Daily Republican., 1881-03-08
Msskers La FLAMES.

| The correspondent OF the L0ndel
Daily Telegraph titus writes fron
Munich Friday, Fso. is, vii! he re
nemberei by me as long as | live.
is the custom of the artists in Municl
to head Annually fests called thu
Kanstler kueipe.' On the occasion o
this festival no ladies we're admitted
and the artists 20 in every conceivable
costume, from tina. Of the Spanish gran
dee to that OF the most hideous looking
beggar. The students belonging tt
the several schools give various enter
tainmsnts. and as there is much drink
to be had and much drank, | need mo-
say that 1t is a very lively affair. Al
about IL P. NJ, just as the feste was a.
its height, (wno vas in the American
Block Hut') heard shouts Of fire and
shrieks for help. There was small
opening into the street from our hut,
and crowd of shriek!ng people came
surging in. We, however, jeined to-
gether and forced them out iAte the
great hall, where a terrible scene CON.
fronted US. Amid a mass Of panic
stricken people, rushing in all direc-
tions, and wildly dsshing through the
crowd, were five or six students COM
plstely enveloped in flames.
One OF the most terribly burned
(Hsrr Kriest, who has since diedl came
shrieking along one mass OF hsme.
and endsavOred' to get into our hut
We succeeded in throwing aim down
Just at the door, and after pouring all
the water we had on him, thres q
blanket over him, and at last extin-
guished the flames. He was so terribly
burned as to be- unreeognizrable. As |
assisted to get him into sitting posture
his flesh seemed to peel of in my hand.
We gave him some whisky, which re-
vivsd him = little, and he was then
carried to the hospital. Altogether
seventeen persons were burned, Of
whom IL of those most seriously ipjur.
ed were at once taken to the hospital.
Up TO the present time (Febraary ",
3 P. NJ. eight are dead, one is expect.
ed TO die and there are three whose re-
covery ia doubtful. What made IT
still more terrible was that most Of
those burned were dressed in an Es.
quimaux costume made Of fax stuck
to skin-tight canvas covering with a
sort OF pitch, which melted with the
flames and stuck the tighter to them.
1t was horrible to ses their frantic ef-
feFts to rid themselves Of their frey
robe, but, Of course, without success.
A curious incident is that the Esqui.
maux b ad painted on their hut words
to the following effect: will be seen
tonight such sight as hes never been
seen beforeI and Is not the aeyel
painted on the wallG' The origin Of
tho fire was in the Esquimaux hut,
where three Of the students were sitting
together in small cave at the back
selling herrings. One of them reached
out to get some money, and put his arm
in the fame OF candle that was stand.
ing on barrel. His coat of Aax was
at once in flames. The cave being SO
small, his companions sould not escape,
and go were at once on FIRE also, They
rushed madly through the hall, and in
that manner communicated the flames
to the others. The greatest praise is
iue to Herr Neidhard (nu3is conduc.
tor), who, as the band were rushing,
away, ordered them to remain and play
4 selection from Carmen which, re-
storing the confidence of the panic
stricken people, prevented q catsstro.
phs the extent of which is dreadful to
The hall was crowded to
zach an extent that it was scarcely pos
ibls for it to have held more, and as
most Of the people knew Of but one
kit, the loss OF life, had the panic con-
inued, must have bsen terrible. To-
lay the whole Of Munich is In state Of
Mourning"
1 shed for the Slaughter H0ISe.
The slaughter house yard, at Second
md TatnalI, ought to have shed over
t, and the soft muddy ground filed up
With ashes. Although the cattle do
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