New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-12
A EUROPEAN DIS1STER.

THE BURNING oF TIE THEATEg At RoUFN
4 correspondent Of The london Times gives the
following account Of the burning Of tho 1htaeT des
Ar-s. at kouen France, on the night Of Apr. %
One is accustomed 10 associate the notion 81 hr' ia
tneater VITA danger 10 the aurfcc hu III Is Csc u
was entirely artists who suffered aud many Of lhen
have their all The doors were Oh the P't cl Delt
opened 40 IN lat TUESDAY evening 10 adlat e!oNu
Ualliug outside when the tre b.0Le cut Iho curtain
being fret sci lblazo from stag Ea3 jet ia ITO WINES
Just behind A. the flames spread WIN amazing i@ll9'
actors were dnsring foJ the performance o. Hamlet,
,rceI ,dgptzIn in I'VE ots ana seven tahlcaus, the
music by AMBROSE Thomas. The 3iin"pA per
formers. whose dressiuSr0Ons were upon icNci
with the stage, or on the first sto :, saved them
selves casy, though the only exit htaiiaO!e was inc
stage door. with mo customary IA t"w ap'"%cht
The real victims were The a4lOItt nate suptls d"d
chorus singers. Who were drcas.Hs above Oh no MIRA
fourth and tth stories hm"Ke .hd name barred lhtH
descent aud they could Only crowd 10 me mo- VII
doWs IN full view " tire troAs wlch was acehihu '"g
IN the street below. They consisted ~ 20 dies o. shc
T4th Regiment " iho Line, io-tthcf wan 40 memoir
The chorus, ana tler carancs AT tAe ISh "idJ"s
ia al thc taWdr.ness Oh atase atli', lci"-ulcEtA am
helpless - they were one can wei iiDgo 20 nave eA
cited cOnaide able Sensation among We ci""d "ei0"
Tncse latter, however, we're fius III rcsoaica. ne
inhabitants Of hous'5 opposite the "a 81 ~" -
brought down thsr mattresses ~ pfOinhl"h IN tU'tI
soon lined with them, AMI the m,aie.Idie' d"1It
there beng nothing else Tor ~ ulopptu gov" iI'nl M"
tremendous LisAt, and ono by one "De helped ~ o!
carried Oif 10 the Hotel Dcu more OF iC5s injured.
hCanW lit the crowd W"i'lhN az 9 LOUIS ~ l"4' -
not been idle EJnen IS town VOL known % ~ 'ai
men, ana they WIZ TcmehOsf o Sr'icltsJn u, =" -
which the seine not iar from the h"tI hhe'
..rre. The ILcA!cf des Ants FORMS TIE ten,er OF q
% building Jt.at CFfN~tc ilAi biihkc, 4tN hih'h
entrance Is IN thc Rue du FONT running IOA liS
b. ideu toward The staOn, ana tHc DINER an slices VI
The square med by TIE tlo.tcr anu tue hotscs' l
p5ly Gales, IN ihe SAINT "loc a. NJ, =, 10y. F'
tue itue COntiie aud tue Rae ties Cia Giles ~"
building It Will tGUs Dc seen IS guile close 30 ne orht
anu the spectators who bad been waiting iOI Ghe'ioh
soon formed ell an, under the direction OF iic IcHt-
authorities ana passcd water 10 the burning buildings
until tie iew nIc win which tie town ID sup
p.iel could DO brought 10 bear
Every one have spoken 10 today deilorcS the az
s,ucc 81 . ire,uapc H. enc couid have becn employed
the OF the building IN assisting The unfortunate
mason Why single life shOGid nave beeh l05l As = a.
az the tac Wii,o people are known 10 "t dead
oss Jan Lerousy injured. Tue rocSi oi The 14fh ke&
rnert tis uIprmug showed hyo iGore soldiers 10 be
meath lie runs, which u vii take come time to reuoVt
1hrre are, u course, some sngaa escapes recorded
colder, aei known a. gyhhasi TOOK hJibs iehp
e,"u ~ , Cor ,rtn5ow and ba, uc Ipaat OF 10
gt on his feet win LDnce bos', set 10 "olk at
ct N Inc pu8.s with W Against ms escape one
NAV 81 te f,ts Of Tie Ie,der 81 the choir IAc poor
(, .lyW struggled 10 an Ul o. Win1o", zen i ana vas
burned ane IA "a. o. tbo crowd below. Three hse,
Stand prominently nom among 10 rest ~ tn" d"a
CONFUSION within and without the tncatet. II. bulchOl
t. nave sustained the leading baritone character o
hGHid, aid 20 MS dIessing-foom hoched many :" mr.
brother ana actresses whom the cry OF NE was
IN 5o Zen, one ~ one hIoigG fre and sinoae &C.
The ,5afe door t,l al wcro sfc,y but one; ths
Hcd,ue TT Us, the second rsure Oh M fuo, a LADY
wno sislli ln, "a suuJ.hAabs part neIsrif, mad
husband ergagtd in some minor capacity HJput te
I. eater. o-e refused 10 leave IL tai sue had found
nm Besgiro NJ Ouulemots eutrc1ics ard colau8ncs
she ran Though turning corridors calling him %.
n1lc and persisted ~ nouuiihS 10 The uTer stories ~
search 81 bus, though some force was used 10 petet
no. A i.st when "a responding voice answered hess
ami size kDoa thai leI husband was IN safely, Ute kuON
edge came too She SANK with yielding EoOr into
tlc must of The flames ana her body Dot Ne been
recovered s!plC. DaliieT, poor dresser aD0lt tho
theater. is my remaining heroine she vas az g'idH',mf
vita the supcfs and there, jaminod ia tMr ccrne- of
small indUN, she observed 10 Dc heIplb nor IcONs
out TO The AR and encouraging them 70 drop AMER ten
nnpu;es OF Gi.is and wnen Ill al her window were dis
posed Of she observed 10 grow iuti buL she nan
strength % grasp rope thrown 10 b.f RON hcishp'
window and rlun0 Der NdloI, she nhut
tAc leap. TAe rope DroAe, she fe on nc aDdtmeht Oi
wall, and was ta.sn up all but dead Her iA~ily are
c her might aud day hut, aOnE with many other
in uries she has suffered conclusion u tho bra am IA
itttie likely 10 recover.