Which catastrophic event in 1876, in Brooklyn, resulted in the death of 278 individuals and which destroyed the former Park Theatre, leased to Sarah Crocker Conway at that time but who continued in the lease on the new building in which her husband played leading parts?
Sarah Crocker Conway: Sarah Crocker Conway (b. Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1834; d. Brooklyn, New York, April 28, 1875) was an actress. Sarah Crocker Conway:  In 1864 Sarah leased the Park Theatre in Brooklyn, and subsequently the new Brooklyn Theatre, in which for nine years her husband played leading parts. Brooklyn Theatre fire: The Brooklyn Theatre Fire was a catastrophic theatre fire that broke out on the evening of December 5, 1876, in the then-city of Brooklyn (now a borough of New York City). Brooklyn Theatre fire:  The conflagration killed at least 278 individuals, with some accounts reporting more than 300 dead.
The Brooklyn Theatre Fire