Show A fatal practical joke eleven persons by the stanl SUM 1 pede of a llrena audience about about aboul t two w weeks ago the bl annual fair air awag was being held heid in iia calais and one of the attractions tit the fair was wits an aft italian circus from milan uhe the building in which the circus were wera g given kiven lyen was wa capable of accommodating from i to pei pel persons persona bobs sobs at the lier per forman for mance deon on the ath of february the house filler fill i ea that nearly 1500 had bad 0 11 o be p tu turned ened from the doors that evening an accident which appears to have been betin the result of a praet practical leal ical joke occurred by which eleven persons were killed in a stampede of the audience I 1 the reserved seats beati faced the tho entrance thel class beats seats being in lif the front rows the second class in ill the back and in the gallery gallary during the whole of the performance a number num berof af young workmen in the gallery kept making a noise toward the end of 0 the performance during the representation of the pantomime cje de do cam p agnel ionel this band of young men rose f froin s their seats causi cwg jag those near to ra follow I 1 ov their ek example ample at this this moman moment an unknown person shouted tAu yau au feu causing aada mediate meui ate stampede down the inclined plane piane on either side of the aho circus which served for the entrance abill exit of the second class daes th the perso persons ns who first reach reached edthe the bot bottom t orn of the staircase astl Asti instead of making for the door by which the they thoy y had entered attempted to extra reserved for cases of emerge emergency ricy ilcy this door opening in ward instead of outwards a block immediately ensued people jumping down from the gallery upon those jostling below the police officers used their utmost endeavors to calm the audience many an y kept their seats but others in a p panic burst t open the outer in closure clos cios urea nd jumped into the street others azain again occupying second places broke down the partition dividing them from froni the first and pushed into the front rows thence into the arena and so out through the stable stables sand and the tho stage goor four firemen always on duty at the stables 3 one ne of them a buglar hea boa hearing r the tho first alarm of dire anre and fleeing the people rushing out shouted out fire the watchman at the belfry immediately rang the note of warning alarming the town and garrison the infantry and artillery were hoovan boon soon on the spot Though not needed heeded to extinguish fire they did useful bervice service in conveying the wounded to the de erom from a pe iffie ot bodies around the doors were taken nine corpses twp tap men four boya boys oae onel woman and und two giris girls A guarter quarter ei of an hodr liter lifer another boy died the next morning two wb we were found three sever bever severely beverely gly bly J and 14 slightly wounded d among the victims were a ii father and a little littie girl the father struggling to save the both were ultimately bruised to death the funeral ex benses of the will be borne by the towns of calais and st SLI pierre and he breus albo alao gave a benefit representation fon for forche the alc victims en on the following thur thursday aday london tin xin 3 Tir irlies ir ites fies |