The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-31
4 nIS.ASrROUA FIRE,

Abbcy's Park Theatre Burned, ToSciI,.
;er with Mrs. LAngtry'. Wardrobe,
| New! YonK, Oct. .30.-Abbey's Park
theatre, at which place Mrs. Langtry was
to have appeared tonight, took fire this
afternoon and was totally destroyed. The
| fire started innhc proscenium in the rear
OF The second tier OF boxes Oh the right OF
the Stage It's believed it was caused by
a gas explosion. The flames spread Will.
great rapidity, caught tho drop curtain aud
drove from the building the stage hands,
who had been setting the stage. They had
previously made II vain effort to put out
the fire with extinguishers, but it is said
they would not work. Henry Clarke, 4
stage hand, was burned in MI cndeavor to
lower the drop curtain. lie jumped from
the window on Broadway from n height Of
20 feet had IL leg broken.
VIM. Door, aged q years, scene painter,
was badly bruised. Both men were taken
to the hospital. ID '''f''' fiNt t'H': ~ l%'"
T. Mrs. 1Antry's costume for IAN UNEQUAL
Match" The play in which ,o.nsh. she was
to Nppear-her first appearance in Amrri.
ca--wcre burned, together with the cos.
tunes ofall tho other members OF the CON.
pany, amt tho very valuable scenery.
Nothing was saved. 7 Loss over 100000.
Mrs. lanetry aud Mrs. Labouchrrc watched
the fire from the balcony OF tho Albelnarlc
Hotel, two blocks away. They were greatly
shocked.i, ti5, ,say'-5'N'r" ,h'psgI /"
', Aolater dlspatrl, says: .4bbcy's Park
Theatre. Broadway aha Twenty-sccond
street, burned this evening, lour hours be.
I fore Mrs. Lapgtry WAS 10 nuke hor debut
before IN American audience. The build.
ing with Il its contents was DESTROYED.
The estimated loss Is $3.50, 900. Scores OF
employees were on tho stage ut tho time Of
Of the fire. All escaped with tho excep.
ton OF Henry Clark and IlNm. 4. Dorai,,
who were driven 10 tho upper windows by
the fire, and in: jumping out were badly
injured. The origin Of the fro Is obscure.
t'started in the prosccnium. box behind
the private boy, apparently in the parti-
ton wall, perhaps tai,seJ ythe BURSTING @
Of Ia gus pipe. The ru.,,or that tho sceng
painter had upset II lamp was no, substan.
tlnkcu. Aue. nv hpleatu lhpluly anu was
beyond control when help arrived. Much
delay was caused by the failure Of the
automatic alarms fon the stage TO work,
AMI tho failure Of the fire est;nguishers. [
Ten minutes elapsed bcipfe lhs arrival
Of tho tlrtmenf and then the flames were
|buratiug through thereof aud the building
was doomed. From the balcony OF tho
Albemarle House, two blocks away, Mrs.
Langsfy, and Mrs. Labouchere viewed The
conilagration. Mrs. Langtry had Just finish
cd ppcsing herwar,lrobe in which shc was
to sPpeaf1n The evening and was in tho
very act OF sending it'lG the ;hea.rc when
tho fire broke out. Abbey's lois, is QUO
!.:@,adrcd thousand dollars. lIe ilnm0.
diately made arrangements 10 open Mon
day night next IN the Smsd Opera, With
Mrs. Lane,ry i'll the. Unequal Ma:sh.P; Y
The theatre was snlal! and deliberately
decorated, THE ,maiA entrance was on
l'roadway through 3 three-s.ory bpil4ipg,
in which were stores and offices, and 6il
the third floor was the property room. The
theatre itself was built only in 1874. It
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