The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-24
ENGLAND.
Desn uctiOn OF the Theatre Royal, q
Hnll.

SOSh "C1Vh VI AMo hohNo 1svSh -
Hull.
The London Times of the 9Th contains the
following account OF the burning of the Hull
theatre:-
shortly after IL O'Clock on Friday night, the
Theatre Royal, at Hull, was found to b. on
tre, flames having been n )ticed in the gallery.
Information OF the disaster was at once con-
yeyed TO the central police station, and the
hose cart was got out with as little delay as
possible. Alth Ough the police arrived on the
spot wi hin ten minutes, the flames were Dart
ing with great fury from all the upper WIN
dOwH, and the wafer thrown on the burning
building did not for two hours appear TO
result in any diminution of the flames.
In less than an hour the root fell IN, and the
scene became one of awful grandeur, myrla0s
of sparks flying off in all directions. This
caused the police considerable anxiety, as
Young's Parafin Company's store IS situated
next door but one TO the eastward OF the
theatre, aud the wind being pretty fresh iron
the south west it Carried both flames aud sparks
toWards the paratiin store. Mr.. Cook, the chlet
constable, seeing that nothing could save tue
theatre, withdrew two or three of the hose,
which ne kept constantly playing upon the
paratiin store until ali danger OF the fire being
communicated TO 1t was passed. thousands OF
Iersons were gathered around the theatre, and
many, regardless of the risk they ran, entered
some of the lower rooms and commenced to
throw out stage dresses, fnrnlture, and
other articles, most OF which were as
matter OF course, as surely destroyed AS they
would have been if they had fallen a
prey to the flames The theatre, which was built
only little more than three years ago, on the
site of the old Theatre Royal, which was de-
sroyed by fire OIL the 18th Of October 1859, was
Il very elegant structure and most luXuriously
fitted 1t was in the lesseeship OF MIR, Chatter
ton, OF Drury lane, and MIR. e. Clinton Hall was
the manager. Mr.. Hall states that after the
performance Of the pantomime of Robinson C5u
soc the place was locked up and left apparently
quite safe. About twelve O'Clock, no Wever, one
of the actors saw glare in the theatre, aud
raised the alarm. An entrance was at once
effected, but the fire soon drove the men back.
hose was kept on the premises, but no one
knew how to atlix 1t, and SO the flames spread.
The theatre was entirely destroyed, nothing
being lett but the bare walls. 1t was built by a
limited liability company, and the first mana
ger was Mr.. William Brongh. 1t next passed
10 the lesseeship of Mr.. John Coleman, aud
about eight or nine months ago to Mr.. Chatter
ton. At the time OF writing the damage had
not been estimated, and no statement bal been
made 10 the police as to the amount OF insur-
ance. The fire continued to burn till ab )ut
noon on Saturday. A policeman was injured
by failing from a portico.
The Recent storms and Disasters.
From the London Daily NelVS Feb. 9.
On Saturday night and during the greater
part OF sunday, up to an early hour yesterday
morning, a severe gale from the south-southwest
| has swept over Liverpool causing good deal
| of damage to the shipping in the docks at the
| orth end of the town, aud unrooing several
| small tenements near Bootle; but, fortunately,
| no serious personal injuries are reported.
| From several parts of the coast the accounts OF
| the storm are very distressing, and vessels
| which have reached the Clyde suffered severely
| in working up the Channel, while nearly all
| the ships reaching Liverpool are more or less
damaged. The Pericles, which has arrived from
New York, experienced very severe gales. On
the oath of January the ship was covered with
water. new suit OF sails was blown to rib
bOns: two boats, the galley, caboose, all the
water casks on deck, and portion OF the bull
warks were carried away. quantity Of the
cargo, consisting of grain aud rosin, was thrown
overheard; aud when the vessel reached port
she had eight feet of water in her hold, although
the crew had been at the pumps Tor forty
consecutive hours. The master of the Byzantine,
which has arrived in the Clyde from Old
Calabar, reports that on the night of the 3lst of
January he was in company with large ship
| bound up Channel; and although several tugs
went out in search of the ship, up to Saturday
| night no information had been obtained OF the
| missing vessel. The royal mail steamer Mandigo
! which has just arrived at Madeira from Liver
| pool, also came in for her share OF the
storms. From leaving the Mersey until
sno reached the island, the sea and
wind were dead in her "teeth," and her
| decks were constantly flooded with water.
Intelligence received in Liverpool yesterday
| from Holy head states that headboard with the
name "Dlsraeli" cut on 1T and quantity of
| deals had been washed ashore near the South
| Stall. There were small barnacles attached to
| the headboard and the deals. The James
| Duckett, bound from Lagos to Liverpool, with
| palm oil, put into Queenstown yesterday dis
mantled; as did also the Sarah Earl, bound
from Swansea to Gibraltar, with loss of sails A
| large quantity OF new timoer and WTeckage Is
being washed ashore on the Wexford coast,
near Arklow bank, and 1t Is feared some large
| ship has gone to pieces. The ship Persian,
hound from Savannah to Bremen, with cargo
| OF cotton. has been lost at sea, Tue news was
received in Liverpool yesterday afternoon, and
| merely announces the wreck Of the ship and the
| safety OF the crew.