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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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List of accidents and disasters by death toll (redirect from List of building or structure fires by death toll)
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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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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Andre Braugher (section Theatre)
'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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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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The Grand Opera House was a theatre in Brooklyn, New York that was in operation from 1881 through 1920. The theatre was demolished in 1924 along with...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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mixed-use multi-building residential and commercial complex in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. City Point is, by square footage, the largest mixed-use...
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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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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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Milwaukee Fire" (Laws G15) 3256. "Hip Hip Mr. Carpenter" 3257. "The Three Drowned Sisters" (Laws G23) 3258. "The Two Orphans", "The Brooklyn Theatre Fire" (Laws...
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