PANTOMIME FATALITY
CHILD ACTORS DIE FROM BURNS . NZPA—Copyright Rec. 10.10 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 27. Four child actors in a Christmas Eve pantomime died from burns at Buecren. near Hamburg, after one of them playing the part of a “snowflake,” set his costume on fire by brushing against a candle on a Christmas tree. He ran in panic into a group of his fellow players, setting their cottonwool costumes ablaze. Six were taken to hospital. One died on Christmas Day and three died yesterday. /
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27274, 28 December 1949, Page 5
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