AWFUL HOLOCAUST IN MANCHURIA THEATRE.
658 BODIES FOUND. Fearful Panic in Blazing Building. WHOLE FAMILIES PERISH.
United Press Association.—Coy.-right. (Received 3 p.m.) TOKYO, February 14. A theatre, built of wood and plaster and crammed with 1500 people, caught fire at Antung, Manehuria. Hundreds, mostly women and children, were burnt to death or trampled down and suffocated. So far 65S bodies have been recovered. The gallery collapsed and a yelling crowd became jammed in the meagre exits. Entire families perished. The fire originated from a candle in an actor's room at the back of the stage. It spread to 30 adjoining houses, which were destroyed-
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 38, 15 February 1937, Page 8
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104AWFUL HOLOCAUST IN MANCHURIA THEATRE. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 38, 15 February 1937, Page 8
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