OBIT: William READING, 1907, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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William Reading Death and Lyric Theatre Burned 

  Fire which broke out at 2:30 o'clock Sunday morning on the stage of 
the Lyric Theatre in Altoona destroyed that building and threatened a 
number of others.  The conflagration was most spectacular and kept the 
firemen busy until 7:30 o'clock in the evening, saving other 
structures.
  The origin of the fire has not been ascertained.
  William Reading, aged sixty-five years, a spectator at the fire, fell 
over dead on the sidewalk. His sudden demise was due to heart trouble 
superinduced by excitement incident to the fire.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., Friday, March 1, 1907