The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1882-12-28
LON DOM FIRE \ GREAT
ONE.
4 Eoss OF Three Million Pounds
Inflicted by he t'onfiasration
oi Thursday Night.
Sight Persons En.Iu ed, une Fatally
'Ehe Floods on aRRe Continent
British Cabinet Talk


Is 'ghe Floods on the Continent
i, British Cabinet Talk.
: LONDON, Dec. S-rhe fire which brok
Il ont last night il The premises of Foster
ii Porter < Co., Wholesale hosiery, Woot
{ street, Was the greatest which has Occurr
n 81 since the great Toolev street fire. Iht
2 loss is estimated at t3,0O0, 600 The whole
: block bctN cen London Wall, Phillip Lame
4 Audlt stiett and Wood street, except the
t warehouses on the corner Of London Wal
I fave been ,ic>lrOyed. The fire is not snb-
iutu and tine remainder OF the block is still
IA danger. il il believed eight persons
az" injured, some seriously. Foster, Por-
ter & Go. IEtd Il tnrk OF >l> goods alone
estimated 10 bt, WortI 5000 900 Tie sal
wage corps succeeded IN saving a large
am ,Ent OF goods. The walls OF the ware
Il al hHl.,.d o" Wood s. rect Hni Phillip
Lane fell tnln IioodNuy vitH Il tIuSI.
Ike thunder, filling H." streets win burn
ing debris.
10 ;t. m.-Al ths hour the engines are
still pouring immense quantities OF water
Oh the ruins and The fire il under control.
| The burnt area j. over TWO acres. One
fireman was killed by falling Wal,s.
Latte to-:1giIi III" ruins are still smou-
'terin@ and streams from twenty hydrants
are p,urng upon them. One thousand
and eight hundred persons are thrown out
&, employment.
BURNING OF THE ALEXANDRIA HEATRE.
London special gives the following
additional particulars Of the fire in Lon
don: The A'hambra Theatre Royal was
destroyed by fire Tonight Very fortu-
nately The fire did not break out until the
audience had quilted the place, a.,l those
who were the last to leave Will probably |
lot learn Oi t,leir nHrruW escape from a |
holribl" fate until they read the papers 70
morrow. The performance was finished |
precisely iii II o'rork and Within fifteen
minutes alter the doors had been closed
flames were discovered iii the saloon OF
tne theatre The fire spread with light
ning-tike rapidiEr, and before the employ
erS oi JIIe i.lrattt realized the Sitllation.
the ettirr Interior of The immense stlIlc-
iure vas ! til:t>- Il fumes. | }yls inpos-
sIhle save nf'priing 5osn tf4H bulnin.
lna Hi tile effects Of tile per-
formers aaI musicians We're ,lestroyeu as
We'll is The valuable contents OF the mama
- ,,.4T5 D
able, by the moss strenuos cxertiOns, to
contlIe the fire to the theatre and the
building next TO it, which was gutted
'ihe theatre building is Il total wreck The
rapidity with which lie flames spread may
be inferred from the fact that within half
III hour after the audience left tile large
dome fell Iii with Il crash. After the dome
fell in the tame> shot high into the air,
the scene for blocks around
with appalling grandeur. The cause of
tie fire is unknown. It is believed that
no lives were lost, though the fact cannot t
be established, perhaps, until to morrow
The AlhalnDr Royal was situated i'll
Leicester square, and was one Of the finest
and largest, is we'll as one Of the most DOp-
uiar theatres in London LIS seating ca;
pacity was about 5000. The popularity !
Of the theatre was due to the character of !
the attractions and the cheap prices, 1000 :
seats being sold ut 6d, 1000 at Is, and (
900 at Is. The performance which had ,
Just closed was the opera 1.-The Merry +
Nar. which was produced with very !
eff els a,:d large ballet Among ;
he people OF the company We're Nine.
Constance e Loseby, Jesse Maylami, Mile. ,
l.ory S'i'j"l, ADD Mine. Am al, Messrs j
H. Waj~t'an, Allan Tf4onlaS, and Nj Al !
oert I-etev:e. Among the danset,ses were +
u lies. De Labruvere and Marie Ealaiu +
Ihlee hundred persons are thrown out OF j
employment by the fire. The escape Of
he audience is considered provid entail, i,
or had the tire broken out half am hour ,
earlier the loss u life would have been !
rightful +
IRELAND. :,