The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-04-27
BURNING OF A THEATRE.

SoGe editor .do~n east se.rchlns
for = ahings new and Old With which ID
Az % HE paper. has brought aus The lal.
having account q the Burning Of The ,he.
sirs ), ; |. Petersburg. and awful .sa;fue.
tiaa nc human life. l, has since been
taking a. rounds through The newspapers
- srseenl intelligence from Europe
The edl,ar. or those who copied from hin.
fagoi % mention that i. occurred sever i
wears sga. aid can be found in Hohl's
work % Russia.
The Gre broke on, behind the scrnes,
and the dIreelar II The thesire ordered Tie
curtain q The blek Of The st,ee 10 be
tkssn %. ihalevery one might be aware
81 ths imminenee Of he danger. The
suoks and flames poured out towards The
body Of she house. Laughter ~as sud
denly turned unlo pallid fear. and shrieks
Of horror barst from The bosons oflhous
ands. who bst nos nd been consulsed
with ui'ib, Grasr:Hs wha, was drafss.
u sien, all rssheL toward The outlets.
These wers loo few fas the magnitude
81 The theatre. and il vas very slasly ,hs,
shs EoIemass made way for those behind
Them. So .Bsch The more rapidly, did
The flames communicate 10 The resinuns
fr planks. and asiekly advancing from
scens 10 scene. they soon penetrated IN
70 tie body OF tbs aheaire. silll a. arming
wris& people. As al luck wovid have il
one Of the large folding door .. The en-
trance. which opened inward. bad. 10 the
confusion. besa accidentally pushed 10.
aud resisted all Efforts 10 open il. Thus
orly bali 81 The main entrance was avail.
able Gar escape 10 this cri,icsl moment. and
she sepesi af the audience was, OF course,
proportion lily delayed.
The police would not ., 6rss 50 fer pri.
yate individuals 10 render assistance, IN al
they might keep .he conduct Of 4he BUSH
ness 20 ,hemselres. A trsdesman. ne
ver.helsss. contriyed. with q spade, 10
.bfe.k down board on one side OF the
Shesi,e. and 10 drag sixty half suaiocated
pessonsoet of,his harleanin's hell through
the aperture, with imminent peril Of his
own lie. The En- ,,ssar OF Nicholas re.
~aEdsd the worthy man with an order.
and. as he vas ppe5 with . pension Of
1000 rublrs.
Meanwhile. The people in ake street. Is
may be supposed. bscsms sware that The
matter was no JOKE. Yhe fearful ,idings
ssonspresd through The city tina, Lemsn's
Theatre was on fire. and iha, thousands
nl persons in i. were likely 10 perish. Ii
70 inpossible To conceive tie cnns,erns>
ZION aud despair that seized all Peters
burg. Jbere was not a family, one or
more Of whose members night no. be
among The wretehed sufferers. When
the Emperor, on The first news OF the Gre,
hssNned from ihe winter Palace 10 the
~Sst. women ian up 10 him and cried.
- Save. save. ssve!--My son is among
then. aad my husband il ihere!--My
brother il moi ont yer' Chldten," re-
Phed The Emperor. IL will save ailIcan."
When the fire was osex. when the
flames and aas were ex,iuos. sad all who
were ~irban lay in burned aud el,arre j
heap. the melancholy business ofremns-
ing the dead was Commenced. The sight
.is said 10 have been hey nd all iIea har-
1neing and appalling when. on clearing
away The iimbers which had f.lleu in, |
the mass OF b ldies was gradually disco
tssred. They we're pulled cut que by one /
with hooks; some were esut ]eteiy car
bsnizsd; others were 70 rs,ed like ches-
nuts; macy had Only the hair Of the heal
siagsd; many with glazed eyes. burned
hair. and charsed faces, had on their ho,
iyaay clothes and decorations, which Toe
II 'ass had notreached. on account of The
close pscssure Of the .tbrong. O.
These presented fas more repulsive
spectacle than ahose wIich were entire.
" bn ned. In that part of. aihs building
hich The tines had spared. were found
tease masses vi bodies still Standing up
light like ghasts or shades from The Meth
= void. A fslnals was found with her
.sad hanging over the gallery, ADD hold
g,her hand and her handkerchief before, /
,srvsaes. A gentleman who Witnessed /
he opersiiap 81 elear,ng away the bodies. Ii
old me that be could not tsucb food ,fsrs !,
hfse days. 10 lslshiIll were ths Images 4