Ring Theatre Fire

Through the court proceedings following the Ring Theatre fire the public learned, much to its surprise and horror, of the conditions which had existed in that unfortunate theatre located in the midst of the splendid capital of the Austrian Empire. It also learned to what incomprehensible degree all rules of technical science, of common sense and of the simplest performance of duties had been violated. Indeed, the conditions which were brought to light by this sad incident defied all description and necessarily appeared as a mockery upon the advice given by Herr Foelsch, because it was in Vienna where, at a meeting of the Architectural and Engineering Society, he had uttered the same for the first time, and where they aroused the highest and most universal interest.

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