, 1870-01-18
APPALLING CATAsTROPHE
Al fho BFtsto1 tEDxiand} Now The
atKc-ElEntecn Fsraons Killed.

ANfc-E1R1teeh Fsfaonh hhNeos
taFfnzx lAs tE.t&soD e4tss
It has ere1 II leo to tnf ios to caroncls. add ~
n, = Ne. F,{
1lK 70 oreadi1l u tee NsJ q aectdsus has aAn-.
sn, ~ eaa
It cs11en ccnslesnat!on ssaopR nj c!assea shlco
pen y. uld utterly Iasl 70 describe. l. must o.
Box1pK night u gtsz: night a. oar local theatre,
and that Ill psEsa Of taa housa are generailf
crowded 10 1itnea the new Christmas paoto-
tine, Tbls year ~ no execution 70 tue rue,
III. Chuta hhyttg saued al attractive p1osramme,
ttou.s6uA nock, a. n4ahl 10 wtt1ees the per.
of tne poorer classes nsa osea lor weeks SAVING
20 tne,E mope5 70 snjo} nss.e 1es1es 100 - sn.s
ssq1s! .t,l ahox tn that Eeas'y ssaFo Of Il. MN.
ume- Tho ranron1ue wAs a. Rooinson Erusoc,"
and It was Only ihe seoond; night OF II per-
wn1 pruouced, there wAs q n.oderase assenuance
Boxing plight, hokever, haa attractions q IL
esn s1d ts.s1e m q r. Ro1 foooa sas
anxous 10 utspefs the entertainment pfotlaHd
Ter them. Il viii easly oe 9ues sed that tae great
paris ai Ins aouse, Viz tue pls and gallery: AID
i was 10 tho unforlunaso persona whose dair1na-
ton % 10 one Of those pazta tnst sae lsfx1nle
aoout twenty ieet wlae, 1eaataz from Pafk RoR.
H. e e. q IL IL pssss sss
tssIs % y shs1p saf7ins ka31os =: 1sns auslss %
.o on oa 10 les nsaa .a e
feet higher Up. and conacquentiy nearer the road
way. 1tts, of course. 1nposslo!e 70 computs too |
e1tct ntmbef Of peItous LII toe passage, bat 1t Is
st2ted by seyerAl pallceGen who wera uear the
dros ihat nearly loco persons welo endearos1ue to
ga11 aaml.s,9n either - , ne pit Or e. gsilssy.tas
People, IN fac', mad begun to assemble long uma |
beiore the hout named on sne bills for opening The
doers. aud "a early as O'Clock tue passago was
nlied with an eager masH OF per8on3 Nalttng 10 |
c1oVd g1sw deIset. AID The pressure from tue oat-
cloAeF together. slx policemen Here stauoned On |
tee tpot, v ahose ou,J, We pre.uue, wss simply 10
OF eg1ess OF D3body. Al han.past Ino doors |
were opened, ano Inere WAS inu edia'ely rush. |
be Catastrophe inspected nearly i've Years s9o
under aimllar ctrcumstALces at Dundee. Ga the |
"a Of Jatnar.. 1s65, ~ inmense crowd or per. /
eot saa waiting 10 gain admission to sps,ngs-
tholp6s wax Solk EXHIBITION, aud When hall ile !
noor was opeutd tnsre was ru4n forHard- The /
force OF the c1oTd purst away the other hall. and
sens-tweuty losing thelf lives. The de,ailA Of !
laaf nights sad and terrible story are sone 9hat
l. ssee &c 5Sspss 1sy sors s
optuea those ce. Ind pushed forward, needless q
t:e cries Of tnose IN front OF them. An eye-vtt.
Women ard chsldlen were sezeamlsR Tor belp,
AID k1en 14rc1g mea seemed pnHet[ess to ac;
The ude bthiLd Vas too atron9 to be fe3tated.
Thtse behicd called "Forwara!" hut ID vain
those III 1ront called "Back!" Taey might a.
Esl have Sppealed to the wares to stay tne,r pro.
efeta RE mon euiari'J gatherlp8 crowd out
of course, ct Inc Imminent Danger
o. those PACKED 10 tne paseage-pFessed on Ritn !
all thetr Ct eIg5: Ihtrgs IT. this junclure Looked
1eai et ough, when new alarm alo E. Some oae,
desuoas q rtetsa,pinz tae 1mpetauus suvarce oi
those rehind. called out "Firc!" 4 panic
vas the 1esult Men. women. acd children
imr ed1ately made . rautsc effort to
dive bscK those conI1R ID n con,
tcqper &c Of this movement. a xonan ahoa. u oI
yes1s Of age tel ooEp, aud others fel. upon her,
Tue crowd hfg1n to dtay hackEa1d3 alu fcr. |
wa1ds. AID those who wete down were traupled
CFon- TIE Eeprc Dov Eaa mo& te11sble one |
SSttou1s End Hoans rent the stf Cries for as,isf.
Ace we've nnde IA 7atn. People were pasaed down
81 utn pied ut der fo@t, AID wnen IN % do IN It
Eas dsluost Impossible 10 recover their footlcK |