Widnes Examiner. — 1892-04-30 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

PHILADELPHIA. THI7II9DAT.—A terrible fire broke out in the grand Central Theatre here on Wednesday night, where a spectacular play was being performed involving the use of much inflammable scenery. • The auditorium was fortunately only partially filled with people, but as soon as the flames were perceived, a rush was made for the door. The weaker ones were borne down by the press behind, and the crushing, fighting, and struggling were awful to witness. One, maddened by desire to get free, actually drew a pocket knife and cleared' tway through the crowd by cutting down those' who obstructed him. Several persons were treated at the hospital for wounds thus inflicted. Fully 70 men and boys were injured in the theatro,rnany seriously. Most of them aresuffering from burns on the face. The patients are all being treated in hospital. It is reported that two men and four women connected with the company which was performing at the theatre are missing. Their friends are unable to And them, and it is feared they have Inns their lives. PIII LADELPHIA, THURSDAY (LATSR).—AII efforts to Glscover the whereabouts of missing members of the theatrical company have failed, and it is now considered almost certain that they are buried in the runis thst building. It is also feared that the burns received by five boys and two men among the injured now in hospital, will prove fatal.  The number of rabbits destroyed in New South Wales during the past year is computed at 20 milliona. Cholera is raging at &mares in a very virulent form Out of 189 cases no fewer than 130 have proved fatal hatelliFenee received in Paris that the King of Dakomey has carried off from Whydati five French nuns and four rutsaionaries, of whom three were Alctans and the other an Italian, and is holding thril al hostages, requires confirm at Elizabeth Arnagrong„ wife of a labourer, was on Mon. day committed by the I,lanchester magistrates for trial on a charge ofWilfully inurder;i7g da?gh a ter, grd of twelve months, by drowning the child in tul; , water.  A terrible disaster has occurred on the Western Railway at Bathust, New South Wales, nine persons being killed and twelve injured. Further particulars of the recent disastrous fire at St. Petersburg show that eleven persons lost their lives, seven being charred beyond recognition. A Shipley photographer narnect Richard Simms died in the Saltaire Hospital on Wednesday from a wound on the head, alleged to have been inflicted with a hammer by a reed-maker named George Baker, The Blackburn magistrates on Wednesday committed, for trial at the Manchester Assizes a solicitor, named ! William Shaw, on a charge of consriring with the late • Mr. Whalley, to obtain £1,600 from Messrs. CunliffeS, Brooks, and Co.'s Bank. David John Nichol and Charles Alfred Mowbray, respectively described as editor and publisher of the "Commonweal," were on Wednesday committed to the Central Criminal Court for trial on a charge of having incited certain persons to murder the Home Secretary Mr. Justice Hawkins, and Detective-Inspector Melville. Probate of the will of the late Cardinal Manning has ! been granted, the gross value of the personal estate being £3,257 19s. 10d., and the net value £553 15s. lld„