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Show A FAMOUS THEATRE And a Ilro-idnaj IIIorL t'umiimrd lij Han.ci Mr (.'as Explosion. IRISH HOME RULE CONSIDERED DEFUNCT- LdiiJoj HurilHrd bj the Ki-coicrj of Crutl Treatnunt or Iaraa(. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL WILL SETTLE IN PEACE. rutlrc .Mm Killed br Hie Explosion Explo-sion of a I'tiirJcr Uj Tclcsratoao ttie E1 I A E1V 1IIKK ULAZC llrili Atrun.Tliralr.mid n bol. Ulurk In ll.mrs. Jf .w YoKir, Jan. 2. Shortly after af-ter the cloe of thu perforniauce of "Cleopatra" by the Fanny Daec-rt Daec-rt Company at the Fifth Avenue Theatre tonight, fire was dlccoverwl in that building. It fpreadwilh marvtlouj rapidity and btfore loDg the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Hermann's Her-mann's nen play houte, a dozen other stores and a whole block on Broadway as In flamea. A UltT wind iu blowing, and la ip'.to of . the utmost eflorts of the fire uepart-' uepart-' meut,the build nsreeutioucdabavu were gutted. The Sturlevaut House was threatened, and great excitement excite-ment prevailed. While the Are was at ila height there were six explosions ex-plosions of gas in the Fifth ATenuv Theatre, which blew blailug timbers iu all directions, netting lire to tha adjoining buildings and nearly causing the death of a dozen tiro men. All the property burned belonged to the Giley estate, and the total damage to the Fifth Aveuuo Theatre The-atre is estimated at half a million. I'rofesfor Herrmann lott mott of his property In his new theatre aud the Hocks of tix or eight stores In the block on Hroadway were very badly damaged. When the lire communicated to the Bturtevant House the guu-ls were ipjlckly routed out. They "V-Ulli'ird up their effects aud pre-larcd pre-larcd to depart, but the flrelu the building was extinguished without damage. The loss on the hotel will probably njt cxeeed S3000. The lPh Tr 1Iouse WM a, lnSl , S"rKl7" Theatre had only Avenue Theatre 5-.,rpnif1.rt Ii.t summer. In HirrmiJ?;1 years aeo Uic San Francitr-'rF6 strels Birch, WociLold and Bicin- held forth. The Fifth Avenue Theatre will be n lueinbered by old tiratre as the old Ajollo Hall. Al3.1Sthe fire is ttill burning, but under control. It Is now reported re-ported that fcix fireaieu Io-t their ilves, but this Is uncorroborated. Faunv Davenport's loss w HI be at least 533,000. it Is Impossible to give the others tonight, but the aggregate ag-gregate may reach turecjuirtersof a million. |