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Her Majesty's Theatre Fire, Sydney, March 1902 / <br />
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One of the loveliest theatres built in Sydney, it had played Ben Hur, complete with a dangerous, racing treadmill and backdrop for the chariot race, and was then closed for the outbreak of bubonic plague in Sydney. It was rebuilt and re-opened by 1903, only to be demolished about thirty years later for a Woolworths.
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Her Majesty's Theatre Fire, Sydney, March 1902 /

photographer unknown


One of the loveliest theatres built in Sydney, it had played Ben Hur, complete with a dangerous, racing treadmill and backdrop for the chariot race, and was then closed for the outbreak of bubonic plague in Sydney. It was rebuilt and re-opened by 1903, only to be demolished about thirty years later for a Woolworths.

Filename: DISASTERS_NEW_SOUTH_WALES_PD_678.jpg
Source: New South Wales Librairy
Date: 7 Mar 2023
Location: australia
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