Fire at Covent Garden Theatre.
MADAME MELBA in a NEW ROLE. (Per Press Association.) London, June 9. During the performance of " Faust " at Coven t Garden, the scenery caugbt fire, and a rush immediately took place for the doors. The majority of the audience, however, had sense to remain in their seats. The opera was temporaril3 T stopped, and Madarne Melba appeared in front of tho curtain in her Marguerite costume, and secured the attention of the audience in order to prevent the panic spreading. Her coolness was loudly applauded.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 288, 10 June 1895, Page 2
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