FATAL THEATRE PANIC.
■'■; Thore'. was a, -serious.' panibr iu. ' a< -J.lien.tta : onV.tho* east, side,of: Now York whioh.pnp person was -killed, and several"utA jured./.Tho theatre wasicrpwdo'd for ; -:'ii Sunday: entertainment..of the ■ music-hall .type' ) .. ; whett' the'railing in tlio \b'a'loohy : -suddenly :brokd, v owing ■to'.tho'pressuro of the ; <Sowd; - and.' .fifteen people fell .to the-floor'of, the' ; lio'u'6a' : ; on ::'thovheads'of .'tho\ audience-. seatM v thero.' ; ' Onevofr/ie:latter liad;his neck broken,and' was MXlf&r. instantly. .A ...panic -.immediatolj - erisuocS|/(tho whole'.'■ audience rising and rushing for the;/ exits;--'--; ,Tho. theatre" attendants ' could 'do jiothmg-i.to-.stom: the panic; arid ralltho'jlocal police; wpro .called into,'rcq'iiisitionv' but -beforp the, fear could be allayed - dozenj' were injured; in tho,terrible:rush:'fof safety '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 4
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106FATAL THEATRE PANIC. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 4
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