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- Foy escaped by crawling through a sewer.
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Mar 17, 2003 · The flying ballet went out as I did, rescued through the heroism of the elevator boy, who ran his car up through tips of flame to the scorching flies where they stood awaiting their turn, and brought them down.
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Foy escaped by crawling through a sewer.
As cast members realized the peril they were in, they opened a rear stage door to escape (the ballerina, trapped by her rigging, would not make it out of the theater alive).
Skylights that were meant to open to allow heat to escape in the event of a fire had been sealed shut. When actors and stagehands opened a large stage door to escape, the cold air mixed with the hot air inside the blazing theater and created a massive fireball.
Nov 13, 2009 · Chicago Fire of 1871. During the matinee performance of December 30, while a full house was watching Eddie Foy star in Mr. Bluebeard, 27 of the theater’s 30 exits were locked.
The fire broke out at about 3:15 p.m. while the Iroquois presented a matinee performance of the musical Mr. Blue Beard starring Eddie Foy. A broken arc lamp ignited some muslin curtains, which stage managers were unable to douse; an attempt to lower the safety curtain to contain the fire was unsuccessful.
Apr 23, 2021 · Stage actor and comedian Eddie Foy, the famous Chicago vaudevillian who was the star of the musical “Mr. Blue Beard,” was onstage at the Iroquois Theatre on Dec. 30, 1903, for the matinee...
