THE OPORTO FIRE.
A FEARFUL PANI
DREADFUL FIGHT FOR LIFE.
KNIVES USED.
TWENTY PERSONS TRAMPLED
TO DEATH.
[press association.]
Lisbon, March 23. Particulars of the fire at the Oporto; Theatre show that the outbreak originated through the explosion of gas in the last act of a piece that was being, performed. The doors from the upper, boxes and gallery became blocked by. the rush of men, who drew their knives* and fought for egress. Some of those, who escaped had their clothes completely torn off, and were covered with wounds. About twenty persons were trampled to death in the stampede. Several were killed by jumping from the windows, and seventy suffocated and calcined bodies were afterwards found in the debris. The actors engaged in the performance esca-ped in their costumes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9011, 26 March 1888, Page 5
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