ASBESTOS CURTAINS INEFFECTIVE.
DRABTIO REGULATIONS. - ' (Received January 5, 9.26 a.m.) i> NEW YORK, January 4. The Chicago City authorities have declar- - ed that the usfc of aebestos curtains for cutting off the stage from the auditorium is r inadequate, and the theatres of Chicago t have now been ordered to institute steel > rollep cqrtanis, and also to construct wide - exits', each with a stairway to the street. The use of combustibles and calcium lights j is prohibited, and theatre authorities are ' also ordered to construct skylights over the * stage, fitted with automatic lids t so as to enable the smoke to escape in case of fire. " G}as jets are to be protected with wire netf tings. {Stringent precautions against fires a in theatres have bean taken in other cities. i .. .
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7301, 5 January 1904, Page 3
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