ITALY.
The Pope has ordered a strict enquiry into the sacriligious traffic of spurious ielics. The entire osteological specimens, purporting to be the remains of the early Christian martyrs, freshly dug trom the catacombs of Rome, have been shipped to America.
The Opera House at Nice was .destroyed by fire on the night of the *23rd. A gas explosion was the cause. The fire commenced soon after the curtain had risen for the performance of " Lucia." The tenor De Villiers, the basso Milleri, the baritone Carbone, and a number of chorus singers were burned. Mdle. Donadio, the prima donna, made her way out in safety. Sttakosch, the Jmpressario, was injured. The victims number over one hundred.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3073, 3 May 1881, Page 3
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