most disastrous fire occurred in the "City of Rams" on the night of the 2nd inst. A mataiied theatre and various temporary erections dependent or accessory thereto had been erected at Shekke ug, and these attrac-ions lind been the aieans of bringing crowds of people to witness the perfor-manices and cricket fight going on, and the gambling in the vicini: y. A Gre in some way originated in one of these infnnmable structures, and the fawes were hurried along by the wind with great rapidity. The crowd made a stampede for the tier boats anchored near by, and some of these also caught fire. The theatre and all the mat erections were speedily consumed anda number of persons were drowned or burned
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