The Archive · 1935

Safer Cinemas in Canton

Capitol Disaster Causes Municipal Action Fron Our Own Comssroxon®

Canton, Apr. 1 takes a tragedy like that of the Capitol "Theatre: to' awaken, sleeping servants, and bullaing Inopece tors have now been through every Inst one of Canton's amusement halls with a view to causing, precautions Tobe taken to" guard. against the endangering of the lives of the pubes"the writer was hiimsel" ino tinema while cotlapaible chairs were Seing brought out ana placed in the Rites, 0 that after the performance these' late comers had to be cleared Gut before occupiers of tegular seats ould leave, "And if a. fire ever Sretls "out, im one popular Wing Hon Maloo "talkie" the alte who sit Upstairs are going to be trapped and tether burn to death or be trampled fo death, as there is but one narrow, tortuous' stairway leading tothe

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