02670cam a22003253u 4500 77474 UtSlPG 20260610134808.0 m cr n 260607r20251882utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG de iso639-1 DB TH Adam, L. Die Wiener Schreckensnacht vom 8. December 1881 Die Wiener Schreckensnacht vom 8. Dezember 1881 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-12-16 Richard Illner, Alpo Tiilikka and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by The Austrian National Library) "Die Wiener Schreckensnacht vom 8. December 1881" by L. Adam is an illustrated memorial booklet written in the late 19th century. It documents the Vienna Ringtheater fire, narrating the sudden outbreak during a performance, the ensuing chaos, the mix of failed and brave rescue efforts, and the somber civic response, with proceeds dedicated to widows and orphans. The opening of the booklet moves from editorial notes and a dedication into a vivid, hour-by-hour chronicle of the day: routine preparations at the Ringtheater, eager crowds, then a sudden blaze erupting from the stage, a blackout, panic, and a deadly crush on the dark stairways. Initial official assurances that “everyone escaped” are contradicted by eyewitness pleas and, later, by grim discoveries of stacked bodies in the galleries and stairwells, detailed in the rescue account of Graf Lamezan. Scenes of desperate balcony jumps into a rescue cloth, too-short ladders, and harrowing images of burned and asphyxiated victims are interwoven with testimonies from survivors and a performer describing likely causes (ignited scenery or gas flare). The section closes with the transport of the dead to the police courtyard and hospital, the city’s stunned public, frantic searches for missing loved ones, and immediate political and municipal reactions, including calls for stricter theater safety and outrage over unlit emergency lamps. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Wien: Aux Trois François, 1882 Ringtheater (Vienna, Austria) -- Fire, 1881 https://digital.onb.ac.at/OnbViewer/viewer.faces?doc=ABO_%2BZ29968270X https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77474 118194 118194