EDDIE FOY'S SWORN TESTIMONY--DESCRIBES STAGE BOX--CURTAIN WOULD NOT COME DOWN--LIGHT NEAR THE FIRE--SAW NO EXTINGUISHERS--TALKS OF APPARATUS--ONLY ONE EXIT OPEN--WIRE ACROSS AUDITORIUM. CHAPTER XVII. EFFECT OF THE FIRE NEAR AND FAR 230 NEW YORK THEATERS AND SCHOOLS--CRUSADE IN PITTSBURG-- WASHINGTON THEATER OWNERS ARRESTED--MASSACHUSETTS THEATERS INVESTIGATED--ACTION IN MILWAUKEE-- PRECAUTIONS AT ST. LOUIS--ORDERS AFFECTING OMAHA THEATERS--EFFECT ABROAD--HORROR FELT IN LONDON-- LONDON THEATER PRECAUTIONS--PRESENT RULES FOR LONDON THEATERS--CURTAIN OFTEN TESTED--CLOSE WATCH FOR FIRE--TREE TELLS OF RUSE--FORTUNE FOR SAFETY--W. C. ZIMMERMAN ON EUROPEAN THEATERS--THE EFFECT ON GAY PARIS--UPHEAVAL OF BERLIN THEATRICAL WORLD--MR. SHAVER ON BERLIN THEATERS--VIENNA RECALLS A HORROR OF ITS OWN--THE NETHERLANDS AND SCANDINAVIA. CHAPTER XVIII. SUGGESTIONS FOR SAFE THEATERS 243 FRANCIS WILSON SAYS "NO STEPS"--STAIRCASES WITH RAILINGS--PRECAUTIONS ENFORCED IN LONDON--WHAT THE CHICAGO CITY ENGINEER SAYS--OPINION OF A FIREPROOF EXPERT--ILLUMINATED EXIT SIGNS. CHAPTER XIX. THE SWORN TESTIMONY OF THE SURVIVORS 251 THE FIRST WITNESS--MARLOWE'S EXPERIENCE--MUSICAL DIRECTOR'S SWORN STATEMENT--MRS. PETRY'S ESCAPE--UP AGAINST LOCKED DOORS--BLOWN INTO THE ALLEY--JUST OUT IN TIME--SPORTING MEN TESTIFY--AN ELGIN PHYSICIAN'S TALE--MR. MENHARD'S DIFFICULT EXIT--THE THEATER ENGINEER--A SCHOOL GIRL'S ACCOUNT. 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. CHAPTER XXI. IRON GATES, DEATH'S ALLY 300 EVIDENCE OF GEORGE M. DUSENBERRY, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE THEATER--PURPOSE OF THE TWO IRON GATES--NEVER ANY FIRE DRILLS--GATES WERE BATTERED--DIDN'T BOTHER ABOUT LOCKED DOORS. CHAPTER XXII. DANCED IN PRESENCE OF DEATH 306 CHAPTER XXIII. JOIN TO AVENGE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS 312 ATTORNEY T. D. KNIGHT SPEAKS--CORONER'S WORK THROUGH--REMARKS BY ELIZABETH HALEY. CHAPTER XXIV. AWFUL PROPHECY FULFILLED 317 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. CHAPTER XXV. LIST OF THE DEAD 325 CHAPTER XXVI.