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Show FIREMAN PREVENTED A THEATER PANIC Erie, Pa., Jan. 2 A tire broke out in the Park Opera House during the performance last night, but owing to the coolness and work of Fireman Abraham A. Ixucha, a panic was averted, and all escaped, liefore the big audience realized it, the bouse naa been almost emptied. There were many narrow escapes and a dozen wo-men wo-men fainted and had to be carried out. Much of tho building was saved from" destruction. Every one of the fifteen hundred seats in tho theater was occupied. Loucha saw smoke coming from the floor of the gallery and sent in a still alarm. lie reached the rear of tho flage beforo the audlenco was advised ad-vised of the danger, and appealed to the actors to continue the act and then he stepped to, the front and called call-ed to tho audience to file out In order, giving them to understand that th lire was in an adjoining structure. No one tried to crowd until smoke began to fill the building. Then a crush began. Tho fire department saved scores from jumping from the third story fire escape by getting ladder up. |