PANIC IN CHURCH
TWO KILLED—IOO INJURED. [by CABLE—PBESS ASSN.—COPYBIGHT.] (Received November 4, 8 a.m.) . LONDON, November 3. 1 he British United Press correspondent at Palermo says: Panic developed at a crowded church special service, for some unknown cause. People wildly rushed the exits, and were trampled down. A woman and child were crushed to death and a hundred were injured, thirty seriously. LATER. The panic was due to a man \ collapsing from a heart attack. The congregation of ten thousand, not knowing the cause of death, wildly stampeded.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 November 1931, Page 5
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