New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-06

Of the tbeaer and dispatched one OF ms men 10 the Do1
office to give the alarm. The ticket seller received the
message with contempt, denied the possibility OF such
an accident, and made no examination of the
building Fifteen minutes later the upper part
Of the theater was envelOped In ftful flame
Just one hour after the breaking OF the fire. desch
ments from the fire department arrived, accompanied
were little more effective than powerful syriuges would
have been and these were very inefiolently manned
anty kept at bay by Gordon OF soldiers, lest in the
destruction Of the edce by assisting at the engines,
which one was permitted to touch, except certain
these pvered oca %6 due
solicitude for their physical comfort, gave
nerces saw one Of them cOoy strike al light ana re,
fresh his oyersraned system with cigar by TINS uhe
Zwinger, famous picture gallery were much heated
On these one Of the engines in despair OF extmgunng
spouted feeble toward the foyer OF the thea
ter on which the fire had not so seriously encT9achea
and by fierce exertOns the water was eeceu perhaps ~
feet from the mouth OF the hose II Thought that some
OF the spray did actually fall upon the flames Inc con-
structon OF the engines used Onl this occasion is pc
of liputan djmepsions which must be resupplied from
buckets handed along line of men one Of these super
animated machines displayed in oursnng lnsSEPnSa
well satisfied with the proceedings It's tone was leu
tonicaly philosophic is plty -. ~ IL ISaIy
But one, the few Americans present. was lndig
nant at the puenle efforts OF the hremen II never
seemed 10 occur to them that 1t was possible TO save
The effect OF the conhagraton was often weird and
picturesque. At points the copper OF the roof
melting gave the flame a bluishgreen tint that was
exceedingly beautiful Amid THE whirlwind OF flame,
the many statues which adOrn thesOuter walls stood mo-
Oness In their inches, poised In various attitudes OF
activity and repOse, JOY and grief In the pedment OF
facade the fire bored through the wall on when
crowded group OF nodded figures leaned, marrng ana
blaekenng them Here in niche was Mercury, soaring
winged feet, as he would join the lurd glare In us
upward hights0 full Of life, so human yet making no
effort to escape There sat an inspired bard In hOwng
garments his breezy hair blown back with the winds
OF PaTnassus, his hand waving the pen ere
it touched lthe: scroll before him. The flames stole
around him, but he stirred not Had they lent
their furious breath to the words he seemed about
10 write, his would have been oil too ardent
The dark smoke whlred over him. but he continued to
gazo TO Heaven until he was lost IN the ashy gloom
Only once did the fremen make determined effort.
the parterre Seeing the eyes OF the multitude upon
fell upon swinging door. and tried TO hack 1t down.
Then they abandoned that and, struck with O new
idea, led hose through and played on the
fire, which had now, however. nearly burned out.
The loss amounts TO 100000 thalers, l. c. 0O0O0 In
currency But indirectly IL is much greater, for the
opera chief attraction 10 foreigners seeking resi-
dence In Dresden and Of them already prepar
ing for flight The want will not he supplied, either
II popular conjecture is right But the GROWING alb
surdty Of the affair is the article published in The ORES
den Advertiser Of to-day in which the efforts 10 eKDgush
the fire gravely extOed and the suerings OF the
iremen glOwIngly depicted. Had westerly wind pre-
vailed pcture-gaery, and with II the chief attrac
ton OF Dresden, must have persisted.