A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Theatre_fire" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richmond Theatre fire">theater fire</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a> kills 72 people, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_William_Smith_(politician)" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George William Smith (politician)">George William Smith</a> and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_B._Venable" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abraham B. Venable">Abraham B. Venable</a>.<sup about="#mwt69" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_26#cite_note-12" id="mwbw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwcA">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt66" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBaker2012">Baker, Meredith Henne (2012). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Th9fDwAAQBAJ" id="mwByo" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBys">The Richmond Theater Fire: Early America's First Great Disaster</i></a>. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp.<span id="mwByw" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>ix, 17, 34. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBy0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBy4" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780807143742" id="mwBy8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780807143742"><bdi id="mwBzA">9780807143742</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt66" class="Z3988" id="mwBzE" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Richmond+Theater+Fire%3A+Early+America%27s+First+Great+Disaster&amp;rft.place=Baton+Rouge&amp;rft.pages=ix%2C+17%2C+34&amp;rft.pub=Louisiana+State+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2012&amp;rft.isbn=9780807143742&amp;rft.aulast=Baker&amp;rft.aufirst=Meredith+Henne&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTh9fDwAAQBAJ&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+26"></span></span>