17th May 2021
Fire destroys a Manchester Theatre ! 1844
The Catastrophic Fire On Tuesday 7th of May 1844, at 6 am, a great fire swept though the Theatre Royal on Fountain Street. Within an hour it had practically destroyed the whole building. Several fire engines speedily arrived on the scene to try and extinguish the fire. Amongst the fire engines that were present were ‘The Neptune‘, ‘The Water Witch‘,...