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Show FIRE ON THE STAGE. Electric Wires on Berlin Stage Cause Blaze, Which Is Quickly Pr-tinfjuished Pr-tinfjuished by Piremen. Berlin, Jan. 2. A fire caused by a short-clrcultcd short-clrcultcd electric wlrn started last night in tho cloakroom of-tho n$w Royal, then-, ter, during a performance of "A Midsummer Midsum-mer ."lght'u Dream." A fireman ntutloned at the theater discovered the flames and put them out without .tho uudlonco being alarmed. Tho historic Royal opera-house- Is the only theater In tho city not regarded nu safe. The Chlcngo disaster will probably hasten Its reconstruction, which nan long been considered. |