The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-15
FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT THE
r-.r ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Little "AII Righr' Falls Almost from
the Dome to the PIT OF the House.

Little ..AIl Right'' Falls Almost from
the Dome to the PIT OF the House.
From the NJ Y. Herald, Of InusdGy.
The Academy of Music was crowded
to overtiowing last evening with brill
liant audience, great portion of which
was composed OF ladies! The first part
ofthe regular performance passed off
amid enthusiasm, and about ten o clock
the gamboling pranks OF little "Au
Right" on the tubs, the ladder and the
trapaze had been witnessed with awe
hundreds. The closing scene of the
nights entertainment was as usual be-
gun by the rapid flight of the little IA
vorite up the pulled rope to the dome of
the proscenium,- where for moment
he hung by one hand to the apparent
ly frail cord support above his head,
and then with. whizzing noise, the
pully attached to the strap from which
the youngster dangled, started on its
| fearful journey down the tightened
rope that is stretched for the purpose
| from the dome TO the middle box of the
dress circle. AS the frat creak OF the
miniature wheel was heard, a death
vast auditorium. A second creak, and ,
with the speed of lightning the body
of the young performer shot down the
rope and reached the middle of
the downward course when to the
horror OF the thousands who were
gazing upon the awful movement, one
Of the cords attached in the dress circle
fixings to brace the main rope gave
way. The latter, relaxing its rigidity
by the sudden outlet, fell a few feet
downward, and then shot upward with
twang, like the swapping of an arrow
string, and the little performer was
flung from his hold hig into the air,
| fnu for Tf. fhrnnUh
space fully fifty feet to the floor In the
middle aisle below. 1t would be use
less to attempt to picture the scene that
ensued., The screeches of the terrified
women rang fearfully piercing through
the halls, while the men, with cheeks
blanched to the whiteness of q corpse,
sat aB If frozen to their seats with ter
ror. Several OF the ladies fell swoon-
Ing In their boxes and were carried out
| into the ante-rooms. In atGsecond,
when pa rtly- relieved -from-its- trance,
the audience jumped to their feet and a
rush asmade towards where the BODY
of "All Right" lay as IL dead. In the
midst of the confusion the Japanese
perfarmers on the stage, who, them-
selves at first, seemed TO have lost all
their presence OF mind at the une1-
pected catastrophe, jumped into the Or
chestra, over the railing and were at
the side of the boy In the twfnkltng OF
| au eye, "CtO aRPAASAt SaS
the sufferer lay bleeding and still un-
conscious DIR. George Beakeley ar
rived soon afterwards and did his ut
most to resuscitate the little fellow, but
all to no purpose. From the dressing
room he was conveyed to the rooms OF
the Japanese, in Fourteenth street,
where Dir. SCaruochan' was called and
ordered the apartment to be cleared.
and by dint ofskill and care he was
enabled TO canse q reaction in the sys-
TEN Of the insensible child. It was a
full half hour after the accident had
happened when the boy opened his eyes
upon the group bent over him! His
father was kneeling. by his side, with
his face lowered TO the level of the suf-
ferer's pillow! The fathers presence
attracted his attention at last a smile
crept over his face, and he stretched
out ihis little arms toward him. The
E father bent over him, and IN Japanese
asked him how he was, and the little
| fellow, as If still before the audience,
striving to please by speaking the only
English sentence he knew Gfaihed his
head, Inever 30 little, and softly mpr-
injured I,tAll- rigbt.n The shsct of this
! enunciation on those present can better
| te imaRfned than described, On