asbestos curtain

Example Sentences

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The big asbestos curtain hushed all that and the Metropolitan's regular season was ended.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eddie Foy shouted something about the asbestos curtain, and the firemen attempted to use it and the stage hands ran to his assistance.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various

I know there was an asbestos curtain in the theater and that it was used.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various

Mrs. Gibson, wife of Dr. Charles B. Gibson, confirmed Mrs. Schweitzler's assertions that no asbestos curtain was visible from the audience.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various

Before we had left the boxes the fire had spread to the first row of seats and the stage hands were endeavoring to lower the asbestos curtain.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various