Episode 215: The Rhoads Opera House fire
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In a small Pennsylvania town, the play set to be performed on a cold Monday night in January drew hundreds of people to the Rhoads Opera House. One hundred and seventy of them would never make it home alive.
Videos:
The Rhoads Opera House Fire: Legacy Of A TragedyArticles and books:
Midwinter Mourning and A Town in Tragedy, by Mary Jane Schneider Trapped in the Third Act: The Rhoads Opera House Fire, Boyertown 1908