PANIC AT A PICTURE SHOW.
A FILM TAKES FIRE. LONDON, June 27. \t the Portsmouth Picture Palace during a cinematograph display of the naval review a film ignited, and the operator, bein" unable to extinguish the flames, closed the apertures of the operating cabinet and rushed out into the hall. A cry of fire was raised, and 2000 people rushed terror-stricken to the doorways Many were crushed, and a number lof women fainted, but there were nc fatalities.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 152, 28 June 1911, Page 5
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