FIRE IN A THEATRE.
A COOL AUDIENCE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Gisbornc, Last Night. As a picture performance was about to commence at the Opera House tonight, a fire broke out in the operatingbox, and two programmes of pictures, totalling 13,000 feet of films, were destroyed, while the new projecting machine was somewhat damaged and all fittings of tlie box destroyed. The theatre, which is a fine modern structure, is quite fireproof, and the outbreak, though fierce, was confined to the box. The audience, though aware of the fire, remained calm, and after the fire had been subdued, took the orchestra's playing of the National Anthem as a sienal that the entertainment had been abandoned., and quietly left the building. Thi' damage, which will run into a fairly large, amount, is covered in several offices, but details l of insurances on the total damage are not yet available.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 8 January 1914, Page 8
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147FIRE IN A THEATRE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 8 January 1914, Page 8
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