An extra ordinary case of mass hysteria threw one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Naples into turmoil for nearly two hours. It required 1 the police, the firemen and the militia to ■ restore a degree of order. A little girl had convulsions in a. classroom of an elementary school attended by 1500 children' Her .class mates ran home when they heard the screams. The mothers thought (he building had collapsed and ; besieged' it to rescue their offspring. .Firemen eventually tried to pacify them ; so did the militia. Alter an hour’s qm-hfe the polite managed to clear the school, class b/ class,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12254, 9 April 1935, Page 3
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