PANIC IN A THEATRE.
NINE CHILDREN TRAMPLED TO DEATH.
LoNDONj December 27. A DROPPED match caused a slight fire til a theatre in Gateshead during the gSfSrforffiance of the pantomime. A fearful panic resulted, in which nine children in the gallery Were trampled to.death. The check-taker vainly attempted to stop the rushj and was himself killed. During the panic, roughs pillaged the actors' property.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 307, 29 December 1891, Page 3
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