The Theatre Collapse.
(SPECIAL.) WASHINGTON, June 11. The cries of those buried by the oollapse' of the old Ford's Theatre wer6* most appalling. The three floors fell in rapid succession, and tha dead were horribly mutilated. The cavalry, who were early on the scene, were successful in extricating a number of those- within the building. The cause of the oollapse is attributed to the underworks having been removed for the purpoee of the installation of electricity. A hundred of tbe occupants of the upper floors saved themselves by jumping on to the adjoining roof.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2451, 13 June 1893, Page 2
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94The Theatre Collapse. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2451, 13 June 1893, Page 2
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