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New Haven, CT Rialto Theatre House Fire, Nov 1921 - Dead & Injured

Partial List of the Dead and Injured In New haven Moving Picture Theatre Fire

New Haven, Conn., Nov. 27.-Following is a partial list of the dead and injured in the Rialto Theatre fire:

The Dead.

HANLON, TIMOTHY J. 58, broken neck; died before reaching the hospital and was thought to have died from heart disease.
MORAN, MABEL, Derby, Conn.
ELDERLY WOMAN, yet unidentified; found on fire escape.
YOUNG MAN, also unidentified; found on fire escape.

The Injured.

ASHER, HARRY F., slight burns.
CASE, EVERETT, seriously burned.
COATES, JOHN EASTMAN JR., Yale, Little Rock, Ark.; burns.
COOPER, STANLEY M., Yale, New Britain, Conn.; slight burns.
CONNORS, MRS. ---, burns.
CORTLER, VICTOR, burns.
CRAFTS, WALTER, Yale, Montreal, Canada; burns.
CULLON, HALE E., Yale, Nashville, Tenn.; burns.
DAVIS, Miss ---, burns.
DAY, ELEANOR, 1,649; slight facial burns.
DE CAMP, JAMES M., Yale, Cincinnati, Ohio; burns.
DIETER, LEWIS, burns.
DIETER, MARGARET, burns.
DOLITTLE, ANDREW HENDRYX, Sheffield Scientific School, Spokane, Wash.; slight burns.
DORGAN, BERNARD, 280 Lombard Street; leg fractured.
DOUGLAS, ALEXANDER COOKE, Sheffield Scientific School, Honolulu, H.T.; slight burns.
DUNN, JOHN, burns.
DUNN, Mrs. JOHN.
EASTEN, JOHN G., Yale; burns.
FLOYD, HARVEY, burns.
FLOYD, Mrs. HARVEY, burns and shock.
FORSYSTER, WILLIAM H., Yale, Milwaukee, Wis.; burns.
FROST, MALCOLM H., Yale, Lawrence, Mass.; slight burns.
FUNNELL, WALTER L., Yale, Stamford, Conn.; burns.
GOLDEN, A.P.; burns.
GREY, ANNA.
HANBORNE, ---; burns.
HANSON, CHARLES; burns on face and hands.
HEALEY, GILES, student, Class of 1924, Yale, 86 Vanderbilt. Dormitory of the Sheffield Scientific School; hands and face burned.
HOOK, NORMAN F., Yale, Pottsville, Pa.; burns.
HOLLIS, Mrs.
HOLLIS, Miss.
HULL, LILLIAN, supervisor of Grace Hospital; body and facial burns.
JEWEL, JAMES, 401 Goff Street, hands burned.
KEITH, ALLEN, Yale, Southport, Conn.; seriously injured, may die.
KEMPTON, MRS. ---; burns.
KEENAN, CHARLES W., 244 Grand Avenue, slight burns about face, hands and legs.
KEENAN, Mrs. CHARLES W., 244 Grand Avenue, slightly burned.
KINSELLA, W. J., 34 Tilton Street, burned about the head and hands.
LAMB, V. B., Vale; burns.
LINCOLN, LOUIS, Yale; burns.
MACDONALD, A. L., 227 Dwight Street, slightly burned.
MACDONALD, MRS. ---; burns.
MOORE, JOHN PHILLIPS, Sheffied Scientific School, Brooklyn, N. Y.; burns.
MORAN, C. J.; slight burns.
NICHOLS, P., Yale; burns.
NORTON, EMELINE, 428 Whalley Avenue, face and hand burned.
O’NEIL, MARGARET, 52 Everett Street, body and face burns.
REILLY, LEONARD, Yale; burns.
RENNER, GORDON, Yale, Cincinnati, Ohio; burns.
REEGAN, MRS. L.; burns.
RYER, MR.
STEVENS, GEORGE; burns.
STARK, MISS ---; burns.
TIERNEY, JAMES, 170 Ward Street, skull fractured.
TULLOCK, R. L., Yale, Orange, N. J.; burns.
WHITE, H.; burns.

The New York Times, New York, NY 28 Nov 1921

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