The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-08
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! GLASGOW, No.. IA serious pmic oc-
/ CURED SATURDAY ryruiu. AT the star Thea
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! sixteen people were h.HrN an" lN'.'' 49,
! liOusiT injured The Performance had pro-
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! pit in W>. uL tucrclgOm, met crush
| ing crowd uo,rirL down from fine gallery.
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siiieNS ol "-'"' "''. "'si''''"'7 cries ao'
help could not th'u be answered Ihe
mass % pau,c-,uickcn and struggling
humanity wa, appealed 10 nv officers of the
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| crowd ltahuca'lS pressed toward tAe OUT
! lets, tlampling down and over the weaker
ones, until the street was reached.
When the thratcr was finally cleared
sixteen corp>es We're found oh the stairs
leading from the gallery and twelve per-
sons We're 20 badly injured that they only
gave evidence that life was not extinct by
their piteouS meanings.
| Upon the first alarm being rlng the whole
fire brigade. quickly went t. the reNcUe AMI
with the police, did their utmost to allay the
panic and rescue the dead and dying hut
they were too late 10 be OF much ehectNe
service. Police and citizens lnally succeeded
in forcing their way mo the QUILTING an
then aided all they could to escape T. the
street; but the mass VAS SO NeG&ed that
they were sadly interleied With III their
humane Iabors
The city ambulance corps conveyed the
victims, the wounded and dead. to the In
iirlnary. The wounded were 50 overcome
they We're as helpless As the dead.
1t wa~ learned that the autno! OF the cry
of fire WAS former emplOye OF the theater
who had been dismissed The audience
| numbered about 1000 people. The per-
fomance was chiefly mrSc-..a.l business.
LONDON. Nov, 1.-THE rumor that the
khedive had sent telegram To the Govern
ment announcing the fall Of khartoum ana
the capture of General Gordon has been au-
thOrtatively denied and the denial pub
lished.
LONDON, Nov. 1.-The bronze statue OF
Garfield, executed by Prof. Lenze, OF Muir
emberg, on an order from san Francisco, is
completed, and has been placed on exhibit
ton Vt Hamburg. 1t is of heroic size, the
figure being ten feet high. 1t represents
the late President standing erect, with his
head uncovered, and clothed in ordinary
civilian dress. On the sides Of the pedestal
are the figures representing war trophies
and the American eagle. The front face of
the pedestal bears in large raised letters the
name Garfield The model of the statue
was made by Herr Happersburger, a sculp-
tor now residing in Munich, who is a native
of America. The statue will soon be
shipped to San Francisco
HAVANA, Nov. i.-Porto Rico papers re-
port large waves observed in several parts
of the island during the recent cyclone. In
Areciboo thrty-twO houses inhabited by
poor people We're destroyed. Water entered
the stores, but did little damage.
schooner was east ashore. The cyclone was
felt severely in NueVita>. The city was
inundated in a few hours, causing some
damage Water at the railway station rose
twenty-five ccmtinrters above the passenger
stairs. The telegraph station was struck by