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Show Needless Fears. As might have been expected, the terrible tragedy at the Brooklyn theatre the-atre has occasioned some talk in regard to the Salt Lake theatre with reference to its means of speedy egress in case of fire. This talk has called forth a communication on the subject from Manager Harris, in which he clearly shows that such a catastrophe as that at the Brooklyn theatre would be impossible here. Few, if any, theatres in the land can be more readily cleared ol people than this. We happen to he pretty well acquainted with the arrangement arrange-ment and internal structure of the theatre, and know that there need be no apprehension from an audience there being overtaken and injured by fire. Manager Harris makes it plain that an audience filling the house could get out before a fire could make serious headway; and in addition to what he says on the subject we will state that a conflagration like the one in Brooklyn would qc impossible here. Tiic cause of the rapid spreading spread-ing of the flames in Brooklyn was the painted cloth ceilings. In the Salt Lake theatre such things are unknown. un-known. Not only the ceilings of the auditorium, but also of the proscenium proscen-ium are of hard lirno plaster; the fronts of tho circles are also ot the same material, neither wood nor cloth being exposed, except in csbc of the plush upholstery on top. But there is not the slightest danger from a fire starting in tho front. It must originate on the stage, or below, if at all, and there the same caution has been observed as in the frnnt, iu regard to arrangement for the prevention pre-vention of fires. If all theatres in the country were as safe in respect to tin as mat Ol ami ijane, wuu m ue;ny I adohie walls, thick coats of plaster, and numerous and ample means of exit, the frightful horror of Brooklyn, aud the less terrible catastrophe at Sacramento, would be unknown, and people could attend these places of amusement without the slighest cause to apprehend d-iner from falling walls, or galleries, or dreaded fire. |