FATAL FALSE ALARM.
DEATH AT THE CINEMA. PICKPOCKETS RESPONSIBLE. (Received 1 p.m.) . ATHENS, October 20. Twenty-five people were killed and 18 injured, the victims bciiig mostly children, through a stampede following on a false alarm at a cinema last night. It is suspected that the alarm was a ruse on the part of a gang of pickpockets who hoped to benefit by the confusion caused.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 250, 21 October 1924, Page 5
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