The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-30 00:00:00

DESTRUCTION OF THE OLYMPIC THEATRE

BY FIRE.

One of the mast alarming and distractive confla-
grations that hame ea=r==ed la the ateernmelie ter several years
broke et hat egbeist belt-pct 6 o'clock, mad resulted
ia the entire Isai ef the Olymple theatre, sad the
partial destneas apnea of • doom eths=gt
The then% it Is gra Inen, had a
=stet j ifet, k streedhalbs=r the knees Is
Moireastiestnet In igen bangs
tbe aseno the hews. in the
ruse befog befog • her in.
The those wise ilea sesa haat the Naas of the theatre
by a seselable, who lodged at a nen lifytheinst the
bask Wean of wink overlooked Om awns : ell be was
=Lep halts he notion a dens body eif amen=
rot pvd an alarm, an ea
nest he lend NON parties atteenties teltreible vagesff
bola Ike sib. Mahn that mina -see
shoe thregglilles net with hemmed hese, anompseisd by
the meta, et timber width.
limeseres were iasesatly delplitillei to all Manses for
the mhos, bet beibre feWsigal time . bad doped for as.
mash= to rams: the gesso the thesis of the nth l
sad bessa, were& • nosed body elfish, sad so aiti:2;
did the beat bosons eat six or sorsa/owes %. Craven-build-
ings, with the Foam Tsars, ia Noweastlirstreet, and
several ease began damn erg abeashisesesly. The sows
by this time wee tae fi pest egehehi. The inmates of the
preens, legfelladiA:ll Inane were is be seen
out with their ta their .ms, and carryiorrtin
them what little they could lay their heads ow.
The crowd wbisL already numbered several thousands
tech ep their plan la then ghee' ohlthendlall
a view of the lesenag pe spay, so that the
furniture of the peer annum se Ii wu carried out of
the was leethiss under fed an scattered about In
its., ustll7llr. Superiateadest Pearce and • large
eamelise of awe lip, sad leek_ pamemion of the
groin& sad by • despesse effort sageothei la driving the
mend beck. Numenees =sines sew ere
bat and not a
menses was tat la Wan at to work. bat notwithstand-
beg but the supply of weer was islet @headset, and nearly
a dugs engine wore in fall operation, the lams continued
to • apron sent lanky in various areseine. La attempt
was made he wry the bees fps the Ilheathe, but this
was interwar ;he es the best deer befog opened. it
was found that the suet, in the pit, the agallebery ga the
stage, with every box, were burathg--the mks onsed by
the rowing of the Same gad crack/leg of tabor bang
esoresen The loom mounted the *eh of
sot on fire, and by that mesas were sealed to
the flu in the Pavan Tavern, tad aim to keep "iTt=
too spreadiag further I. the diregars eteraren-buildings,
although it was 'several boors berm the fro la those last-
named premien was wholly
The maim body al firs th=iteishand to blue
high in the air, completely the diserict, until a
tearful *nil was board, caused by the of the gallery
and bona. This bad hardly subsided whoa the roof fall ia,
and for • me=ant this appeared to damp the flaws, but
they afterwards bust fink with still reuse vehemence, mad
myriads of snobs ewe woad ewe the hews Ins le • log
distance. The Ike brain begs to seen sou get doers
la the serrearthieg houses, the whole hese was brought to
bear as the theatre, when the frost of the same, teem the
first but, his late Wyehatrest. Jame, ens of the firemen
el the Wised Ingland nein, hod the barna kneed out
of his ban, wed aarrowly escaped being behal is the ruins.
By Melt etheek the firs was es liter gee Nam as eo allay
all mars of say farther sztessios, bee Imre sal ansind a
great body of lams amidst the raw. an this no an ens-
lonely extinguished mail seedy 11 /Meek, and wee ties
so intense was the ken is the Mal theft r was usury to
keep two or then= still at work, le invent the peed
bility of anther
The following partiethen immeested with the grills thin
fire wars scant to the mann by a pans= 111111111rebd
with the theatre. Itr. Bibliog. the son whilst
'mediae as the siege, had his attendeeawn manger,ed be as mu-
tate, and saw leases visaing up the Wag. L henadtately
wind the ~pollenagethar, and tell ages Se eat the leech
liege. The uses meand the wine, mil barns divided the
nab, the whim penally bet the less eel
es the ease side etas camas the limes sesntalr.rptami%
tats the 'rennin, ead very sees they ethesilk4 to the laws
comings of the boxes and gallery, so that in for them fin
names every part of the theatre was fired. Mr. Sa-
-1 flee has no doubt, If the earpenten bad done as he
te Id them in the Ira instaace, sanely. to have
mounted the roof mid eat the leech-Race, which formed the
I festoons in the /whist thee
_the Ise wield hays bees cow
Iliad to the panel nehmen* of the giatain. At the
Unto of the outbreak the name wee trying the lights on
the O. P. of the wings, sad le is the opinioa el Mr. Stirling
that by some aceident he awe have messiesed as Mackie
The thane was heated is the Oggally Ffinales, but
noting beinglehee Mr. Davidson, the iseentsec asy of the
miters, was towns. It was slated that lie. ankle= had
iateadeil e= brew the property this dole poise le letting the
ea thtre he the gamer to Mr. 11 na.
The Magee been& is On were oa the Cra
ven sany whisk Is hewed is the Weelielsetsr Fire Ohoe ;
bet nest ef the emeggats, who have hose deprived of their
he., win uninsured. The —seat of property
mat be oneldsrelde, • awly c dome thin en-
tigeseepromin @ger l u samsd, end the fainters of
the several gement, sesestielly
The pachemease whisk wer!sroate taken plate last
wens' bed an the lies eammed, wen for the benefit
of Mr. envies imam That gentians sad ether members
of the cops were in the nese dressing when the
alarm was ghee. The thenne was to lave caned ea Beater
Woodsy, for the Weignes dranst Mr. Fangs, who was
to appear to imaistg with Mee.

INQUEST, YEETEILDAT.—MVADIR ♦IID ATTEMPT
To suss vas BODT.—Bekors Ms. MEL, at the Elephant
and Castle, St. Paaerae-road. on the body of a newly-born
child, which was dined is a half-bused state Scotia, is the
Grand Junction .Canal. Mr. Mobilises, home surgeon to
the workhouse, gave It as hie opinion that dammed had been
murdered, and mat the murderers had attempted to destroy
the body by Are, but that, dreading that the mull would lead
to the discovery of the murder, they threw the body into the
Verdiea—" Murder against some pasta or pawns
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