Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-06-19
DREADFUL CAL AMITY-FlRE
AND LOSS OF LIFE!

From the Quebec Gazette, Extra, ofJuns IL. 1886.
Our unfor,vns,e, We had almost said dooIned,
city, has been visited BY another co"hagrat'on'
which, 20 regards loss Of life, exceeds BY far the
eco awful visitstions Of last year.
Yesterday evening, about ten o'clock, 4 IRE
broke out in the building known a. the "rhe
atre Royal. ST. LOUIS" in the nelghborhood Of
the old Chateau. The Massrs. Harrison, from
Canada West, had been exhibiting during the
week, in the above place, their illuminated do.
rams. At the close Of last evenings exhibition,
when the audience were coming Out, cam
phins lamp Suspended from the ceiling 10 said to
have fallen and ignited the curtain in front ut
the stare. Instantly the place was in blaze ;
and The theatre being crowded-in the rush
which snsued to escape from the flames, Che
only mode of egrem being through narrow
passaee,) not less than from FORrY-FIVE to
FIFTY human beings per'shed. Forty hree
Of the bodies have been got out Of the ruins
some of ia.m awfuIly mutila'ed others only
partially d,s6yured. having apparently died from
euG,cafisn. ProvideniialIy = considerable NUN.
bsr al the audience had CAT out before the alarm
was given. otherwise the i@s # life would have
been much greater The weather Al the tune
was "a I'm, here being scarcely breath Of wind,
through which and the exertions Of the militia.
~" tho Hre oempanies and the police, the fire
vas confined 10 the buildings in which il origin.
sted.
The following 10 list Of the names Of the suf.
ferers, a. far - we have been enabled to aseer.
lain:-
Hnra,io C.swelL Merchant; Horatio. his son;
Ann. his daughter.
Joseph Ts,dd; Olivet,e Fiset,e, HE wife.
Sarah DArah (Mre. Calvin.
Jaa O'Lesry, aged %, Plais,ercr; Mary o..
Learv, his sister, aged Is.
~. Sims. Apothscary; Rebecca, his dsugh.
Ter. aged % ; Kenni,h, his son, aged Is.
Mary O'Br,en (Mr,. Lily. aged %.
J. BE. ve1'na, Snip keeper, aged 30.
Henrietta GIarkerneyer (Mrs. Mol); J. F.
Nal,, aud Adulphe Mult, her sons, aged l9 and
Eneline Worth, aged O. daughter Of E. Worth
Montreal, sistes Of Mrs. Lenfestev.)
&c. Sauvageau, SOU Of the Musician, aged
Elisabeth L;ndsay. wife Of Thoe. Atkins RI.
ehard Atkins, her son, aged ~.
8. 8 n,t, Clerk Court Ut Appeals.
Thoe. Hanlt on. Lieut.. IA h Regt.
Mr. John Glib and Jane, her daughter.
Arthur Lane, aged 20, son OF E. Line, 6rm
Of Gibh, Lane & Co.
Mary Am Brown, school. mistress at WOOD
4 Crews scho"l. Cove.
Marie Louise L,vallee. wife of r. Mcdonald
editor Of the CAnadlen: Eugene McOonald,he
daughter, wife OF r. Anger.
E. R. Hogs, Bnok keeper Montreal Bank
janice H"ogs and Edward Hogs. his sons. aget
9 and 6.
Thus. C. Harrison. aged 81.
John Berry, from Aberdeen, Scotland.
Colin Ross.
y"eph Marcouv.
Isaac Develin. Wa,ch.maker.
Miss Rae
John Wheat!y. S,aiionek.
One woman and ihree other bodies unknown
a general g!nm has been thrown over tn,
city by this fearful calan,ty-which has occur.
rec ~ near as may be-. mid ay between the Nv,
per,ods Of the ares ot last year-aI the melan
chilly reco'leciions al which are ADDED 10 N,
ye'tNors DISASTROUS clrcumsia nces Of the presen
eatas,Iophe. In the preceding list, our reader
viii observe the names of many OF our most res
pecled ciizens whose loss will be long III, M
only BY the respective fA,ailies to whom the
ee"ng-d. but BY the community Of which the
fnrmed part.
There is always danger at places at publ
.exhibIti"a hea there are only lew donrs for lie,
ting out the visitors. Many de plorable acciden,
kav. occurred from this cause. The mnst re
'markabe IN Am-r ca wa. Al Richmond Virgin
"a. Dec. 70. ISL. when 500 persons were pre-.
emf, Of whn" " persisted, Among them the Gu,
ernuT u the State and the Mayor IT the CITY.