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
The witness testified that when he reached the stage after attending to his engines, the "asbestos" curtain was caught part way down.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
The fireman and electrician then ordered down the asbestos curtain, and the fireman threw the contents of another tube of kilfire upon the flame, with no better result.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
The act curtain and the asbestos curtain are raised.
From The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Wayburn, Ned
It was after these hand clapping attempts to extinguish the fire had proved futile that McMullen shouted a call for the asbestos curtain to be put down.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
