Daily globe., 1883-06-18
CASUALTIES.
TERRIBLE DISASTER At Il R4LLIN
SUNDERLANp, ENGLAND.
Nearly Two Hundred Children TrampIed
to Death-The Days Record Of Fatalities
Throughout the World.


LONDON, June 16.-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 1920 of
the little ones came rushing down stairs
from the gallery. At the top of the first
flight of stairs was 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
~ without much shouting, and soon
178 we're 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
to- 4bn, ho
unfortunates' shown the terrible nature OF
the struggle. The ages of 178 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 ut tered shrieks and many faint
| ed on the discovery of bodies.
DEPOT STRUCK.
CLEVELAND, June 16.-Lightning struck
| the railway station at Lagrange this even
| ing, melted the telegraph lines, and four
| men, A. 2. Wilcox, William Wilcox, Jas.
| Monore and an unknown man from Cleve-
land, who we're standing by window,
were knocked down and made unconscious,
| but subsequently recovered.
KILLED RY LIGHTNING.
KANSAS CITY, 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 g. 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 we'll known through
| the Missouri valley.
BOSTON OPERA HOUSE BURNED.
BOSTON, June 16.-Gray's Opera house
| is burned. Loss 100000. E. H. Cray.
proprietor of the Opera house, says every
one in his part of the building scaped
| 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 wardrobes. Gray estimates his
| loss at $1,000. G. W. Burnham, who oc-
cupies part of the basement, lost $4,000.
| 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;
G. W. Bunker, blacksmith, goldsmith
planning &C., first floor, Gray's Opera house
! Larn1ngwood & Co., and wood working
establishment; second floor, w. o. Tyler
IL Co, machinists; 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.