A DISASTER IN OPORTO. A THEATRE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 260, 2 May 1888, Page 3

A DISASTER IN OPORTO. A THEATRE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Tlit* the.-iln" ;il Opoiio, I'oi l.uptl, wns dcstioywl by ln'O on March 201-h. r rhc

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