THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8148, 4 July 1906, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER.

A unique pictorial attraction is an- ■ nounced for Monday and Tuesdiy I nights next, when the well-known en- ■ Wnreneur, Air Edmund Montgomery, I will exhibit at the Theatre Royal I animated pictures of the a*vful catas- ; trophe which devastated ths city of - Pan Francisco. While portions of the > doomed city were being engulphed in fla 'lcs, the lieen photo jrnphsr was ; busily engaged talcing records of the • dire calamity to present them to the ; 1 ut side world, and where the pen failed, . succeeding in cnnrey'ng the appalling : nature of (he dud visitations of earth. , fiuate and fire. Another thrilling ; event,, the recent mighty upheaval of ! Mfc Vesuvius, from which a lava torrent '203 feet wide, swept all before it, I,urging completely several extensively p I"ulatr'l towns will also be graphically d spla; cd In addition to these two tw. stirring _ events, that of Snn Frami-ieo being one of the world's s r oat'ist tragedies, a number of nvscellineous pictures quite new to New Plymouth will a'so be shown. The vis tof this old established company will serve to introduce a brother of the proprietor, who has just arrived from the Old Country, in Mr W. H. Montgomerv For some jears past ho has figured prominently in tho musical world at Home, Among important engagements lie has filled, may be specially mentioned, principal bnritone to D'Oyly Carte Onera Company, the Carl Rosx and Emsebcy's Grand Open Commnies, and lengthy seasons at the Palac* and Terry's Theatres, London.