Hi Paul.
Is that the theatre complex in Merrillville?
We lived .5 mile from there until 1972 when we moved to Florida (Miami
Herald).
I used to walk to those fields from our house to hunt pheasants.
Rick now in Southern Maryland
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Paul Braun <cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/11/11 23:54 : , Jim Nichols wrote:
> > Paul,
> >
> > Considering the circumstances, these are very good images.
> >
> > Was there much damage to the theatre?
> >
> > Jim Nichols
> > Tullahoma, TN USA
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> >> Sequence shows the progression of the fire up the curtain.
> >>
> >> *http://tinyurl.com/45wxoym*
> >>
> >>
> Surprisingly not much. Fire was limited to the house right curtain, and
> right after those shots the stage sprinklers went off and put out the
> fire. Firemen said they got most of the smoke cleared out that night.
> They were dark on Thursday anyway, so they brought in extra crew to
> clean up. According to the CEO of the theatre who was interviewed on
> the Thursday evening news, they were getting the curtain replaced and
> the stage dried and cleaned in time for "Riverdance" to load in Friday
> morning. As far as I know, Riverdance went on Friday night as planned.
>
> I'm just amazed at how fast the curtain went up. It would appear that
> someone was a little behind in the fire-retardant treatments.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Paul Braun
> Valparaiso, IN
>
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