Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1888 — Fire at a Bull Fight. [ARTICLE]

Fire at a Bull Fight.

At Ceioya, Mexico, Sunday afternoon, while ahull fight was in progress before a great crowd, fire suddenly broke f;rth from the sunny side of the plaza. A panic ssized upon the vast assemblage, and a frightful spectacle was the result. Sixty eight persons were (badly burred, some of whom will die, and twenty women and children were burned by the flames or tram p'ed to death in the panic. „ The attempt of the friends of Gen. Nelson A. Miles to secure his promotion to Major General over the head of Gen. Alfred N. Terry has stirred up a big excitement in military circles.