Show A Great Theatre Fire i Deervoi 25Tte show was in a large hall over the tavern There were ninety persons in the hall A Bengal light was used and presently fire and sparks from this set Ore to a quantity of straw and greasewood in the adjacentroom On perceiving the flames the showman shouted Fire but the spectators thought the cry was merely a realistic detail of the show and remained seated Cries of fire were soon i raised outside the hall Tho audience audi-ence thinking an affray had arisen iu the street barred with a heavy table the door leading from the hall They did not discover their mistake until the flames burst ina the room Alter the fire was extinguished ex-tinguished fortypeven charred corpses were found near the table including the bodies of the show marl and rife |