HOME AND FOREIGN.
[REUTER—COPYRIGHT.] ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 14. A terrible catastrophe has occurred at Berditchev, a town .in Southern Russia, in the Province of Kiev, fi firing a crowded perlormauco all a circus in that town. The fife broke out and spread rapidly, and a general rush from the interior of the circus ensued. The exits were blocked, and many persons were trampled to death in their efforts to escape. It is estimated that fully 800 persons have perished. r lhe scene is described as terrible. Ihe catastrophe has created a great sensation, and is only second, in magnitude to that which at the burning of ; the: Ring jjjlßilre, Vienna, in December, 1881.
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LONDON, Jan. 14. . i-KThelst'Slnei.erecftd to theCmemory df the Prince Imperial has been unveiled by the Prince of Wales at Woolwich. .England has disclosed to the Porte a scheme for Egyptian reform. The King of the Belgians is suffering from gastric fever. One hundred Gambettists have joined the Radical Left, and sixty have joined the Left Centre. Thc remains ! of Gambettn have been ihtcrred.:in the family Vault at Nice. A dynamite cartridge has been thrown into a receiving box in the Limerick Post Office, bnt an explosion was prevented. Carey, a Dublin Conncillbr, has been nrrested fdr the murder of an informer.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 985, 17 January 1883, Page 3
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