The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-19

/ II that expense DC the victims Whole fortune.
! Among the crowd the bon mot was circulated
| apropos to the destruction of the theatre and
| the name of the manager, that ut was pity It
had not fingered Lingard) little longer"
"From gay to grave, from lively to severe we
pass by an easy transition. Others among the
spectators exchanged congratulations upon the
manner of the destruction, asserting that the
building had always been unsafe, and relating
"Reminiscences of lis early history, when people
were timid about trusting themselves within its
walls coniessing an apprehension always felt OF
the possibility of much greater calamity, one
which would involve the loss of hundreds of
lives.
LOSSES.
The damage occasioned by the fire is as fol-
lows:-No. so Bowery, occupied by Peter Asten
as liquor store, injured by water. No, 1873
Hester street, fancy goods store, occupied by
Mrs. Dormcbael, slightly injured from the
same cause No. 140 same street. three-story
brick building, owned by DR.. Benjamin Ogden,
occupied by Charles Britton as a lodging-house,
was damaged to the amount of $lOO. No. l44,
dwelling-house, rented by Frank .Wydeman,
Spohr and Edward Rost for dwellings, damages
! light. No. 14S, lodging-house kept by Jane
Lynch, also injured By water. From the same
cause the houses Ne. $50 Hester, and No. 60
Elizabeth streets, occupied by Henry Fahren-
hortz, was damaged to the amount Of $500.
| No. Sc Elizabeth street, occupied by Mrs.
Lynch, suffered to the extent of $500 by the
falling walls, and No. sc, q lodging-house, kept
| by Mrs. Farrell, $3.50.
! The houses above mentioned, with the excep-
o ton of & No: 80 Bowery' are the properly OF DR..
mate very close to $4,000, with but very light in
surance. Nos. 53 and 55 Elizabeth street, occu-
! pied respectively by Benjamin Rosenthal and
! Philip Strobel, were damaged by water and the
! upper windows of one of them completely
burned out. No. 81, a brick building, also suf.
| fered, and in No. SO, a frame building, the fol-
| lowing are the insurances:-John Fisher, $500,
| In the Manhattan; David Whilton, $500, in the
| Germana; John B. Meyer, $500, in the Ger
mania; and Frederick Wermen, $500, in the
| 1Itna. The value of the furniture damaged in
this building is about $780, and the building
itself, which belongs to Mr.. Joseph Hldebran1
| is injured to the amount of about $500. The
! lower portion OF NJ 80 Bowery was occupied
! by Messrs. Planer Kaysar, who saved all their
! stock of sewing machines, which were carried
to some stores on the other side of the street.
The biliard-rooms, restaurants, and bar of
| Mr.. Thomas Ward, on the first aud second floors
OF No. 81, we're completely burned out and the
| loss, it is estimated, will reach about $l0000
with no insurance. The theatre, scenery, and
machinery were, the property, of Mr. J. R.
| Whiting, whose loss will reach 100000 only
| lightly insured in several companies. Mr.. Lin
GARD, the essees' loss is about $50, 900, which is
only insured for $4,000 in Baltimore company.
N. 3. Clarke, the stage-manager, loses $4,000,
and no insurance. and Mr.. j. B. Dean, leader of
the orchestra, $3000-not insured making, in
the aggregate, a total loss of very close on
| $50, 600, and thro wing suddenly out of employ
ment upwards of eighty persons who were en-
| gagged in aid around the theatre.
| DESCRIPTION OF THE THEATRE.
The theatre which was built in 1859, occu-
pied thee lots between Canal and Hester streets,
with its front on the Bowery. With the excep.
place of public entertainment IN the city. Its
exterior dimensions were rs feet on the BowerY,
204 feet in depth and 100 feet on Elizabeth
street. The auditorium was divided into pit
| 72 by 80 feet, and seating $500 persons, and
three tiers of boxes, which afforded accommo
dations for 1000 more. The stage was IS feet
deep and 80 WIDE at the proscenium. On either
side OF the proscenium were the scene aud
dressng-rooms, and the stage space was left
perfectly clear for any grand spectacle that
might be presented upon it. The entrance on
the Bowery was through handsome colonnade,
supported by Corlnthian pillars of iron. The
entrance was 25 feet wide The l0bbies were
spacious. In general appearance the house
resembled the old Bowery, and the new one had
many impro Vements
The scenery of the Old Broadway Theatre had
been removed to the New Bowery, and it was
entirely repainted. The decorations were in
white and gold, and the frescoed ceiling, by
| Guidicini, was very handsome. The theatre
| was purchased by Messrs. Fox q Lingard for
Sic, 200, and it was opened for the regular sea-
son on Monday, September 5, 1859, when The
Grunge Girl OF Venice was performed in true
Bowery style, before an audience such as the
east side can always gather on an occasion of
that character. The bhoys were In their glory,
and the juvenile worshippers of the drama en-
joyed their peanuts, boots and peculiar calls
and whistles to the top OF their part. TIE last
piece produced was Grl1iM Gaunt. The pro-
perty was owned by Judge James K. Whiting,
and was leased for several years back exclusively
by j. w. Lingard, a separation having taken
place between the latter and Fox.
Opera Houses, Theatres, and Museums
Burned in the United States,
The following is list of places of amusement de-
stroyed by fire In the United States SINCE the year
1885,
Federal Street Theatre, Boston, February 2, 1898.
! BOWen's Museum, Boston, January
Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia April 20,
1870
Park Theatre, New York, July 4, 1921.
Theatre, Natchez, Miss September s, 1922.
Bowery Theatre, New York, May 2S, 1928.
Lafay ette Theatre, New York, 1929
Richmond Hill Theatre, New York, July 4, 1891
Front Street Theatre, Baltimore, January 8, 1888.
Cooks Theatre. Baltimore. February 2, 1888.
, Mobile Theatre, Mobile, February 6, 1888.
BoweIy Theatre, New YORK, February IS. 1888.
, New Theatre, Charleston. 8. O., April 26 1888.
National Theatre. New York, September % 1889.
? New ~ National Theatre, New York, May % lS4l .o
American Theatre, New Orleans, july %, 1892,
Old American Theatre Cincinnati. Sept % 1912.
state Street Theatre Mobile, November 1S. 1912.
PIoyidence Theatre. Providence: October "a. 1874
! National Theatre. Washington, March 8, 1851
Bowery Theatre, New York, April 25. 1S45.
Sblo,s Theatre, Ne% York, september lS 1S46.
Avon Theatre, Norfolk, Va February IA, 1850.
, Theatre Lafayette, La.I March 49, 1850
Woods Museum, Cincinnati, July 10, 1851.
American Theatre, Sacramento, Cal, 1852.
|, National Theatre Boston, April %, 1852.
! 1854. ' -'"O'-''''' O"'' '"-N'' 80
hinese Museum, Philadelphia, July Is. 1854.
National Theatre, Philadelphia, July 15, 1854.
Placide's Varieties, New Orleans, November q,
vaDnucchi's Museum, New Orleans May 6 1866.
Metropolitan Theatre, San Francisco, Cal, 1857.