Word: briens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...also no detriment to any concert to have a soloist like O'Brien Nicholas, whose work over the past few years has been so consistently brilliant that the most one can say is that she sounds even better this year than before. Thomas Beveridge sang with his dependable musicality. And Sharon Price, breaking into the clique, provided the contrast of a more personal and emotional interpretation of her aria which followed an identical one by Miss Nicholas in the opening Bach Cantata...
Smoke damage was heavy on both floors, O'Brien said. The Bat Club occupies the two floors above the Gold Coast Valeteria, which escaped the fire. Flames, however, were restricted to the second floor of the building, and O'Brien expects that the third floor will be in use again in a couple of days...
...television lounge where the fire started was completely destroyed, and the bar adjoining received considerable damage from spreading flames. Repairs on these rooms will take quite a while, O'Brien stated, and no one knows yet when the club will be able to use them again...
Insurance will fully cover the cost of restoring the building and its furnishings, O'Brien noted. However, the total extent of damages will not be known for several weeks when the insurance company completes its inspection. Firemen at the scene estimated the figure would run into several thousand dollars...
...change in the future plans of the club or in the present punching season, which is now drawing to a close, will result from the blaze, according to O'Brien. "We will continue as usual," he commented...