Show FIRE IN A THEATRE Fifty People Perish In a Play Bouso at Canton China San Francieo Nov 74longkong papers pa-pers of Oct 5 received by the Doria give I details of it geat fire in Cantosi at midnight mid-night on the 2nd by which over thisy perSons per-Sons lost their lives It seems a matshed themire had lmeemm built by the river side anti around ahoimt Ito flour boats had been anchorpd While the timeatnical performance was going on fire broke out on one of time boats It spread rapIdly to the inflammable ma lena of the theatre There was a wild rush among the audience and assay boats were capsized Over fifty people were burned or drowned |