The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-26 00:00:00

THE BURNING OF THE
OPERA HOUSE AT NICE.

APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE.

TERRIBLE SCENES.

[REUTER'S TELLGR,AMS.]
Nicx, Thursa iy,
T;,e firy lit the Opera 114 use last night, was mrtch
tn-re fatal Juin at first supposed. Fifty nine
bodies were taken out oi th, ruins at t!,ree o'clock
this morning, and it is feared that u,any more are
dead inside.
iWhen the gas exploded, shor ly after the out-
break of tie fire, the theatr WAS instant ineously
plunged into complete darkly-3-, and a frightful
scene of terror and dirress ersuPd. A del:eli-
ay-..nt of s.tilov, with ships' pumps tro:u the
squAron in harbour, arrived shortly on thy
scene, and displayed great gallantry in saving
many of the people in ihe theatre. 't he tire was
got under towards ten o'clock.

_
Thu -persons who had taken the orchestra stalls
and the boxes on the grand tier had no genei ally
arrived when the fire broke out. Many of the
vietims of the c .tastrophe belong to the working
cia„, and a I..ubscription has been opened for the
relief of their families. One who:e family of five
persons nod another of three persons perished.
Signora 'Bianca Conadio, one of the principal
arti-tes taking part in the evening's performance,
succeed. d i.; escaping from the stage througn he
darknts,i in her theate.cal costutne. The Impre-
sario Strakot•ch was lightly hurt.
Subscriptions for the sufferers ~ave been opened
all over Nice.

The reptta has been countermanded, and the
value of the prizes ct stifled for the successful com-
petitors will be sent to the fund now being
collected.

nen, Thunday Afternoon,
Sixty-three bodies have been extricat,A from
the ruins of the Opera Rouse, chiefly of Italian
artisans.

Last evening during the performanoe of Lucia
di Lammermoor at the Opera House, Nice, the gas
at the back of the stage suddenly exploded, setting
tire to the scenery. The flames spread with alarming
rap, idity and attacking the meter the house WAS
soon plunged in darkness, adding to the confusion
among the crowd, who were pressing madly towards
the Jimiteo means of exit.
Ti:e audn nee was a large one, and the crush pro-
portionately great In the panic which prevailed
hundreds wcre thrown down and trodden under-
f ot, and those who endeavoured to extricate the
p-ople hopelei-sly jammed in the doorways and
t assages described the scene as something few ful—
the shri:l6 el the i 4 cunded mingling with the
cries of those in ti.e upper galleries, whose every
means of escape was cut ft.
Madame Donalio, he prima donna, was saved,
bui, the teno:, bass, and baritone, with a numbi r of
th.- cor .a tdoge, s, are among t .e v,ctims.
Up to midnigh over 150 bodies iad been extri-
cated from the ruins.

A. man who @caped from the upper gallery by
jumping over into the pace below declare, that with
perhai,s ad zn exceptions all those in is part of
of the house 'Dust base been laticut to dea,h. Some
sailors fro'', tt e fleet and teveral E,,glisti residents
rendered signal service in sating.
The sensation in the town Was indes2ribable.
One lady whose hubband was burnt committ, d
suicide, and people were to be met with wandering
about the streets crying, wringing their lic.nds, and
tearing their hair..

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water suiply.

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