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Show auce. Had it brokeu out during the progress o a play a panic would have ensued and many lives would have been lost and many persons injured. It was a remarkably rapid lire, just as nil theater fires are. The whole stage was in flames in less than a minute. THE OPERA. HOUSE FIRE, The destruction of the Grand Opera house is a severe blow to the amusement amuse-ment interests of this city. It is hoped that tho owners of tho property will , immediately rebuild, us Salt Lake is certaiuly now in need of a first class opera house. If they decide not to rebuild, re-build, there is a splendid openiug for ' some one to erect an opera house that will be a credit to the city. It will be a paying investment, as Salt Lake is acknowledged ac-knowledged to be one of the best thea-' thea-' ter towns in the United States. It was very fortunate, indeed, that the lire did not occur during a perform-1 |