A NEAR THING.
The new Theatre Royal, Christchurch, had a narrow escape from fire on Thursday evening (says a Southern paper). At the conclusion of the performance of “His Highness the Bey,” the Juveniles were arranged on the stage for a. flashlight photograph. While this was being taken a fire broke out in one of the dressingrooms. It was discovered just in time, for the flames were beginning to spread behind the lining of the wall, in which case the conflagration must have become serious. Dense volumes of smoke rolled out inti. the auditorium, but the fire appliances in the building were sufficient to suppress the outbreak. It is estimated that wll cover the damage.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 14 May 1908, Page 18
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115A NEAR THING. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 949, 14 May 1908, Page 18
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