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    The Brooklyn Theatre fire was a catastrophic theatre fire that broke out on the evening of December 5, 1876, in the city of Brooklyn (now a borough of...
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  • the Brooklyn Theatre fire of December 5, 1876, theatre staff were reluctant to cause a panic by shouting fire and instead pretended that the fire was...
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    The Iroquois Theatre fire was a catastrophic building fire in Chicago, Illinois, that broke out on December 30, 1903, during a performance attended by...
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    surrounding the 1876 Brooklyn Theatre fire that killed hundreds of people". Daily News. Retrieved May 3, 2020. "Hundreds die in Brooklyn theater fire". History....
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    The Park Theatre was a playhouse in Brooklyn, New York City, located on 381–383 Fulton Street. Built in 1860 and opened in 1863, the Park Theatre was the...
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  • antecedents in the Brooklyn Theatre fire to the then-recent Iroquois Theatre fire, the 1881 Vienna Ringtheater fire and the 1887 Exeter Theatre Fire: stages crowded...
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  • Century. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8600-3. "BROOKLYN THEATRE FIRE". Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved October...
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    residential neighborhood in the central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Prospect Park on the east and northeast, Park Slope at...
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    York City borough of Brooklyn, located between Sheepshead Bay to the west and Marine Park to the east. The area is served by Brooklyn Community Board 15...
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  • The Gallery' "Special Report of the Fire Marshall" in Papers Relating to the Burning Down of the Brooklyn Theatre British House of Commons London: 1877...
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  • Keizai Shinbun), is first issued in Tokyo, Japan. December 5 – The Brooklyn Theatre fire kills at least 278, possibly more than 300. December 6 – The first...
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    'Homicide: Life on the Street' and 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' Dead at 61". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 13, 2023. "Theatre/John Simon As Who Likes It? "Measure...
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  • the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused...
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    constructed to prevent crowd crushes, such as happened in the 1876 Brooklyn Theatre fire, where hundreds had died. The entrance lobby is a nearly square...
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    of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to...
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  • known as Gladys Smith, as Freckles) "Theatres and Places of Amusement". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1904. p. 10. Frank Moore...
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    building remained the home of the Brooklyn Institute until it was destroyed by fire in 1890. The non-profit Brooklyn Lyceum organization was formed on...
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    List of battles with most United States military fatalities List of hotel fires in the United States List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the...
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  • Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities (1992) is a one-person play by Anna Deavere Smith, an African-American playwright, author...
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  • and fire hose on each floor, and an "annunciator" fire alarm. A new Southern Hotel was built on the same location beginning in 1880. Brooklyn Theatre fire...
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    Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn in New York City. The neighborhood is generally bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest;...
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  • Strand Theatre, Brockton, Massachusetts, site of a fire that killed 13 firefighters in 1941 Strand Theatre (Boston), a restored vaudeville house located in...
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    Hook is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City, United States, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. It is located on a peninsula projecting...
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    It was also the play being performed during the December 1876 Brooklyn Theatre fire that killed at least 278 people. The play was revived on Broadway...
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    Gates McFadden (category American musical theatre actresses)
    choreographer, Johnny on the Spot, Brooklyn Academy of Music Theatre Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, 1980. (As Cheryl McFadden) Choreographer...
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    Gables Theatre at a converted American Legion building in 1976. It was an arthouse theater that operated until 2017; the building was destroyed by a fire in...
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    Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick...
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    York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded on the north by the Bay Ridge Branch tracks just above Avenue I and by the Brooklyn College campus of the...
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    is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by the neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens, to the northeast;...
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    circus theatre and creative event space in East Williamsburg Brooklyn called the House of Yes, hosting aerial classes, creative events and circus theatre. The...
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