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SCOUT· 26%48m·2025-08-15·History#467 The Brooklyn Theatre Fire: The Forgotten Gilded Age Tragedy
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On the evening of December 5, 1876, the glorious Brooklyn Theatre caught fire, trapping its audience in a nightmare of flame and smoke. The theater sat near Brooklyn City Hall (today's Brooklyn Borough Hall), and the blaze which destroyed it could be seen as far away as Prospect Park. The terrible truth emerged by the…
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