The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-13 00:00:00

INQUEST ON NDLLII. MLR!.

Oa Monday afterglows an humid was bold by J.
lidisaudetlist., at the Guildhall, Plysemb, on the body of
MM. Idle, She astrew, whose death, the result of hums
remise* IS as geese of the Plymouth Theatre, has already
bees repsebel. TM jury, after haehm viewed the body,
sad impashad the seam of the Ire, beard the following
widens: _ _ _

Whinsired Headence, sumo, said—Os Tuesday, 90th
Neminbar, is the evening, I was *OW es to amend de-
esessi. She was sash Witt hoes the hips down to the
ankles, from bee sheikdom to her wrists, sons lee Amides
and shoot. Mr. Fox sad Mr. Whipple, sasses,
mill her. At me time she seemed to rally; as if dm
wadi miser, but is Zest Thursday moralag the sympligas
imams wren, she Osamu sessibed, mad permed. the
died about half pest eight is the morning. The mogeses
were anstast I. their attends°e on her, sad oho had
say septioito for ese is her sitaatioa. Oa Thereby
swig 1 dressed ese of her wounds al sisal, bat dais
int time she was in such racks of pain that her wands
Maid set be dressed.
Jobe Riley Newcombe. hoes of the Plymouth Theatre,
said—The deemed was 19 years of ago lest birthday ; she
was by missies a ofstoesses, sad first appeared on the
Plymouth Mop as
_Mesdny emnisig, November 19th. She
domed is aslaWedvanary ballet entitled the " Woman in
the Weed." She was very well received. On the follow.
fag swig she was to donee between the pieces. Her
drew was tarlatan, and she was to when &dames she bad
bend, arranged Ia the morning. She ease at the left aide
entrance. Than was a snap formed on the frost part of
the step by ladies with each, end the as had to
pass through the group nadir the scarfs on the paints of
her fest. At the beck part of the stage these was a row of
gaslights running from the left to the right, to give offset to
scenery. These lights burned is gross dimass, and
the light was oaly allowed to rile to about hell the height
of the 'blares, use, bad the light rhea above that
poist, the bright light would have pretested the desired
east; outside the row of lights, sad tows* the landless,
was a board or leas 72 lashes is height, whisk aspirated
the lights from the pesos oa the tsp. When she satesd,
she stepped bask a short disuse hum the poop to give
Impresses Shoe advise. She stooped before sprints,
forward, sod is doing so her dries sought ire at the gas.
lights I wee the. la frost of the home. I sew bee ea dn.
I eushid immediately bellied the scenes. What I noshed
them !limed she was os the stop, but I usderstead she bad
left It. 1 threw her down, and lay on her to keep
rid= The dames bad by this time speeded them-
selves She was takes to my private rem. I three sibs
to alissat dinettes for es mid as brosgbt Mr.
Whipds sod Mr. Fax els MSC They both saw her in
say num. Her pass woo very smelt bunted, although Mr.
Pon to the Ws said the woes& were awe superildal thaa
he bed espies' to dad them. She wee removed to her
lodgings, is Goorge'rplase, where I have sees her
several times every day. Every Steatite he. bees
paid to bee by the medical men sad nuns; throe
of the latter attended is her alternately day and sight,
sad use of them was had specially from the Moat
Edgensabe ward of the South Devon Hospital. The
day after she was barbed I telegraphed to her moths la
Loads, and she arrived Is Plymouth the ease sight. I
meat to the odes to telegrsph tae same sight the saddest
warred, but it Ins too late the. to de agouti Mr. Radek&
did it for as at an earl hes the sue menus. Her
metier did see less her bedside from the time
alba anhal 1111 yesisidlig usaileg. Dessasod was eegeged
with IMO Er we week. NM sa tie IS* Not. wee to have
bee Is Daft, thine to hail a saggssaist. There was
sassdes ihr her to has retired tar bash OW the stage
top through the dames. Usenet assonat for her doing
so. 1 sliest is the provisos erasing that she dewed very
wildly, with extraortUaary power. I do set Mask It h
possible that the lights mould be better pestosted. I west to
, Drury-lane Theatre lately, and settled the stage arrange.
, swim there. The lights are in a similar positioa as la ay
theatre, only that where 1 have is. light, is the Load's
theatre there are 20.
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CMG of the jurors iteggested that a wire guise might be
seed to cover the light..
Mr. Newcombe said that could not be dose, because it
would have to be so thick to be of en, effect, ths it would
ebonies the light.
A boror—Why sot have a wire guard melees the 'tags ?
Mr. Newcombe observed that it would be ma awkward
thing to ham a wim.work between the scenery sad the
spectators; Masks it would impede the movemeate nesse-
wry I. the shifting of winery, wig* had to be dose very
rapidly.
The Coroner—Was any person the mem of the &eased
being caught on fire.
Mr. Neweembs—l rennet attach blame to anyone, either
in the arreariag or vetting of the eream.
The Carouse—Could not the foam la front of the gas
lights have been raised higher ?
Mr. Newcombe—The series is 22 Makes high, and was
aged as a pert of sea shore memory ; it would appear to the
audience to reorient 20 or 30 yards of ground, gad u it
were made higher it would, is appeases*, extend the
ground too fat. I think the event is purely accidental.
The greet glass Wainer ass nine iaehes I. height, sad the
mem is. foot above that; the lights are also a foot behind

the series.
Alesseder carpenter at the Plymouth Theatre,
aid-1 have teen aceustoused to theatres for 30 pears, end
thatliste is the Plymouth Theatre were my properly pra-
ms& store so that is assay other theatres. No
other better plea meld be adopted, in my °pieties, by Mr.
Neweseabe.
By Jurymem—l had a daughter buret in Bdiabargh jest
ia the wane way, bat set so severely. The lights ware well
premed
This was the last whams called.
TM 0111,011417, is dirembeg enmities to the evidence, said
the great gaieties for the jury to man wee whether the
death of the deceased wee oceseimad by the negligeses of
say poem whatever. If they thought my person wee
guilty et culpable antigens, I. the matter they meld pls.,
him cm hie trial ; bat if me, them they would rears &maim
of outdated death. It meld ales be la their preview to
make say empties May pleased to Mr. Newoombe with i
respect to passendes spinet the repetition of see! as wi-
dest foe tho harm
Mr. Noweembe ate he should he happy to Bette to way 1
suggestiea stems maenad way is width to geoid merest
sash emidear. B. always, whoa la tom, wisliM the
seises of the Loads. theatres, to elesserve if my improve
mate la erraegeweat, as., had bees made, Meanie elm
he saw as improvaossos ho oadoalsorot to ialreasse it
Ws hie sea estabibblessi. In eeply to the sersese,
said it wee hardly Ws mob= is Minden with the &mein
of the ladies, or dieMee the ssatesML They wing wear
light dream. It was well lama that if the beams were
=ls ad weber after bolos " got up" they
set be liable Its Ignite ; bus *a ballet erls, while
Miming the
aide Ibis promadem mimed se Meet
bemuse they poils the edger end see et w dna
Ostosor sill sbo Nimbi ol *sir dooms to aloas
watse soglie Is be W 1 se.
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of Milo. Julio's bony.

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