This is a historical cache about a tragic fire that occurred in Boyertown over 100 years ago. As a multicache, you will visit two locations significant to the fire, before finding the coordinates to the final GZ.
At the two stages of the multi, you will find certain numbers pivotal in revealing the coordinates to the final cache location. This cache is not available after dark.
On January 13, 1908, in Boyertown, a new play was debuting at the Rhoads Opera House. The opera house building still stands today. Hundreds of townspeople attended the event. A fire broke out during the third act when an actor knocked over a kerosene light on the stage.
The entire opera house was engulfed in minutes. Many people could not escape the fire due to exits not clearly being marked. Also, the opera house doors opened inward, causing the panicked audience to seal the doors while trying to push their way out.
This tragedy was a catalyst for many nationwide fire safety regulations that still stand today. These days, any time you enter a building, you pull a door that opens outward, you'll see illuminated exit signs and you'll also pass fire extinguishers hanging on the walls.
In visiting the first two stages, you will find the numbers of the following the final GZ coordinates:
N 40 20.ABC W 075 38.DEF
A = The total number of unidentified victims in the Fritz family.
B = The number you get when you subtract the last digit from the first digit in the age of the oldest unidentified victim.
C = The number you get when you add up the digits in the total number of those perished in the fire, minus 6.
D = The total number of those unidentified divided by 5.
E = The total number of unidentified victims in the Bauman family, plus 1.
F = The number you get when you subtract 2 from the age of the youngest unidentified victim.