Project Gutenberg 2011-09-12 Public domain in the USA. 96 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre A thrilling personal experience! Brooklyn's horror. Wholesale holocaust at the Brooklyn, New York, Theatre, on the night of December 5th, 1876 Produced by Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre" by Anonymous is a historical account written in the late 19th century, specifically recounting one of the most tragic theater fires in American history. The text describes the catastrophic event that occurred on December 5th, 1876, which resulted in the loss of over three hundred lives, detailing the circumstances, chaos, and various harrowing experiences of those involved. The narrative serves to memorialize the victims, such as the actors and audience members, while capturing the overwhelming sense of horror and tragedy that surrounded the incident. At the start of the account, the author outlines the setting of the Brooklyn Theatre on the night of the fire as a bustling venue filled with an eager audience gathered to watch a performance of "The Two Orphans." As the play commenced, an unnoticed fire broke out, leading to a panic-stricken rush for survival as the flames engulfed the building. The narrative vividly details the horror of the situation as the audience struggles for safety, highlighting the bravery of some individuals, including actors and attendees, in their desperate attempts to rescue others while also shedding light on the chaotic aftermath with accounts of the fire's devastating effects and the grim task of identifying the victims among the wreckage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37391/37391-h/images/cover.jpg en Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- History Brooklyn Theater (New York, N.Y.) -- History Theaters -- Fires and fire prevention -- New York (State) -- New York F106 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 148750 148760 2024-09-15T16:33:20.423931 2023-09-16T09:40:03.989849 text/html text/html 148208 2011-09-12T06:49:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 569656 2011-09-12T06:49:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 576861 2024-09-15T16:33:23.881957 application/epub+zip 577354 2024-09-15T16:33:21.097954 application/epub+zip 122893 2024-09-15T16:33:20.741926 application/epub+zip 638546 2024-09-15T16:33:26.222910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 624780 2024-09-15T16:33:23.520960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 171490 2022-09-17T07:19:11.505156 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132029 131855 2024-09-15T16:33:20.092971 2023-09-16T09:40:03.701791 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 132015 2011-09-12T06:49:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 50359 2011-09-12T06:49:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 132012 2011-09-12T06:49:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50328 2011-09-12T06:49:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20863 2024-09-15T16:33:26.364933 application/rdf+xml 30337 2024-09-15T16:33:20.824943 image/jpeg 3965 2024-09-15T16:33:20.785927 image/jpeg 570360 2024-09-15T16:33:20.454977 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown