FIRE AT A BAZAAR.
f STARTLING OCCURRENCE ' At;;■> ' ' ■ i - ; ; " (By TeHgrapU.— Own Correspondent WAIHI, this day. 'An exciting incident occurred-in-the Academy of Music last evening during the progress'of the Catholic bazaar here, When the Mayor-was about to address. the audience a keroseae stove used for boiling water in an anteroom next -the refreshment stall suddenly burst and set fire to a quantity of ferns. Some one cried out "Fire," and a panic seemed imminent, a portion of the large audience making a simultaneous movement for the doors. Those in charge, however, got the fire quickly in subject tion and stopped the rush before ib developed into a panic.'-The Academy of Music was packed with people at the I time." ' ■"-'/ ' 4 ■ ' ■ •'•■.'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 251, 20 October 1904, Page 5
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