A SERIOUS DISASTER. (PER SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.)

North Otago Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 6631, 2 May 1888, Page 3

A SERIOUS DISASTER. (PER SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. )

.A«ppoi»l from iha clv tf Mrxioo, 8»y» the Two liepublics, published the following »dTicen tu>m Otlsya : •• Sunday »fu,r noon (*bo«t 4.48 o'clock), the bull ring of Oeleya was crowded with npeotatoro. Th« oompaiiy of bullfighters from Leon were playing with Ihe flrat bull, when a fire •oddenly broko out on the aidg oj th*. nwphiihcatrß. A paofc seized the üßßcmbinge, aud a frightful pHtaeiroplje wes the result. Tho amphitheatre w«b constructed o( wooden nuafltß, twU, elc, and it wa« duo to lbi« f*Ob that the majority esopod

without Injury, they being «bte to foro* 1 *>n opening to permit mi exit at different oolntn, hut many women and obil<'rpn }t»m»pf] from the >op, « dlitanc of 200f» to 300 ft, and ovor 100 per u on«t wnv ««rlou»ly wounded, Ei«hteen llwe w«r< l"«t;. The inside of the theatre bolng lined with matting on dry hi 'inrler, and tlmrt« being a eliffbt wind blowing, the ampin<hej»tre vrtn In » bIiZA in a law Booindo. NinobonMot, In ooin*> cobbb aooharrod uh to bo almost unr*oogi»i6^b!e, weio tnken from 'horuinw. Nine persons wore •<> hudly bnn>ed t'.af they dlod in n few mlnn^n Six'v-eiivbt peraons worn badly burned, and at toast 10 ' i them will die thin we k Fllty pemona in escaping wore knooUwd down and trampled wpon by th« ptmfo btrolcm throni', ami nre very ieriou«ly hut not fatally Injured, Thu bulls, mad duned by the roaring flames, broke loose from the fliolld, nnd rusliod wildly through the surging moeseii of humanity, fos-lfR »l«ft and kuonldng orer all who Blood In their wny Amongßt the 18 dend were two womtsu who woro fimt cored by bu'fo, and their bodies afterwards burned. The soencK lv tbo neighborhood of the bull ring wore sickening beyond description; women and ohiMren, directed of their olothos, and crazed wldi mfforinijn from thoir Lurn», ran airn'oiaily through th> atrceti, and could nonroply be overtaken or oolleoti'd by frlonda. Sorcrsl pernooi lout their rfinaon from tho d(«roro mont^l nhook ti> irhloh th-y nero iubjt)Ot@d. Th« Gre nan oauiod by an ino«ndiary in O'l»y« Gaol, la nhlel) wero a number of prbonon ondl nrvay desorteri. They hid obtained pnrtniMlou from the authorities trt attend the bull fl«ht. They ware no somp^Dlod by itrong gutrdß of aoldiorg to proT»nt their e«o«pe, but ono dflsortcr jurrfptitlooely itrnok a match and lighted ouo of the dry palm mats. In an Instant tho ounny tide of the ring wai ibh jb». Iv the oonlnsion and exoHenannl the prisoners oueo<teded In making good I heir •soape. The best iooU yof o*!aya wki in attendanoo, and as i was E'.vnr Hundiy, whleh inarku tho return of th? neaiou of eaisty »fur Lent, there wai an unusual numbor of 1 adioi and llttlp children present, and these were s«ffdr»r«. No man lost his life. The helpUos little ohildrfia and their mo'h«>r<, who would not desert their offspring, were the victims of the appaltirg oatastrophe. Oolaya Uin wournln^, aod on er r ry oldo is beard the sound of wailing for loyod o»fi, dead, dying, br auffcrinff. It iv the saddest frsgedy that has ocourrtd in 'he fhr>« o« l>( urift» of tho cifc^'f hln'ory." For tiontinuation of A>mi#, irt vnon i i