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Pathe Film Company Fire - Beauties Lost Lives
(12/10/1929) |
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Catherine
Porter (16) Lower Right
Edna Buford (23) Upper Right
Norine Byrd (23, Betty Byrne) Lower Left
Jola Sparks (Moreno) Upper Left |
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is list of those who perished in the Pathe Film Studios fire
while filming "Delmar's Miniture Revue." |
| Joseph
Bishoff, a make-up man (Trapped), Anna Buford, 20, chorus
girl (Suffocated), Norine Burne, 24, chorus girl (Stampeded),
Charles Koerble, an electrician (Burned), Carl Kramer, an
electrician (Burned), Robert Nussman, an electrician (Collapsed
in death at scene), Catherine Porter, 21, chorus girl (Stampeded),
Jack Quinn, a property man (Burned), Jola Sparks, 16, chorus
girl (Trapped), Earnest Wilson, bookkeeper (Trapped). |
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Accompaning Newspaper article states:
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| Trapped in the narrow
corridors of the flaming, two-story building that housed the Pathe
company's sound film studio in New York, these four girls were burned
to death in the flimsy, bespangled ballet costumes in which they
were being filmed for a miniature music revue. Catherine Porter,
16, lower right, had been called one of Broadway's most promising
dancers. She was trapped in a stairway as she sought to escape the
swiftly spreading fire. Edna Buford, 23, upper right, was rescued
from the burning fire but died later in a hospital. Norine Byrd,
23, lower left, was a Broadway musical comedy star known on the
stage as Betty Byrne. She had laughed at the warning of fire, according
to companions, and refused to leave the studio. Jola Sparks, upper
left, had danced in Broadway shows under the professional name of
moreno. |
| (Special Thanks to: bp1
site for locating this info and his excellent research
at his blog site, its an excellent visit). |
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