Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-11-30

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Had tsars~d - D~ssh ..a al sets~
N~<tsx
CoHrwHr~ u. Nov sx-rirs br0ke
out IN tho new ueurietta sheAter. cur
ner Spsiar and Froat streets. nc SIS
last evening. and in less than an hour
ami a half thiS elegant play hcu~c. the
a~hittsnd~n hotel and AusiitoFium AMI
Park theater we're in ruins
Felix Norris. IN the Paper Cha~e.
was A. the Henrietta theat~r. and the
c-ss& k=a jsss finished the over
tSrc when the manager. Ait~rt Evans
APPEARED ~ the stage AMI iaforned
the audience that there WAS a small
blaze In the rear e the shester. and
suggested that they leave the baildtng.
A. m flames were 60 se seen AMI the
austlencr was SNAIL. they did - in
order
The members II the company were
dressed for their pars~ and. a. they
we're aSsured the theater was srv-
Prvof. made no effort ~ remove their
~wariroh~s Ina few minut-z the flames
which hrSt appeared ia the large audi
ssTtaa sitiastz the ;Ass.s< asa
which was unfinished. broke oat in the
rear Of the stage. Almcs. Instantly
the ~ hole Pre~eeaium was sblazc. The
msmhsrS u the sompsay fed in their
stage clothes The manager said to
the I nitsG E're>S reporter hat he had
sawed aims~t apthing
high wint Wa blowing from the
west. which tanned the flames ~ that
when the srr department. arrived the
thsascr was dosruse,f. and the Chitt~n-
Acn hotel. a.lebiaiag on the eass was
burning.
man. who was recnvniz~,I a. An
arww Armstrong. a stage hand. and
who worked above the scenery. ap~
pared at a fourth-stary window Of the
theatsr aad erir,i f5g help He was told
usst 80 jump ANAL he wnuId ~ -evei
lie d-h~app~aSe@ frpsn the window and
wa not >rvn again The walls OF an.
thsaser fell in seoa after.
- Gar a. uox known this was the
ouly life h~A The guests 10 Tn. Chit
teusiea hotel had ample rme toe-sap-.
INT few - them savsd any property.
Steadily the sauaes worked away az
the ane hos~i. the Hrv department b--
Ing apparently hslPtr~~ In an hour
after the 6re brskr oct in the Heart
eta the hotel vas fast falling into
ru5n~
IuSt north ef the hotel. On the High
street. frout. >ta.-t the Park th~ater.
GRAY 4 Stephens with their trained
dog AMI ranleS were giving an exhi
hssauu there The curtain vaS sui
aeniv ruux down. and tho audience
Was iufsruu~,t that the hotel adioinlnz
VA On sr~ ~ far was the audience
frum being panicstrickrn that they r~-
fused L. 20 oaE and demands were made
that the performance proceed They
finally weus cut slowly. a half hpur
later this thsatsr. "a hich wa a frame
building. MAS In ruins Here also the
comPtny h~s their properties hut saved
their animals
The iisnrtetta bad Just entered upou
is Ssyssnd ssa~ssa- This th~ater. th.
Auditorium adjoining. aad the Chit
sefsseu hotel were built thrive YEAR
40 b. Heury T. C~hittensIen and we're
o~nsd By him The Henrietta wa
supposed ~ b. hr-proot The Park
th~ater was owned by a stock com
paay. The Ios- on the Henrietta thea
ter ami Auditorium Is about $500. 9aa
that OF the Chitteusten hotel. ~inriusifnS
furnishings and property contained,
about 500. eu0. and the Park theater
sGa.ooa
There were also in The buildings the
Ohio savings bank. the Star shoe store.
Riees drug store and t~sossiuaan's cloth
ing sfSre. The losses on these will az
gre@ate s59e"a
There was insurance on all the baihf-
ings and property harmed. the exact
amount 81 which could not be learned
in The confusion last night
Gov. Nekinley Ivesta at the C~hittenden.
bat both he and Mrs Mckinley are in
the east now. The private property IL
value that the governor had in hi.
apartments was sawed BY Capt. Heis-
teuden. of the regular army. who hap
penct 20 be in the hotel
The fire destroyed the whole square
bounded By High. Spring and Front
streets and the first Building north Of
Spring street IL i not known how
the 6re originated. bat IL was proea-
bis FROM a defective tue in the the
ateF.
/ The engineer q the theatsr. q man
named Thompson i missing. but hi.
dusies kept him in the base ment- IL {.
not likely that he has been burned
The stage 81 the Henrietta was one
Of the largest in the country. and the
sheater wAs elegant and modern in
construction
Julia NARROW opened the house the
frS. week in September. tsVa Stewart
Robson Was billed To play there nsxi
Monday night Me~<r~- Dixon & Tai
bot. less-ss II both theaters. claim that
an actor named Howard. with the Fe-
liz Morris Co. has o been seen since
the EFs. and fear he Is loS.