FIRE IN A THEATRE.
, 'SUCCESS .OF''SAIBI^ T BMTiSN.''A3?. 1 DRURtf LANE.'! '\ " , "V .. .. BY IELECEArrt—MEB3 ASSOCIATION—COPTRIOHT. y Londop ri March 25. There was an outbreak of liro at Drury Lane ; Theatre tb-dayf. It . was confined to tho stago,, through .the; safety . curtain, and .much. scenory. -.was,Cdestroyed. ..The daruago' is ' estimated 'at £75,000. • '
■The success of tho safety curtain is interesting, in view of : recent American tr&£gdiss;. such as that at Boyerton, and in.', tlie Iroquois Theatre, at , Chicago, where'sß7 perished. - Drury Lano, opened in IGG3, was rebuilt 1 by Sir Christopher Wren ancT reopened I miltiVl. It was reopened again in'l79l' and '1812.'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 157, 27 March 1908, Page 7
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102FIRE IN A THEATRE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 157, 27 March 1908, Page 7
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