Index Entry | Theatre, in Liverpool, audience panicked by alarm of fire |
Location | Liverpool |
Citation | VGW(HU.772.157 5 Nov 1772:22 (1110) London, August 29. By letters from Liverpool we learn that on Monday night last, when the Theatre Royal was extremely crowded, a sudden alarm of fire was spread among the audience, when, though ill founded (the lamps only having set fire to the oil in the tin pans between the stage and the orchestra) occasioned such a confusion among the spectators, that, to several of them, the most fatal consequences ensued; . . . [7 lines] |
Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu) |
Date | 1772.11.05 |
Publisher | Purdie, Alex., and John Dixon |
City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
Year | 1772 |
Bibliography | B0048583 |