHARLOTTE PLAMONDON'S ACCOUNT OF THE FIRE-- SCREAMS OF TERROR HEARD--CHORUS GIRLS ESCAPE, PARTLY CLAD--FOY TRIES TO PREVENT PANIC--ESCAPE OF ANOTHER SOCIETY WOMAN--MINNEAPOLIS WOMAN'S STORY OF THE FIRE--GIRLS' CLUBS SORELY STRICKEN. CHAPTER XVI. 220