Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . , Mr. Barrett made his firsthit in New York as Cassius, with Davenport as Brutus, the lamentedWalter Montgomery as Antony, and Mark Smith as Casca. In1870, Mr. Fechters American debut occurred at this house, and in1871 Messrs. Jarrett and Palmer made a really magnificent revivalof Richard III. For the most part, though, they alternated be-twixt The Black Crook, the Lydia Thompson troupe of burles-quers, and Mr. Boucicaults melodramas. The policy of the theaterhas been to follow, and nev
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . , Mr. Barrett made his firsthit in New York as Cassius, with Davenport as Brutus, the lamentedWalter Montgomery as Antony, and Mark Smith as Casca. In1870, Mr. Fechters American debut occurred at this house, and in1871 Messrs. Jarrett and Palmer made a really magnificent revivalof Richard III. For the most part, though, they alternated be-twixt The Black Crook, the Lydia Thompson troupe of burles-quers, and Mr. Boucicaults melodramas. The policy of the theaterhas been to follow, and never to lead — to seize the opportunitypresented by the current popular caprice, and to endeavor to satisfyit in a manner tending to lucrative results ; and this policy has notalways been pushed in a manner that conscientious journalists couldapprove. The production of Black Friday was to have beeneffected at Niblos when it was burned in 1872. The latter piece,it should be distinctly said, and remembered, was not stopped by thefire. It was formally withdrawn — after a forced and unremunera. John E. Hallett. y tnenera- Theories About Fires. tive run of two weeks, including sixteen representations •— and is tobe recorded as an unequivocal failure. The mysterious explosion during the fire at Niblos, of whichI make mention above, recalls the fire of 1835, when buildings,removed some distance from where the fire was burning, suddenlybecame enveloped in flames, and all efforts of the firemen to arresttheir progress were simply fruitless. When they had devouredsomething over $2,000,000 worth of property they were checked;but to fight against the elements is a useless undertaking, and suchinstances occur daily at many of our larger fires in this city andelsewhere. The question why fires at certain times spread so much morerapidly, and are so much more difficult to check than at others,possesses a very high degree of importance and interest. In some cases the difference referred t
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