Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New York Astor Place Opera House
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- Author
- Anonymous
- Title
- Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House on the Night of May 10th, 1849 With the Quarrels of Forrest and Macready Including All the Causes which Led to that Awful Tragedy Wherein an Infuriated Mob was Quelled by the Public Authorities and Military, with its Mournful Termination in the Sudden Death or Mutilation of more than Fifty Citizens, with Full and Authentic Particulars
- Credits
- Produced by Brian Wilsden and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States
- Subject
- Mobs -- New York (State) -- New York
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 61601
- Release Date
- March 11, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ACCOUNT OF THE TERRIFIC AND FATAL RIOT
- 2.CHAPTER FIRST. THE NIGHT OF THE 10TH OF MAY.
- 3.CHAPTER SECOND. FORREST AND MACREADY.
- 4.CHAPTER THIRD. THE QUARREL RECOMMENCED IN AMERICA.
- 5.CHAPTER FOURTH. THE PLOT THICKENS—THE ENGAGEMENT AT THE OPERA. HOUSE—MACREADY DRIVEN FROM THE STAGE.
- 6.CHAPTER FIFTH. THE COMBAT DEEPENS.
- 7.CHAPTER SIXTH. THE SCENES OF THE FATAL NIGHT.
- 8.CHAPTER SEVENTH. THE DAY AFTER THE RIOT—POPULAR EXCITEMENT—CORONER’S INQUEST—LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. — LIST OF THE KILLED. — LIST OF THE WOUNDED.
- 9.CHAPTER NINTH. WHERE LIES THE BLAME?
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