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Show LYCEUM FIRE DOES MUCH DAMAGE The stage and fly-loft of the Lyceum Ly-ceum theater was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, causing a loss of $2,000 All stage properties and scenery, scen-ery, together with the furniture and piano In the auditorium, are cither destroyed de-stroyed or badly damaged. The exact cause of the fire has not been ascertained, but In all probability probabil-ity it was caused by heated electric wires All employes had been busy on the stage until j 'A o'clock, when they left the building. Flro was discovered dis-covered twenty minutes later. Having less than n block to go, the firemen were soon Jat ork, but tho blaze had a good start because of the Inflammable materials upon the stage. When the lire, became hot the ropos holding the asbestos curtain dropped, confining the fire o thestage until the heat became so great that the cu)-taln cu)-taln was destroyed. Three streams of water were turned on the burning part from dlfforent angles and within twenty minutes from the receiving of tho alarm the firemen bad the flro out no |