New Britain herald., 1921-11-28
ucnhcr of The t,,orlptcd Press
Memher Anllt rnrann ot Cl-cnlntIon.
TUE TRiGfsnN

Tho ncrs cr tro day brings inc awful details of 'he tragedy resulting from tho burning of thc Tialto thoo- ter, New Haven. Death for somc. in- jury for manv and a horror beyond description to aD who crowded into the thoatcr--lo alJ Nc7v Haven.
 Tn telling of tro cauar of tho fire the manager of tho tAcatcr says i9- cidoatalry aorordmg to reports: "Tho place was packed to inc back waII" May sncA a thing hn allowed?
 There arcrl ho no dwelling upon the terrible aspects os the catastrophe here. They are frankly told in other columns and the mere unadorued ac- count ii enough to bring gasp of awe sbudIcr to those who read.
 But suc1 am cyont canuot pass un- noticod whatever there is to be learned concerning the cause Of the fire, the reason wlry the crowd could not gct out Of the theator more quickly or any other pertinent facts should be ascort1incd. This, in order that anyone eni'ty of laXity may bo punished and in order that future prccaution may be com pelIed
 TO us shculi come the realization of the crimjoals negligence sometimes shown by thos- in charge of pubic gathering places.
 To Us should come the raalization of the necessity of advocating and urgtng to adoption and enforcement any measures that will tend to make a repetition of such disaster inpos- aihle here.
 Many have been the fires in thea ters and in other public places. h. vestieations have done little to pre- vent other cataatrophoa of the same nature. The doors have been locked after the horse was stolen
 Loci. the doors now, as far as pos sible, and what is more, see that they are kept locked.
 The authorities of this city should see that the ordinances governing such places are enforced to the letter Of the law They should make invcs- tigation now. If our laws and ogli- nances are not strict enough, they should be frightened up.
 And all this should be attended to at once.
 In fairness to the owners of picture houses this move should be as inn partial as it is humanly possible to make it. The awful fire in New Hascn should no, cast it's terrible shadow across the honest business of our mo- ton picture men in this city unless it is found that some of them are diaobcyirg the jaws laid down for them. They themselves will undoubt- edly be the first to recognize the necessity of strict enforcement of the laws already provided. In this fire there is a lesson for us; u lesson for them, We should uac our influences to see that tlu mau who represents ua in the Common Council is fully alive to the ever present danger where laws or ordinances arn not enforced. The picture m.u ahould bc doubly sure that patrons Of their thcttyr arc safe rtos any rarh danger aa far aa t is possible to make t1cn safe.
 With fall appreciation of the trag- edy, with @rinr tor tao momuors and fer the injured. uo opo should be panic atrtrNru Railroad wrccha are numerous; disaster at a"a is frcul,ot fires are of almost common occur renee
 Considering tboa. tain~s, never for getting tho ras.on 10 be Ioarnrd pro- pie should remain clIm and ahoulI not ruin th, business ol operators of motion picture houses which are safe and should not raa.ia at home be- cause of tlo horror ol yesterday.
 6ut coaet.a W.'rn uhouId be muat.iaeI taa, u,.r will arlac no sach coaauoa aa u-. Nuicu uaed tAC iut.at, j-}t.u horror.