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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539590" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Burning of the Exeter Theatre</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas in the year of 1887, which many people will long remember,<br>The burning of the Theatre at Exeter on the 5th of September,<br>Alas! that ever-to-be-remembered and unlucky night,<br>When one hundred and fifty lost their lives, a most agonising sight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The play on this night was called &quot;Romany Rye,&quot;<br>And at act four, scene third, Fire! Fire! was the cry;<br>And all in a moment flames were seen issuing from the stage,<br>Then the women screamed frantically, like wild beasts in a cage. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then a panic ensued, and each one felt dismayed,<br>And from the burning building a rush was made;<br>And soon the theatre was filled with a blinding smoke,<br>So that the people their way out had to grope. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The shrieks of those trying to escape were fearful to hear,<br>Especially the cries of those who had lost their friends most dear;<br>Oh, the scene was most painful in the London Inn Square,<br>To see them wringing their hands and tearing their hair! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And as the flames spread, great havoc they did make,<br>And the poor souls fought heroically in trying to make their escape;<br>Oh, it was horrible to see men and women trying to reach the door!<br>But in many cases death claimed the victory, and their struggles were o'er. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Alas! 'twas pitiful the shrieks of the audience to hear,<br>Especially as the flames to them drew near;<br>Because on every face were depicted despair and woe,<br>And many of them jumped from the windows into the street below. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The crushed and charred bodies were carried into London Hotel yard,<br>And to alleviate their sufferings the doctors tried hard;<br>But, alas! their attendance on many was thrown away,<br>But those that survived were conveyed to Exeter Hospital without delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And all those that had their wounds dressed proceeded home,<br>Accompanied by their friends, and making a loud moan;<br>While the faces and necks of others were sickening to behold,<br>Enough to chill one's blood, and make the heart turn cold. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Alas! words fail to describe the desolation,<br>And in many homes it will cause great lamentation;<br>Because human remains are beyond all identification,<br>Which will cause the relatives of the sufferers to be in great tribulation. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, Heaven! it must have been an awful sight,<br>To see the poor souls struggling hard with all their might,<br>Fighting hard their lives to save,<br>While many in the smoke and burning flame did madly rave! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was the most sickening sight that ever anybody saw,<br>Human remains, beyond recognition, covered with a heap of straw;<br>And here and there a body might be seen, and a maimed hand,<br>Oh, such a sight, that the most hard-hearted person could hardly withstand! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The number of people in the theatre was between seven and eight thousand,<br>But alas! one hundred and fifty by the fire have been found dead;<br>And the most lives were lost on the stairs leading from the gallery,<br>And these were roasted to death, which was sickening to see. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The funerals were conducted at the expense of the local authority,<br>And two hours and more elapsed at the mournful ceremony;<br>And at one grave there were two thousand people, a very great crowd,<br>And most of the men were bareheaded ad weeping aloud. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Alas! many poor children have been bereft of their fathers and mothers,<br>Who will be sorely missed by little sisters and brothers;<br>But, alas! unto them they can ne'er return again,<br>Therefore the poor little innocents must weep for them in vain. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I hope all kind Christian souls will help the friends of the dead,<br>Especially those that have lost the winners of their bread;<br>And if they do, God surely will them bless,<br>Because pure Christianity is to help the widows and orphans in distress. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am very glad to see Henry Irving has sent a hundred pounds,<br>And I hope his brother actors will subscribe their mite all round;<br>And if they do it will add honour to their name,<br>Because whatever is given towards a good cause they will it regain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q>
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