Rhoads Opera House fire

[Jim Eshelman]

January 13, 1908, evening EST, Boyertown, PA; specifically 40N19'54'', 75W38'07''
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoads_Opera_House_fire
https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/litera ... house-fire
https://www.thedeadhistory.com/rhoads-o ... -of-grief/
https://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/553773
https://www.pottsmerc.com/lifestyle/fir ... ca061.html

A kerosene lamp used for stage lighting was kicked over, starting a fire during the third act of a play on the second floor. It spread quickly, encountering flammable things. The fire was put out soon but, while doing it, the kerosene tank broke open spilling fuel and spreading the fire afresh. The audience had delayed evacuation and now got caught in the spreading flame, eventuating in 171 deaths.

I haven't yet found a time, but curtain time in the evening is traditionally 8 PM, so I'll estimate the fire started at 9:00 PM. (It was about three-fourths of the way through the play, so might even have been a tad later.)

It was the last night of an outgoing Capsolar that had nothing closer than 4-5° to the angles but a close mundane Moon-Mars square for the region. Had one more day passed, the area would have been under a new Capsolar with Jupiter 0°20' from square MC and Venus moderately foreground, a mark of protection that was too late. The very good Cansolar is one we have seen from other fires - going by memory, I think it might have been the chart for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. (It's Moon-Venus aspect is typical of theater fires specifically.) The Libsolar is right on the money, the Caplunar even better, the Arilunar combustible and terrifying. With a silent CapQ, the CanQ gave everything we might want from a major fire for day-timing.

Year: Capsolar Silent.) Moon-Mars.

Year: Cansolar {+2}
Neptune on IC 2°22'
Sun sq. Asc 1°49' [sq. non-foreground Jupiter 0°39']
Moon, Mars, & Uranus more widely angular
-- Mars-Uranus conj. 0°08' mundo
-- Moon-Neptune sq. 1°29' mundo
-- Mars-Neptune op. 2°26'
-- Uranus-Neptune op. 2°36'
-- [Uranus sq. non-foreground Saturn 2°41' mundo, op. non-foreground Venus 2°59']
-- [Uranus sq. non-foreground Saturn 2°49' mundo, op. non-foreground Venus 3°09']
Moon-Venus sq. 0°21'

Bridge {+2}
t Neptune op. Cansolar MC all year
t Uranus sq. CanQ Moon 11/20-5/15
t Uranus conj. Cansolar MC 12/18-2/29
CanQ Moon sq. s/op Neptune 12/3-1/28
t Neptune sq. CanQ Moon 12/28-1/29
Event window: Dec 28 to Jan 28

Quarter: Libsolar {+2}
Mars on MC 0°01'
Venus sq. MC 1°06'
Mercury widely foreground
-- Venus-Mars sq. 0°28'
Moon-Neptune sq. 1°48'

Month: Caplunar {+3}
Saturn sq. MC 0°03'
Pluto on IC 3°13'
Mars more widely foreground
-- Mars-Saturn sq. 0°06' mundo
-- Saturn-Pluto sq. 1°19'
-- Mars-Pluto sq. 1°49' mundo

Week: Arilunar {+2}
Moon sq. Asc 1°18'
Sun on Dsc 2°38'
Mercury, Mars, Uranus, & Neptune more widely foreground
-- Mercury-Mars sq. 0°08'
-- Uranus-Neptune op. 0°55' mundo
-- Mercury-Neptune 1°29' mundo
-- Mars-Neptune 1°39' mundo
-- Mercury-Uranus conj. 2°24' mundo
-- Mars-Uranus sq. 2°35' mundo
-- Sun-Mercury conj. 3°13' mundo

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits (Silent.)

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+3}
p Moon-Neptune sq. 0°28'
t Uranus sq. p Moon 0°06'
t Neptune sq. p Moon 0°03'
p Asc sq. s Uranus 0°47', sq. s Mars 0°37'
p MC sq. s Moon 0°35', op. t Uranus 0°41', conj. t Neptune 0°32', conj. s Neptune 0°06'
-- t Uranus-Neptune op. 0°09'
-- t Uranus op. s Neptune 0°33'
-- p Mars-Uranus conj. 0°03' (s Mars-Uranus 0°10')
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t Uranus conj. s MC 0°26'
-- t Uranus op. s Neptune 0°35'
t Neptune op. s MC 0°35'
-- t Uranus-Neptune op. 0°09'