Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1901 — GRAND OPERA HOUSE, CINCINNATI, DESTROYED BY FIRE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GRAND OPERA HOUSE, CINCINNATI, DESTROYED BY FIRE.

The Grand opera house at Cincinnati was destroyed by fire Tuesday night. Loss, $400,000. Actor E. H. Sothern quelled a panic in the audience. The Grand opera house is leased by Rainforth & Hamlin. The building belongs to Mrs. Charles P. Taft,

whose the proprietor of the Times-Star. It was bought by her father, the late David Sinton, from the old Catholic institute about thirty years ago for $200,000. Additions were built to it from time to time in later years.