Show FIRE IN A PLAYHOUSE Volcano Under Audience in Cincinnati Theater Theater PANIC NARROWLY AVERTED Two Thousand People in the Pike OperaHouse i Cincinnati Ohio Leave Building in Good Order but Many Women Faint After Reaching the Street Fire Breaks i Out During First Act of Sag Harbor Har-bor and Before Fame Arc Subdued Sub-dued 75000 Damage I Inflicted Cincinnati 0 March 30The Pike building on Fourth between Vine and Walnut streets In which the Pike operahouse Is located was partially destroyed by lire this afternoon Standing Stand-Ing room had been taken at the matinee mati-nee which was proceeding n the flumes broke out The audience retired re-tired In good order but some women fainted aCter reaching the street PLAY HAD JUST BEGUN There were about 2000 people at the matinee and the performance of sag Harbor by the Pike Stock company with Is Collier and Byron Douglass In the leading role had proceeded only on-ly I ten minutes when the portieres between be-tween the corridors and the north alslo were seen to be ablaze SCC MYSTERIOUS ORIGIN Thefire started from come unknown cause In the basement storeroom ot the Adams Express company and extended ex-tended up through the first floors practically prac-tically under tho auditorium which Is1 Ion I-on the second floor A great volume of smoke Indicated there wasa volcano under the audience but the theater staff and the stage folks succeeded in reassuring the people and all were gotten out safely and with comparative compara-tive quiet I PANIC NARROWLY AVERTED When the people reached the strcot reachp strelt they found the whole Fire department of the city playing on both sides df the building and It retiulred some time for the of ers tof6rce the crowd lan l-an Many were hunting for missing friends and It was difficult to convince Uiq hilt crazed anxious ones that there had not been a holocaust i Au great portion of the > women fled wlth ouL their new Easter hats ndwrapi t and the Individual losses will be considerable con-siderable 7 DAMAGE BY WATER The only thing burned In the theater wasa portiere but the auditorium was badly damaged from water and ltAvii not be used again thfs season Ti > I Pike Stock company was playing1 its closing week of the season here and had previously transferred Its scenery Cor next week at Detroit from the building Mr Hunt however l stlO 000 In scenery that was stored In the lowe part of the building The mem bern of the company saved al their costumes 576000 and baggage Total loss is j |