Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-03-11 | Page 2 | Applause Saves Her

APPLAUSE SAVES HER Mme Nordica Has Narrow Escape From Serious In Injury Injury Injury In- In jury on Stage New York Mardi March 10 During During thi afternoons afternoon's performance pei of or II 11 Trovatore at nt the Metropolitan op opera ru rL house Mme Mine Nordica and M. M C Cum Cum- sin sin- had 1111 a very row narrow canape- canape from what might o have been a fatal ac ac- As it was vas a scene scone shifter was badly hurt The fourth act In which Is II the tho tower scene had hal been run rung Hll and anil l the cur cur- lain tain Including the damask drop In tn I Ithe front of or which the singers appear appeal forthe for forthe the n recalls i had been lower lowered M. M r. r and Mine Ime Nordica hu hud bud al already nl- nl ready read appeared HII in response to lh curtain nil call und anti retired Into the wings whips f when a heavy piece of scenery C fell from the Illes IlIc glat grazed Mule Mme NordIca's arm atm struck M. M 1 ie and antI Ir- Ir il ll a scalp wound on Max lax Wolfe a a. scene shifter Turns to 14 Jiu Ild tige It-tige Applause Had it Jl not been for fr the lie fact that Mint Nordica had turned and all stepped again toward the to 10 acknowledge the lie applause of or ortho the tho house silo she would havo boon beon strud struck by hy the tw scenery and anti perhaps fatally In In- In j As Js It was she he Watt WJ-M very much unnerved but hut was able Jo 10 appear appear- in Iii tho ho last Ja-at act This I Is the tile sec second time during HIP tH present season Hint that Mme Male Nordica ha been in danger langer During the afternoon 1 performances of or lUng lUng- C Cycle cJ at nl Christ Christ- mo there was wa a R slight lIght blaze caused h by 13 one of or the funeral torches In the tho closing lo in scene of or DI Die Ir lung The prIma donna promptly extinguished the lie blaze and continued her performance of without without with with- out Interruption interi although her robe rube heen een slightly burned S tt I 4 f