Show VISITED ba IREI finest theater in the city destroyed THE AUDIENCE RETIRED QUIETLY but one e life reported lost the th losses will reach nearly a dililon troupe lose their wardrobes columbus ohio nov 24 about 8 clock this evening as the orchestra was playing the opening overture at the henrietta hennetta theater for the opening play by the felix morris company the mat manager announced that there was a fire in the rear and requested the audience to quietly retire all passed out in order the fire originated in the auditorium the uncompleted portion of the structure and communicated to the tile theater proper within two hours the whole quarter of the block was burned entail ing a 1038 1085 eftim estimated abed from WOO to the buildings are a total los loss estimated at they were owned by 11 II T chittenden who did not carry more than insurance car alio aly hotel chittenden company inse lose in furniture alone dixson dimson talbott talbot t of indianapolis were the lessees of th the e park theatre I 1 in a the same block which also was consumed the loss to dick eon talbott at both theatres is between and the tile loss to the felix morris company is 2000 on wardrobes columbus loses the tile best theatre the best hotel and a number of flourishing business enterprises one man was burned in the henrietta his ills name lias has not vet been learned one hundred guests were in the hotel and they were in wild confusion but the majority of them succeeded in saving saying much of their goods adjutant general howe flowe and other members of the governor s staff saved all of McKinIe ys effects ho lie having apartments at the hotel notwithstanding the tile great excitement cit ement nobody wag was injured Il hanvelt arvett thompson janitor lost his life in the henrietta this was the only fatality fatali tv he ile was trying to lay hose lose to fight the tile fire inside the tile building when he was cut off by the flames |