j Collapse of a Theatre

Manawatu Herald, 13 June 1893, Page 2

j Collapse of a Theatre

, Ford's Theatre in Washington city, now; used as i the offices -of the Pension Department, collapsed. A^thorusand'people'were employed in the building, "and it is sta£ad : that--200 were bumd in the-rtfins. Three hundreds were in the building when it collapsed, but a portion of the floors remained intact, thus enabling many -tit- escape ; while others j uhiped from the windows. The number of killed is estimated to be under 50. The building had been condemned as unsafe, but was preserved from a reaspn of sentiment, it being the scene of the murder of President Lincoln by Willies Booth in April, 1865. ;■__ _/; '• ; The cries r of those buried by the collapse, were most appalling. The three- floors fell in rapid succession, and the 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 collapse is attributed to the underworks having been removed for, the purpose of the installation of electricity, A hundred of the occupants of the upper floor saved themselves by jumping on to on to the adjoining roof. — Press Association. NOT TO KNOW IS NOT TO HAVE but once having used Sun Baking Powder you will neyer be without it, for it is the best in the market, both for purity tmd wieti Reid «v«r?whtr§i