, 1881-12-11
confiscation Of the Edition OF the
= Principal journal for Its
Comments.
0no Train in q London Railway
Tunnel Runs OFF the
Track.
Tires Other Trains Poance upon It, Kill;
ing Eight and Wounding Sixty
People.
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40 lsETTE1: NEWS.


40 HETrEl: NEWS.
Spreia1 Gable.
p, VIENNA, Dec. 10.--Thc HeralTs special says:
List night tclceraphed you thar the number
Of victims at tho Ring Theatre would be found
10 oamount to 1000.
i Somc papers this afternoon admit that the list
OF missing will reach 800
1 AM ONLY AFRAID
that my statement OF last night will prove in
exact, and that the loss Of life will be even
more than this
TT Is GRADUALLY DAwNlSG j..
upon those who witnessed the beginning Of the
fire that only 4 very few persons were seen to
emerge from tho building. There was sudden
rush OF people into the lobby, lasting scarcely
minute.
PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA OF TIE EXACT
CATASTROPHE ~
until tho people themselves reported the
absence Of friends and relatives next morn
ing.
Death came SO quickly TINT only few at
most of tho second gallery escaped, while
from the fourth gallery, where it was com
putcd there we're COO people, only one or two
hundred effected their escape.
a YOUNG MAN
thus tells the story of his escape: "Thursday
afternoon met my sister at the station. She
was returning home Irom Venice greeted
her with the words: Il have surprise for
you" have two seats for tho Hing
Thcntre.' At half-past We took
OUR seats In the first row Of the third gallery.
When the fire came out through tho curtain
felt at the same time fearful heat in ms face.
Mysistcr leaned her head on my breast sobbins,
Moritz, we must die now Quick Us thought
eraspcd her, trembling as she was in every
limb, and dragged her with me. In spite of the
smoke VIC reached the cscape~stairs, but VIC
we're there almost alone"
GRADUALLY THE APPALLING FACT
must have become known that ut least three
tour.hs OF the theatre was full when tna ca
tastrophc happened. Those that could escape
from the galleries persisted in the passages, and
On the narrow srairways which, by reason Of
ONE MAN ALONE
in the entire thea:re doing his duty. and turn
ing OIL the gas, were left in the blackest dark
ness 1t was now ascertaincd TINT this man was
the only one who stuck to his post, yet ho cut
OF the escape Of many scores.
THE slANAGEM:Nr
Of the thoatre WIS crimina1Iy negligent. It is
now known TINT the ire ORIGINATED with tho
gus which lighted the sky borders. The gas
having presumably been turned on before the
electric current was freed to light it, the border
caught fire. A workman, instead Of lowering,
hoisted it higher, and the flames ut once began
to spread
TIE ENGINEERS
say that had 8 good fireman been at his post, no
harm could have resulted.
TIE F1REMES
at ibis thentre are not regular firemen, but SIM
Ply ordinary workmcu, who are also required to
assist as scene-shiftcrs, etc These men ran
away, one saytng he would get the t1re-alarm
telegraph, another that he would let on the
Water at the plugs, Of which six were in the
Lies. fed BY large reservoir on the roof Of the
theatrr.
THESE MEN NEyER RETURNED.
Ihe man who should have let down the wire
"orkmcn fed without giving the audience the
ehshfest warning. In oue gallery was the
fo'ice-scsgcanr, whose duty 1t is every night to
a1tend and SEQ that there are oil lamps In the
passages~ There were large doors In every gal
4ess which we're to be opened in case Of Tire.
:: WHEN TIE KEY WAS APPLIED
% one Of these it broke from disuse and rust
oae other escape~noor only was burst open. All
1ae Doors Of the galleries opened inward, aud
"nea one vas broken down by pres sure the
foremost persons fell md were tranpied to
eea'h By those following, and few passed over
ILLS human barricadc.
Sot 4 SINGLE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE
4or the safety Of tho audience had been taken.
eueo appears to have been tho conduct Of the
e"ploses Of the theatre, who were under no sort
" eontro! or discipline. Unfortunately, it has
taken
%%.-H SUCH 4 sORH0wFCL SACRIFICE
.oortne tho fact home to the Vionnese, and OF
a7 rest OF Europe and the world, that only stern
discipline will suffice to insure the
sate!g o. the thousands who trust their lives !
.nkot after night to the hnnds OF theatre
ulrectorB -"~ =
H.. TIE CURIOUS FACT
published today that Immediately after the
Ae theatre fire high officials said that such
: "'ns could not happen in Vienna, for the the
~ ponce IS quite beyond praise" The fact |
1ppeass to be that the Police Colnmissary sent |
hight to the Ring Theatre had
eeuefaAy good time, receiving tickets