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Show FATAL EXPLOSION Of ; 3 AN ELECTRIC LIGHT NEW YORK. Feb. 28.-a'' Valparaiso. Chile, dispatch to the Herald says that on Monday evening; a fire started In the San Martin vaudeville theater, in Santiago, San-tiago, when the hall was half crowded. A defective electric llht exploded be hind the scenes, spreading- Are to the nearest near-est curtains, and a few momenta later the whole bulldins; was In flames. Four persons are dead and three miss-Irs. miss-Irs. Only Ave were Injured, but many were half-asphyxiated. The fire brigade find a -score of citizens did fine rescue work. ; , |