Daily Republican., 1882-10-31
THEATRE BURNED. 3D..
-a@VT;s IBAD BEGIN
b. AlIessTIssulOTiOa OF the
bps-D.n~K THEATRE.

oo,ober 30.--This even
sbortly Ds1TrS oso%ss concerned in the the
Ihs enPlUy nP.o snce. Abbey's PARK
sSs PsttUTr'IMr P.tSsre Mrs. Langtrys, the the
|sus n rnsStV 9 was to make her debut
|Gssy Lils. ls. a,scOvsred to be on nre. Is.
|uga'I GgIa'ains with all its OoSSTn on,s,nsteS At
Euoysd, sNerv sns 1V' CLARK and William
ZOO. hsns'b is1a hands, were driven TO 70
Ilrap, stage sows ~ by the fire, and In
bpppsr y, NlD~sb 'Ssre badly injured: the
ppipg ous S are My is uncertain. II start
sIp q the n.S an,nm box behind 3 phi
800 psInU0sSSrontly in the partition partition !,
sb01, " caused by tho bursting
perhaps the fire spread rapidly
I. beyond control Wn'n H''p Ai
Il .u ,vas caused by the fall
eLS,y,omatlc alarms On the stage
Gt, anu ss.bsrs, NARA Ten minutes clap
Gtnga .Sa arrival Of the tiremen
. DslSlo ss.n tho flames were ws,.IrM UrssI..s uas
Ilp1 rs ! tAs roof and the OO''"'AS ""'
onsd , n.,eouy Of the Albemarle
From % M S1saEs TS away, Mrs. Langtry
Dtel wv o.Souchere viewed the con-
u Mrs .S,.S gratitude for their mar
Fation .. s,tT frOra Z o terrible fate. Mrs.
" ascsRs Rsd dI iust finished packing her
Angtry nS' - yhiCh she was to appear
ial@Uv ,ss @svsnIng and was on the point ,S aea o.
DsaIpSit % the theatre when the nfe
IKE Out, ,..nod;atelv mada ar
", l.rsatS aSSis T. open next Monday 1igh'
lesIsu',d y ISsS~d Opera House with Mrs.
90 !, ClS in IAN Unequal Match"
Ss Hstbsatre was small but elaborate, ate,
" Ih....tsd, The main entrance wal
ss Ss.SWay, through a three'story
,Iiisr' Sr in which we're stores and ON
lpus, a4 n the third floor was the prop
a ..SW W This was an old building
Y Vvr S.r,a itself was built in 1874. l
y s.sSsJ .s'jf rom Twenty. second stree
N sDSVS ~sy to Twenty-6rst street OF
v ..a"sv. .S the Stage entrance being OF
~S second street. 1t had beer
Wy "" t,ssOoed and upholstered II
..!,,,iop v. for Mrs. Langtry's debut
" Ssusry for the play was cost!
v .isSorats. % especially that for tn
VA AT, being painted on satin @n'
.SSsl'ssn6roidered. Sls 1t was all destroy
TSsre had been no rehearsal to
4, Int merely . scene setting 10
n Tsnrtry, AN The FIRE spread so rap
N N that i valuable paintings could no
snmOged from the office.
N. Abbey estimates his loss at owe
lNOc1. and his insurance is $106, ,OOC
v 'SUiIdj1p belonged to the McCom
MA Mr, Abbey was on his way t
SstHsatre when the fire broke out, ,an'
,tOnos fastened to inform Mrl
anrry Of his misfortune. She Is nov
'rSsinE from nervousness and disaT
pdntmeBt. u
NJ Jefferson was to follow Mr.. Flol
MAJ the Grand Opera House on Sat
NAV week next, but Mr.. Ab6e
thoabt that, under the circumstances
n would cancel his dates. Mr.. Flol
.lshd another week to run from Sa
,ri,Jn.xt, but surrendered his righ
j nGrd to tickets sold evsFythin
MBs made satisfactory.
ibe losses are estimated rs follows
|OH. George, mural decorator, who o.
tupled a store under the theatre, $75
|0i. Parsons & SCarlett, occupyin
HE second floor, tailors, $4,000 l
b. Goldsmith, fruit dealer, $40, 0O'
Samuel Dunbar, druggist, $1,000
Building, $4,000.
Shortly before IL o'clock to.nigl
John Lee, aStage carpenter at th
tAsatre, was reported missing, and 1t
thought he persisted in the Aames.