The New York herald., 1869-02-24
Dcssrucfios Of . Theatre by Fire.


The London Times OF the sth contains the follow
ing acco' mt OF the burning OF she Hun theatre:-
shortly alter twelve O'Clock on Friday night the Thea
tire koy al al Hull found to he ON fire. ames ha
been noticed In the gallery Information or the ds.
aster wxs at once conveyed TO the central police sta
tion and the hose cart was got out with little de-
iay ~ possible Ath0uGh the police arrived on the
spot within ten minutes. the names were dartInr
with great fury from ail the upper windows and the
water thrown on the burning building did not for
two hours appear to result In any tinnnton OF the
names In less than an hour the roof feI in and the
scene became one OF awful grandeur, myrlads Of
sparks Tying on In all directions. This caused the
police considerable anxiety, o. f0ungs Parafrin
Companys store IN situated next door nut one TO the
fresh from the southwest it carried both
danes son and sparks 's towards ,as parsIn store
three Of the hose, which he kept constantly playing
upon the parafiin store until sl danger VI the Ore
o. sshsad 20 was passed
many, regardless Of the risk they ran. entered some
OF the lower rooms and commenced TO throw out
stage dresses furniture and other Articles most of
which were as = matter OF course, ~ surely de-
stroyed rs they would have been they mad fallen
prey 70 the nalnes The theatre whicn was built
only little more than three years ago. on the afe OF
the old Theatre Royal, which was destroyed by nre
on the lSt1 Of October, 1859. very elegant
structure aud most iuxuriousIy ntted It WAS In the
lesseeship OF Mr. Chatterton OF Drury Lane; and Mr.
h Clinton Hall was tine manager. Mr.. Hall states
That after the performances OF the pantomIme Of
kobinson Crusoe'' the place was locked mp and
lett apparently quite SAFE About twelve O'Clock.
however of the actors saw glare la the theatre
and raised the ALARM An entrance was at once
effected but the hre soon drove the men back.
hose was kept on the premises. but one knew how
TO anix H. ana so tue flames spread. The theatre
was entirely destroyed. nothing being left but the
bare walls. II was built by limited liability CON-
pany, and the 1rst manager was Mr.. William
Brough. II next passed 10 the esseeshp Of Mr..
John Coleman. and about eight or nine months ago
10 MI. Chafierton. Az the time OF writing the da-
mage had not been estimated, and statement had
been made 10 the police to the amount of insu-
rance. The IRE continued 20 burn tlii about
Saturday. policeman was injured by falling from
aportico.
The Recent storms af sea and in EsGisnd.
From the London Daily News, Feb. s.I
On saturday night and during the greater part VI
sunday. up 70 an early hour Yesterday morning.
severe gale from the south southwest has swept
the shipping In the docks ~ the north end OF the
town and unroO1ng several small tencfnents near
BootIe but fortunately serious personal injuries
are reported From several parts OF the coast
the accounts Of the storm are very distress
ing, and vessels which have reached the Ciyde
sunered severely In working up the Channel,
while nearly all the ships reaching Liverpool are
rived from New York. experienced very severe gales
TN the 2lth Of january the ship w8 covered with
water. new suit OF sails was blown 70 ribbons:
two boats, the galley. caboose, all the water casks
on deck and portion OF the bulwarks were carried
away a quantity OF the cargo, consisting Of grain
vessel reached port she had eight feet Of water in
her hold, although the crew had been nc the pumps
for forty consecutive hours. The master OF the EQ-
iantine which has arrived In the Clyde from Old
Calabar reports that the night Of the sIst Ianu-
arr he Was Ia COMPANY with large ship boQnd up