The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-28

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around were shattered The street was ripped up and
.vered ~tn debris The air was hsd With fragments
OF glsss and stone.
In Corporation lane were suddenly transformed from
snug tenemSats into untensble ruins Two Of them
pulled down by the nremen. who soon arrived Great
gaps and cracks yawned in the cher dwellings,.
Rooms that Just before had been poor but
happy homes werc unnhabitabe. Looking
up Qua could SEQ tho kettle hanging on the hob, the
pigeon 10 Its cage. the TOYS the mansl while all the
The cries and shreks Of the wounded OF children who
had missed their Mothers Of mothers searching for their
Oh ldren. wero next heard Assistance quickly came;
ladders we're erected the wounded and the dying wero
dug lifted outof the and carried to the hosp
tails. All were backeIed II by nrs and terribly
bfused. Then strong force OF police took possession
Of The and kept back the thousands Of spectators
who gathered near Tho excitement was awful Tue
aremen-their brass helmets cleaning 10 the glare Of
the faring gas jets that were Of iighed-climbed
In aud tie ruins seeking Tor eoody 10 save.
The prisoners tuned and fretted In thor cells ignorant
OF What had ba psncd but conscious OF some calamity
Borkc said be especially nervous but this runaor
may do him an Injustice.
All night long the nremcn continued 10 work about
the ruins, but no new victims were discovered. The
debris not heavy and everybody had been carried
oal at the first alarm. The names Of the dead ana
wounded. some of whom may have friends in America
foows:-Dead Sarah Hodskinson, aged IS; Will
liam Cbaltup aged 55 litle girl called Abbott aged s.
Wounded. a. ST. Bsr.holonews Hospital-Edward Ben;
nett, 49, Thomas Young: Thomas Her:ey; enid;
haria' Giles, Mary Anne Young. mary Chilt:-
P ss.seta ~ raons sa 4s xans Bsnne aSo%a
wheeler. Hoorv Price, Henry Rchias John
John AeeS ;,o cha ae ns
Bennett. 6S; Anne Cross ga. Maria Giles, 80; q grl,
II; Maria Abbott, "a; Mary hoscy, 40; Sarah Hartley,
a iite gli and baby: Ell zabesh Hodakinson;
another baby; q boy aud girl named Perry; William
Cable Beckett, Mary Youna. A, the Free Hospital,
GRAY > Inn lane, are-Anna Maria thompson, 4; Anna
es ooy TWO oars and a
old, calling himself Tommy. Others, slightly wounded,
the Clerkenwcl Worknousa. Over twenty, mol
wounded badly enough 10 80 to hospitals, are attended
by hospital surgeons VINO sly that ia all their expe-
they saw such shocking wounds in The
The Prince o. Wales President Of ST. gar,holomew's
Hospital, was minediaicls tclegraphed, but maie
response TO day the Queen semi Telegram 10 say that
"her Majesty desires 10 express her sympathy Tor the
sufferers from the explosion bcgs inquire after
hem; bnt she sent no money 10 assist the paor fam
Hes thus craely deprived OF their homes, OF employ.
ment aud almost of hope.
sany rnouands OF people havc visited the scene or
tie explosion last nigh, and to-day The whole neigh
brhood seems Ia ruins. Ibis morning barricades
erected across he streets leading 10 Corporal lane,
aud strong pssade butt acioss the breach in tho
prison wall. Nearly thousand policemen were
guard In the vicinity. and two companes OF regular
soldiers patrollod the prison yard \ OVID OF roughs
and tnicvfs haugs about the pot last Di1ht thoy al
tamptedoo rob tire Lord ayor Of his watch. Ann JUS
tice Desmond and Alien who arrested,
fined 10 hc prison last evening, and all maintained
suiien silence The woman, however, made a de perae
attempt 70 commit suicide, ard shs j. bandcuiied
aud waders paced IN her cell the coroners inquest
whom the Official evidence win be elected.
This mo. ming, in spite OF tue excitement Burke and
under strong escort Of regular soldiers and mounted
poicamen, aud thor examination resumed. Tnor-
sands Of people lined the route, but there de-
morsirations
Alta lle after foar O'Clock next day the prisoners
wera placed the bar Of the police court
the names of Timothy Desrnolc jeremiah A len ana
Ann Justice. Tho examination OF Witnesses then
began.
Desmond and Aon look asl what they profess TO be-
tutlor ellDpIlakar. very rony
and not very clean Ana Justice IL & looking
woman and is evidently frightened AT her position
is certain that teIiaDs vii now be slrDgenty
dealt With. Thsg bavo bla@n NO their cause among
their English all with the barrel that blow
the tnnements OF corporation lane.
TIE Rains Of the Cpera-The Grand Ducl,rss
nj C0vcnt dcu-Forthco n.ina Novelties
lar Observation-Disclosures rii-ies In Iond0a-
Ihe Presidents 4Iessage-Tie Alb, SSH ian
Expedition = Dickens success - Christmas
.slosics-The Alexandra Case.
LONDON. Dec. IA, 1897
Her Majesty's theatre etil lies ruins aud what is to
70 done with The site Is siil Undecided We have
asna ot that Amerlcaa enterprise which assembled
'arty Of gentlemen around the ashes OF the New York
academy nusic and ted TO the subscriptions for a new
uiiiag before the Of the old had done smoking
he Duke Of Newcastle has proposed subscription for
ir. iaplcson, the lessee TO which the habuas OF tho
pera have boon invited 10 contribute Nothing has yet
,cen done TO help the poor attaches VINO thrown
OF employ mcnt al this Indictment season OF the year.
tile leading artistcs, who have lost valuable
'Jbos The ground which the theatre was built be-
ongs The Crown and Earl Dudley has o lease OF 1t for
only twenty years more.
The immediate effect Of the burning OF her Meesty,s
has been to crowd Covent Gardcn this week s.rhe
Grand Duchesi Is being performed there but is to be
Withdrawn after tonight, TO mako way for the Christ
mas pan,ornime. Mss julia Mathews, who plays the
nnrf lars f.v nj
sno acts like "sinFiug chambermad,n and srgs only
moderately we'll Mr. Aiusley Cork has also failed in
the part Of General Boum. HIS voice seems almost
gone. Mr. Harrison riiz and Miss Augusta lhomp-
son as Wanda carry the pece, go far as the acny Il
concerned but the real atiraccns OF this very knoy
version OF ononbach's work the splendid scenery
and the crowds OF supernuneTares who march ana
dance wonderfully well. You haye produced .'Ls
GfaEdc Dgchcsso" much moro accepiahy in New YORK.
OF novelties 70 come there arc plenty. "Mard's
Peril" acting at waack's. has no. been ht at
tho Ageiphi herc, and viii DO ancctoded at Christmas
by drama,za,ion Of mo Thoroughfare. the Cnrist-
story OF Dickens and wikie Collins, in which Mr
Fcchter win appear. Mr.. Germln Reed will commerce
a Of comic opera at 81 Georges Hall next
Wednesday evening with oIcnbach's .Puss in Po;ti.
coats and ''Ihint Chow Hl.r and new Engsh opera
In tso acts the musc ty Arhur sullivan and tho words
by +. c. Burnaui, called Tho cnraberd sta-r The
holoern Theatre raniofniino VII be called valentine
aad orson or, Harlequin tn, Zig Bear the Jitto
Fairy The DIury Lane panttnme bas been named
"fcc, Fnw, 70, Fun; or, Harlequin Jack, the Clint
Killer = That vt Covsn Garlc ~ili 10 entitled Tno
Babes In the Wood: or Harlequin Robin Hooi and His
Merry Men, That at the Lyceum has been christoned
Harlequin Cock Robin and Jenny wreu, aad the Little
Man who wcoei the Little Maid 4 comedy
cal ed sHumbug," b. Burraud, viii be produced the
New Royalty next week; new drama NY Boucca lit at
no Princess about Chr stmas, aud '.Aow she Loves
Him. tnew in London, bat Old In New York;, 81 tho
Prince Of Wales Mr.. Tools, the iavorite come.
dian Of London, Will appear at The New Qroen's n
Christmas In new play by H. J. Byron. Aircpos, tho
Now Qicens Ia sad 10 DO owned By ss rropreiors u
tue Daily TsLgraph
OF American stars In London there Is very He to re-
cord. Vesyali has dcno well with "Romoo and Jrllc
q. the Lyceun, but must giyo way 10 the pantoioae
Clarke concludes hts advertising speculation ~ tho
81 James about Christmas, and TO ihc prov.nces
Nothing has been heard OF Msnken since her a,pssr-
anco at BiIming CHAM, but she has signsd
gagement for California rhe American circus
Il immensely and deservrdiv popular Aagulrs and
Risiey hero with their JaraCcso troupe. but the
burning Her Macsty's has left them without thea
In which 10 appear and unless they house