Daily globe., 1883-06-17
CASUALTIES.
TERRIBLE DISASTER At Il H4LLTN
SCNDERLANh. ENGLAND,
Nearly Two Hundred Children TrampIed
to Death-The Days Record Of Fatalities
Throughout the World.

throughout the World.
LONDON, June I6.-A terrible calamity
involving the death of 17S children. oc-
Cured in Sunderland, County of Durham,
this evening. From the details received it
appears that an entertainment given in
Victoria hall by conjurer was attended
almost altogether by children, several
thousand being present. The accident oc-
Cured at the close of the entertainment
The body of the hall had been entirely
cleared OF occupants, when some 1900 of
the little ones came rushing down stairs
from the gallery. At the top of the first
Hight OF stairs was a door which orened
only twenty inches, and thus but one child
was permitted to pass through at a
time at this point. While the mass
OF children were pushing forward, one of
them fell and was unable to rise, owing to
the Others crowding. The result was a
great number were pushed down, trampled
on and suffocated. The scene was terrible,
and no effort could stop the mad
fury of the frightened children.
They came on pell-mell, though strange
ly without much shouting, and soon
178 were knocked down and suffocated to
death, by the others trampling upon them.
The greater number of bodies, which were
badly mangled from trampling, laid seven
or eight feet deep. Many of the victims
and others who were not killed had the
clothing torn from their bodies and this
| together with the bleeding bodies of the
unfortunates' shown the terrible nature of
the struggle. The ages of 17S children
| known to have been killed, ranged from
four to fourteen years. The excitement
| in town, when the news of the disaster
spread was terrific. Great crowds rushed
to the scene until 10000 persons sur
| rounded the hall. The feeling was so in
| tense that the authorities ordered out
| sixty eight infantry to preserve order.
The work of getting out the bodies began
Immediately They were laid out in the
halls, the parents of those killed being ad-
mitted to identify the bodies of their
! children. The most heartrending scenes
transpired while the Identification was in
progress. The mothers of dead children
constantly uttered shrieks and many faint
ed on the discovery of bodies.
A DEPOT STRUCK.
CLEVELAND, June 16.-Lightning struck
| the railway station at Lagrange this even
| ing, melted the telegraph lines, and four
men, A. P. Wilcox, William Wilcox, Jas.
Monore and an unknown man from Cleve-
land, who were standing by a window,
were knocked down and made unconscious,
but subsequently recovered.
KILLED RY LIGHTNING.
KANSAS CRY, June 16.-A heavy thun-
der storm visited this vicinity this evening
doing some damage to property in the
city, but not serious. The movements of
the trains were more or less interrupted by |
washouts. James NJ. Darrow, yard mas |
ter of the Hannibal Il st. Joseph. while di- |
recting the making up of trains at the |
union depot, was struck by lightning and |
killed. The deceased was superintendent |
of the Kaw Valley division of the order of |
railway conductors and well known through |
the Missouri valley.
BOSTON OPERA HOUSE BURNED.
Boston, June 16.-Gray's Opera house
is burned. Loss 100000. Ell. Grav.
proprietor OF the Opera house, says every
one IN his part of the building escaped.
There was but little confusion and no one
was hurt. He was in the bar room when
the fire started. There were over a hun
dred in the house, and upon the stage were
twenty-three actors, the most of whom
saved their wardI obes. Gray estimates his
loss at $4,000. G. W. Burnham, who oc-
cupies part of the basement, lost 5000.
At o'clock the fire was under control. A
five story building opposite, occupied by
the American Steam Gauge company, was
saved only by perforated pipes, which
drenched the buildings. The loss
will reach 100000. Occupants who
lose everything are in the basement;
q. w. Bunker, blacksmith, goldsmith
planning &C., first floor, Gray's Opera house
Larnlngwood & Co., and wood working
establishment; second floor, W. o. Tyler
q Go, macAinists; Labotts, locksmith; J. F.
Gum, cold iron worker; E. Pickett,
machinist; third floor, Fred Chase, pat
tern worker, E. Pickett, machinist; fourth
floor, Warner, Barton & Co., machinists,
Moore & DAILY, machinists; Fifth floor,
Oakes Manufacturing company, and a
fancy iron work establishment. The
Workmen IN the building barely escaped,
not saving their tools Some fears are
expressed that alldid not escape. Gray says
all the employees in his theatre got out.
There was stampede in the audience, but
it is not known that any one was hurt or
that any failed to reach the street before
the flames reached the auditorium. The
insurance will not reach $4,000.
Sure Cure fer Rupture.
DR.. G. W. IL. Burnham the great truss ex-
pert of Triumph Truss Co.'S. of New York and