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Show .. ; . JpAIER; LOSS IS- MVY Ccstumcs - and Scenery of Hay, Howard Co. Completely Com-pletely Destroyed; Big: Hctcl Threatened; . DENVER' May 7. The Interior of the " Curtis theater, which had Jnst recently been newly egulpped, waj destroyed by fire that started on the stage at 2:30 o'clock this morning. All the travel- , ing equipment, costumes and scenery of the May Howard Ex'travagansa com- pany, which was showing at the theater, thea-ter, waa burned. The total loss Is estimated esti-mated at 155,000. The fire Is believed to have started from an Improperly Insuiated electrio wire. For a time the fire threatened to spread to the Chicago, hotel where the May Howard company and a number of others are guests. Heroic efforts of the firemen, which was especially directed di-rected toward the hotel, prevented the fire from spreading, however. |