PICTURE THEATRE PANIC.
FIFTY PERSONS INJURED. United Press Association—By El«ctri« Telegraph—Copyright. BRUSSELS. December i 23. Fifty persons were injured at Barraques, when seven hundred became panic-stricken through a man shouting "Fire!" when a film ignited. Though the outbreak was immediately extinguished, the occupants of the galleries jumped down upou the spectators below. Many wero crushed to death during the struggle at the exits.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14547, 26 December 1912, Page 7
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