Callie Young

From Pittsburgh Post Gazette Times – August 27, 1911 LANE FAMILY HIT HARD BY DISASTER

The Lane family of this place suffered the most in the theater panic of Saturday night. Carl and Margaret Lane, children of Mrs. Wilmer Lane of North Pitt street, were crushed or smothered to death and their aunt, Mrs. Callie Young, a sister of their mother, also was killed. The children’s cousins, Ethel and Margaret Lane of Morganza, Pa., were in the crush but escaped with several bruises, while the children’s grandfather, Samuel Lane of Morganza, was badly bruised.

The grandfather, who is past 65 years of age, made a pluck fight to save the life of a child and was almost killed in doing so. The two children, with Mr. and Mrs. Young, entered the theater together. Later Ethel and Margaret arrived and were followed a short time later by the grandfather. Each of the three parties was ignorant of the others’ presence.

When the rush began, Mr. and Mrs. Young, with the two children who were killed, were standing near the head of the stairs, and the other two Lane girls were in their seats, while the grandfather was near the door. The aged man was suddenly thrown toward the stairway leading to the street. As he was about to regain his feet some child, which had either been thrown or knocked from the arms of some mother, fell under him.

Stooping, he caught the infant in his arms, but as he was raising up the impact of the crowd knocked him forward again with such force that the child fell from his arms. At the same moment he was thrown against the wall, halfway down the long flight of stairs, where he was pinioned and compelled to watch the child being slowly smothered to death by those who fell on top. Every one of the three parties suffered.

This afternoon at 3 o’clock Mrs. Wilmer Lane, who since being taken from the surging mass of humanity in the theater has been lying at death’s door.

From The Daily Notes -- August 29, 1911 FUNERAL OF MOST OF THE VICTIMS TUESDAY

Mrs. Callie Young, wife of Charles Young and aged about 29 years, will be buried from her late home, 114 South Jefferson avenue Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock and the burial will take place at the Hill Presbyterian church. The Rev. J. M. work will conduct the services.

From The Daily Notes -- August 30, 1911 17 FUNERALS HELD ON DARKEST OF DAYS

The body of Mrs. Callie Young was removed to the Hill Presbyterian cemetery for burial after the service at her late home in South Jefferson avenue. Many attended this service, which was conducted by the Rev. J.M. Work, assisted by Rev W. P. Aikin.

From The Daily Notes – August 29, 1911 LAST OF INJURED TAKEN FROM HOSPITAL

The local hospital is without a victim of the Opera house tragedy. Mrs. Annie Lane, wife of G. Wilmer Lane of 9 East Pike street, and Mrs. Minnie Lemons of Lawrenceville, Ind., who were taken to the hospital Saturday night, left the institution at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning, Mrs. Lane being taken to the home of Charles Young at 114 South Jefferson avenue, where the bodies of Mrs. Lane’s two children and also the body of her sister, Mrs. Callie Young, lay. She bore up bravely as possible under the circumstances. Her condition was reported at the hospital as being much improved.

From The Daily Notes -- August 29, 1911 MANY FUNERAL CORTEGES WEND THEIR WAY TO THE CEMETERIES

Three services were held at 10 o’clock. The services for the two babies of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Lane were held at the home of the uncle, Charles Neely, in South Jefferson avenue and were conducted by the Rev W. P. Aikin, assisted by the Rev. W. B. Smiley, D. D. the caskets containing the bodies of the babies, Carl aged 2 ½ years, and Margaret aged four months, were arranged in a semi circle with the casket of Mrs. Charles Young, their aunt. No music was used on account of the nervousness of Mrs. Lane, who attended part of the service and the general trend of Rev. Aikin’s address was on the subject, “Suffer the little children to come unto Me.”

The Washington Observer -- August 28, 1911 LOWERING CLOUDS HOVER NEAR STRICKEN TOWN

In the same room where rested to dead bodies of the two children also reposed the brier on which lay Mrs. Callie Young, wife of Charles Young, and an aunt of the dead children. Mrs. Young's funeral was not held until 2 o'clock this afternoon, the Rev. J. M. Of the Central Presbyterian church, officiating. Her body was buried in the cemetery at the Hill church while those of her niece and nephew were buried in the Oak Spring cemetery.