Buried in Hilman, PA
Accepted a marriage proposal from to Sidney Rittiger just before entering the theater, as noted in these articles.
From Pittsburgh Gazette Times -- August 27, 1911 Heroic Fight to Save Intended Bride Null
A pitiful feature of last night’s theater catastrophe was the death of Sidney Redigger and Lulu Fisher, two of the victims, who were to have been married within a few weeks. The two were found clutched in a tight embrace. Several persons who escaped death, but who were wedged against the walls by the crowd declare that Redigger made a gallant fight to save his intended bride.
According to Phillip Thoms, the young man lifted Miss Fisher in his arms to keep her from falling beneath the feet of the crowd. His efforts were most heroic. While Thoms was unable to move, he saw Redigger stagger and fall from the weight of the crowd and his double burden.
A short time before going into the theater, Redigger and the young woman had entered a local jewelry store and purchased a wedding ring. They entered the theater arm in arm, with a smile on their faces.
Riddiger was until recently employed at a local restaurant. He came here from Youngstown, O., some time ago. He was one of the most popular men in town among the newcomers. Miss Fisher was employed at the home of John Cameron at White Lawn Terrace. Her home was at Glen Campbell, Pa.
From The New York Times -- August 28, 1911 THEATRE DEATHS DUE TO NARROW STAIRS
Sydney Rittinger was at the performance with his fiancée, Miss Lulu Fisher. Before entering the building they had stopped at the jewelry store nearby and Rittinger had bought the ring that was to have been used at their wedding. Both were killed.
From The Pittsburg Dispatch -- August 28, 1911 Betrothed Couple United in Death.
Sidney Rittger and Miss Lillian Fisher, two of the victims of the Morgan Opera House panic, were not divided in death, even as they had hoped and planned to have been united in their lives. They were to have been married in a few weeks. Last evening to celebrate their formal betrothal they went to the moving picture show. Late in the afternoon, the two had vistedted a jewlery store where Miss Fisher selected her engagement ring and her intended husband placed it on her finger. A few hours later rescuers found them clasped in each others arms far down in the heap of dead.
Rittiger came here from Youngstown, Ohio, where his home was, and went to work recently in a local restaurant. Miss Fisher was employed at the home of John Cameron on White Lawn Terrace. Her home was in Glen Campbell Pa.
From The Daily Notes -- August 28, 1911 DIED TRYING TO SAVE OTHERS
Sidney Ritteger of Youngstown, near the steel and iron mill, was killed, as was also his promised bride, miss Lillian Fisher, of Glen Campbell, Pa. Just before the couple had gone to the opera house Rittiger had purchased an engagement ring for the young woman who had promised to be his for the remainder of her life, which indeed was to be brief. Instead of a wedding ring it proved the seal of death.
From The Washington Observer -- August 28, 1911 Grim Ending of Romance
Canonsburg, August 27 - Sydney M. Rittiger and Miss Lulu Fisher, who met their death in the theatre here Saturday evening, were to have been married within a short time. Miss Fisher’s home was in Glen Campbell, this state, and she lived at the home of John Cameron, White Lawn Terrace. Mr. Rittiger, formerly lived in Youngstown O., but had been employed as a waiter at Canonsburg. Last evening he and Miss Rittiger were together and early in the evening the bridegroom to be had purchased the wedding ring. It was decided to go and see the show at the Morgan opera house. The two young people were caught in the awful rush and their lives blotted out. Today they lay, cold in death, side by side in one of the morgues.
From Indiana County Gazette August 30, 1911 Glen Campbell Girl Among Victims at Canonsburg
In the terrible disaster that caused the death of 26 persons and the injury of more than a score of others at Canonsburg, Washington Count, on Saturday night, an account of which will be found on another page, Miss Lulu Fisher, aged 28 of Glen Campbell lost her life, she being one of the unfortunates who were caught and trampled to death on the ill-fated stairway leading from the theatre.
With her died her fiancée, Sydney Rittinger, to whom she was soon to be married.
Rittinger and Miss Fisher, before going to the theatre, went to a jewelry store in Canonsburg where the happy prospective bridegroom purchased a wedding ring.
They had been in the theatre but a short time when the alarm of fire was given, and were among the first to descend the stairs.
Miss Fisher has not been at Glen Campbell for several months. She had been working at Canonsburg for some time and it was there that she met her fiancée.
Two brothers, Wilson and William Fisher reside at Glen Campbell. The family came there from Hilman, a town on the line between Indiana and Jefferson counties, several years ago.
The remains of the unfortunate girl were brought to Hilman Monday morning and the funeral was held there that afternoon.
Sydney Rittinger was 30 years of age and his home was in Youngstown, Ohio.