This "secondary cache" can
only be found with international team working
because:
This cache is just one cache
of a set of 24 caches named IMC No. 4 … (IMC = International
Multi-Cache), dedicated to the theme Fire, one of the four elements
of Earth.
These caches are hidden in 12
countries worldwide. In each country there is a "primary cache" and
a "secondary cache".
The 12 primary caches
are named "IMC No. 4 P-x - yyy" and the 12 secondary caches "IMC
No. 4 S-x - zzz" where x is the country code and yyy and zzz can be
any additional name.
The primary caches are almost
like traditional caches. The only difference is, that they contain
beside the "normal" content (stash-note, logbook, pencil,
give-aways) a "lists of hints" for the secondary
caches.
To be able to search and find
a secondary cache you need all hints from all 12 primary
caches!
As the primary caches are
scattered all over the world it will either require a lot of
travelling or - and that is the intention of the IMC No. 4 -
international cooperation:
If you want to find this
secondary cache, you should:
1. Find a primary IMC No. 4 cache.
2. Contact finders of other primary IMC No. 4 caches and exchange
the hints.
3. Puzzle the hints together and …
4. … go and seek the secondary cache.
And please don't be a poor
sport!
Never publish hints anywhere! Not in a log report or on any web
side. The hints shall only be exchanged / traded.
The IMC No. 4 team wish
you good luck!
Table with links to all 24 IMC
caches
The Cache:
The above coordinates bring you near the National Theatre (there
is no cache - just a view to the Theatre).
This secondary IMC cache is dedicated to the one of most important
blazes in Czech history – blaze of the National Theatre on
August 12, 1881..
The National Theatre was first opened on June 11, 1881, to honour
the visit of Crown Prince Rudolf, and hosted 11 performances. The
theatre was then closed to make the final preparations before it
was reopened to the general public. Some say that the tinsmiths
working on the roof on August 12yh had not properly extinguished
the coals used to put the necessary final touches on the metal
roofing. The tradesman placed the coals in the gutters of the
building and doused then with water., bit it was thought that the
hot cores of the wooden coal had reignited. This was the report
cause of the blaze according to the official investigation report
– the copper eaves of the theatre were filled with hit coals
that evebtually ignited the wooden rafters of the building.
The blaze was noticed at six in the afternoon. Fireman Korinek
smelt smoke as he left the theatre building and later noticed
flames in the flies above the stage. The fire alarm was sounded at
18:37. At the same time , the blaze was discovered by a police
officer working on Postovska street. The dispatcher at the Fire
Station misread the Morse code message and thus could not determine
where the fire was. Korinek repeated his plea for help for another
half hour, but it was already too late.
Among the first to attempt to put out the fire was sculptor
Bohuslav Schnirch – whose sculpture of the Triga can still be
found on the roof of the theatre. After a few minutes the water
that was being used to extinguish the fire stopped flowing. At the
time, water sprinklers were placed above the stage and all hydrants
in the building were turned on. This reduced the overall water
pressure and the water supply was quickly drained. In addition, the
theatre received water from the water reservoir located on Karlova
street, whose supply pipes had burst the previous day, lowering the
height of the water in the reservoir.
The fire curtain, which remained above the scaffolding of the
construction workers making the final touches to the stage, could
not be lowered completely to the ground; thus the fire spread to
the seating area. The heavy winds that were apparent that day alseo
caused the fire to spread quickly out of control. The gas lines
exploded, and when the ceiling with the chandelier caught fire, it
signaled the end of National monument. The fire was put out just
before six o\clock following day.
After the tense atmosphere following the tragedy, rumours flew
around the country that the fire had been started by Germans who
were living in Prague. At that time, there was often tension
between the Czechs and the members of the Burschenschaft student
society, who supported marches throughout the city causing som
disturbance. In the end of July that year, during a skirmish in
Chuchle, the Germans received a gread blow from the citizens of
|Prague and it was thought they had decided to take the revenge.
The evidence to this theory has never been found.
The investigation focused on two tradesman working on the roof and
determined the cause of the blaze to be their negligence, even
thought the court overruled thir plea to present evidence based on
practical experience. Tinsmiths Emil Jenish and Vaclav Zinniburg
were found guilty of misdemeanour and received minor punishment.
The Committee for the Establishment of the National Theatre
determined other reasons why the fire spread so quickly in addition
to the poor fire hydrants in the theatre; the organization also
criticized the fire department, its poor organization and its
insufficient engineers.
In one of his book about the fire at the National Theatre
(Požár Národního divadla aneb
Príliš mnoho náhod), historian Mirosla Ivanov
attempts to clarify the circumstances revolving around the fire. In
1982 research conducted proved that the blaze could not have been
caused by poorly extinguished coals. Thus the convinced tradesmen
were innocent.
The National Theatre had still been destroyed and collections for a
new one were taken. After four weeks, almost one million forints
were collected and two years later, the “golden chapel”
returned to its beauty. The reconstruction of the theatre was
completed by Josef Schultz. The original author of the project
Josef Zítek due to a conflict with the Committee turned down
the offer, and never entered the building of National Theatre. The
reconstructed theatre was opened on November 18, 1883 with the
premiere of Bedrich Smetana’s opera:“Libuse“ that
had been speciálky written for the grand opening of the
theatre.
Ceske informace : Na
úvodní souradnice nemusíte chodit, z hlediska
geocachingu tam není nic. Protože pouze anglický
listing vzbudil bouri nevole, doplnuji informace o projektu a jak
najít keš.
Projekt je venován zemským živlum, tento
záverecný díl ohni. Cílem je nechat
kacery virtuálne procestovat vzdálené zeme a
hlavne seznámit je s místními kacery a s
tím, jak se delají keše jinde.
Jak najít keš:
1) Nejprve naleznete primární ceskou cache projektu -
IMC No.4P - HS7 Praha
2) V kesi naleznete seznam hintu pro ostatní
keše
3) Kontaktujte nálezce primárních
keší v zahranicí a vymente s nima hinty
4) Když budete mít všechny hinty, budete vedet
kde je keš.
Seznam všech 24 keší
projektu najdete zde.