The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-02
CRUSH IN A TheATER.
An Alarm OF Fire Causes a Panic and
Ten per.ons are Killed

A frightful panic occurred Saturday
nisht in the Royal thea,er. GatesheAd,
England, resulting IN the loss OF . number
OF lives. oAtsshead is a manufacturing
towa o! sorae sire in Durham
While the play was ia progres, some ono
dropped lighted match from the gallery,
&c, ere 70 soHie Of the theatrical furniture,
exactly what !. not yet saewa; but a, any
rate the sAsh, bia4s communicated TO .
pAr,itloa- \ WOMAN noticed the nr1 and
shriskei that the theater was burning.
Al once, the audieaeo whica had been all
A,teH,ioH 10 the play was aroused and net
eomprehending the enact dAnser made =
sadaea and simultaneous rush 10 escape.
Every aisls became packed aud the aud
ienee which was numerous enough 70 have
made exit slow aai dinicull had ihers
beeE no panic, became one p4atiEs, strgr
e.ins mass Of euf,lns iEsa aud sryins. half
sufOea'el women ani chl.drvE.
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aud mIl, showed no pity for The weaker
sen- liza woman or ehllt tel heneaia the
strata, she or I. wAs =, onee crushed under
raa shed heels. Mea climbed over each
other. heads ald s0gsat 10 tread over The
slnIruin- nlas, OF humanity 20 safety,
wonea pleaded for their little ones. hold
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could reach. aad the babe, with the
breath belas squeezed cat Of them were
saved In several lasi4uees b. be!H. grasp
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thea with one arm above the crowd Dowa
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