PANIC AT PICTURE THEATRE.
BOY KILLED, MANY INJURED. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN] (Received Id. 9.40 a.in.) Svdnev. heo. 14. Vuk pc mis we showing at Bovs brigade Hall, burrv Hills, the ultn caugtit ahgnt. causing a name. Ihe audience stampeded dow i i fn„lit of tips r sultint, in a bov ged siwn biing 1 ilh d and rwcntv-hve bovs and women and a _ll beihf, 1 ken to the ho ,> a l . A number ot other were sngntlv injured. \vhen the film took fire, a terrible scene occurred, the bovs fighting like maniacs near the stairs. The couple leading the division fell, and in a tew minutes the landing was piled with a seething mass of boys slot t i hoc ring wd i t’r v eight of those on ton.
In the meantime the hi.e. which lasted a tew minutes, not causing anv ilimigi vv-s ix ingmshc I and the work ot rescue commenced.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 355, 15 February 1917, Page 6
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