PANIC IN CINEMA
SEVENTEEN KILLED. NEEDLESS STAMPEDE. AUDIENCE STRUGGLE MADLY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). Received April 16, 10.5 a.m. • LONDON, April 15. Seventeen were killed and eleven injured as the result of a panic that occurred during a cinenja entertainment at Licata (Sicily). . * Some film caught fire, and the audience stampeded, although the building was not damaged. <. All the victims were between twelve and eighteen years of age. The electric lights failed, and the audience fought madly in total darkness to reach the exits.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 119, 16 April 1930, Page 9
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85PANIC IN CINEMA Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 119, 16 April 1930, Page 9
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