A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER
A BURNING- TEMPLE; THREE HUNDRED VICTIMS. [PeA Press'Association.J;. " ' '' A ' ; A ; SYDNET,■ Feu. '9'.;: .The mail steamer from the) E.fst • brings [ news of a terrible diriister at Foochow. A theatrical performance jvas being held in a temple at Kwang Tow, when, an oiitbreak of fire occurred in the building.’ The crowd became ; panictricken, and tried to force its way through two small doors, which were soon so choked that there .were no means of egress from the burning building. Counting women and children,' quite three hundred people perished, and of forty actors only, four '"escaped. :1
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVII, Issue 11189, 10 February 1897, Page 6
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98A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVII, Issue 11189, 10 February 1897, Page 6
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