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Norristown, PA Opera House Fire, Feb 1902

Posted January 23rd, 2008 by Linda Horton

Fire at an Opera House.

Special to The Inquirer.

NORRISTOWN, Pa., Feb. 12.---For the third time within a little more than a year fire was discovered in the Grand Opera House at this place shortly after noon to-day. An alarm was hastily sounded and the firemen discovered that a lot of stage furniture kept in the cellar underneath the stage was in flames. Several streams were soon at work and the flames were extinguished.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 13 Feb 1902
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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