, 1865-02-17

The Catastrophe In q Concert Room.
Tie terrible disaster which occurred = few
days ago in Dundee, Scotland, In consequence
of the crushing in of the gates Of concert
room, 80 eager we're tue people to gain adn,fs
sion. is fully described In foreign newspapers.
The hall was reachedby flight Of steps.
Within minute of the bursting OF the gate,
some sixty or seventy human beings were lying
on the small space at the bottom Of the stairs,
hndd1ed up In one confused mass, while the
pressure from behind prevented any efforts
from being made for some time to obialn thel:
extrication. Thescene presented at this time
I. described as most terrible. In tho small
dark square lay nearly hundred human
beings, NIL ages and both sexes piled above
each other In every imaginable position, strug-
Cling so far IS they possibly could to get free,
and screaming for assistance above them to
beyond the top the etairs, Was large crowd
and pressing forward. anu quite incrcdlous
TINT such IN awful drama was being enacted
body to which attention was called WAS that
Of a young man lying near the door, all dis
colorcd, and near It were about dozen bodies,
eli dead, md presenting the same appearance
ofhaying been sutfocated. Close to the entrance
to the lobby. we're the bodies OF two young
gir}s, aged about Il or 1G years, lying in each
others arms, and bothdead. The bodies were
laid out on the floor Of tue hall, and in several
of tho rooms adjoining. The scene on enter
ing the hall at this time WAS tue most painful
description. On a bench in the entrance lob.
By, we're seated two young lads who had been
thrown down in the crush, but Who had for
tunatelyescaped with life. Their lYid swollen
faces, and the dull vacant stare IN their eyes,
however, showed that they had narrow es-
cape. In the small room at the back Of the
entrance lobby were laid Three or four bodies,
mostly. those OF young girls, who had been
pressed to deaih in the crush, md whose tat
tered crino!ines and diso1dered attire showed
the fearful character Of the struggle that had
taken place. Entering the hall, the first object
attracted attention Was the dead body ofa
stout man, lying on the 1ooT. the mouth wide
open, and the features rigid, as It the poor fel-
low had expired in the agony ofenlcavour1ng
toget free from the living mass which lay aboTe
were ranged other bodies, both ofmen and wo-
men, oil bearing the appearauo ofhaving been
asIhyxicnted. On rafscd bench on the east
end Of the hall WAS the body ofa boy appaven-
tly about thirteen years Of age, quite cold and
stiG, but who looked rs # hc had Galien asleep,
and showed no marks Of having met with
violent death. IN the lower dressing-room Of
The ball, were the bodies oftwo young girls,
evidently those which Dr.. Smith mentioned
as having seen clasped in each others arms.
In small room up stairs, occupied by tie
hall-kccper, the most affecting stght OF al,
Of the fire, were laid ont four young lads OF
girls, all dead, and- much discolored; and
near the door was a young girl In the agonies OF
sufIocatiou, while Kind hands were engaged in
bathing her temples anl rubbing various parts
Of her body, in order to induce circulation.
These efforts were successful, and the poor
girl waa conveyed home in the course Of The
evening. In all, nineteen bodies we're laid
ont at one time In the hall and adjoining ap-
rart mentg. Besides these, o young lad named