![]() | Canonsburg, PA: Morgan Opera House |
Country: United States of America State: Pennsylvania City: Canonsburg Location: 2 E Pike Street / N Central Avenue Built 1891 as a commercial building with a third-floor theatre. Ca. 500 seats. 1902 rebuilding and auditorium extension by a balcony on the fourth floor (total capacity: 884 seats). Site of a disastrous panic after a false shout of "fire" on 26 Aug 1911, leading to 26 deaths. Subsequently closed and converted into apartments. Links: CinemaTreasures, Wikipedia: Disaster, Wikidata: Morgan Opera House |
![]() Publisher: ?; 17225 Type: Divided Back Size: Classic Sent: from Pennsylvania to Sebring OH, 1915 |
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