HUT IN FLAMES.
DANCERS CAUGHT INSIDE
SEVERAL SEVERELY BURNT. SENSATIONAL SYDNEY INCIDENT 3Y CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received April 39. 12.15 p.m. SYDNEY. April 30. A sensational incident occurred on the showground in connection with the forthcoming police carnival. One or the acts in the play •Wild Life in Australia” depicts the descent of Ned Kelly and his gang, resplendent as bushrangers, upon Glenrowan represented by a small hessian hut. There were five couples dancing inside, and these .should have rushed out when the bushrangers arrived and then the hut should burst into flames. The canvas along the bottom had been saturated with petrol and a four-gad on tin was standing in the doorway. the bushrangers galloped up, firing a fusillade of blank cartridges, a horse upset the petrol tin. which caught alight. Instantly the hut was a mass of flames, enveloping the dancers, who- struggled through the narrow doorway with their hair and clothes afire. Some collapsed outside. Six were severely burned and were removed to hospital. tt was a scene of great excitement. There Mere thirty thousand spectators "'hen the accident occurred.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 30 April 1925, Page 9
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182HUT IN FLAMES. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 30 April 1925, Page 9
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