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Herbert Dillea

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Herbert Dillon*

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Theatre Staff

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Iroquois Theatre

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Orchestra

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"Herbert Dillon, musical director, at the height of the panic broke through the stage door from the orchestra side, hastily cleared away obstructions with an ax, and assisted in the escape of about eighty chorus girls who occupied ten dressing rooms under the stage." (McCurdy, page 81)

CITATION:

McCurdy, D. B. (1904). Lest We Forget: Chicago's Awful Theater Horror. Chicago: Memorial Publishing Company

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Judy Cooke

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