CARNIVAL TRAGEDY
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PARIS. 'February 19. ffct 'last day of the earnrrai season ■was wanked 'by a tragic oceurreiwe in a "frftiyjifmnfr: at- ifeheliwi. near Touts. Two wgMi wswpifc. Miles. Awß and S»»rhis. S) a long time beftwe JTX fanev-dress ball They fc»Uy Euiae t» tlseir »"«** *" « mr P T* 5 Tsrisidh wooli atrike a awla of aewwhty. in tjinfl of *i* *w» urintre weather. H* would appear at tie dance as s»oWfesiSs. * MUM »>**> ef cottonwool wero mepooccU and the yoa»ff women were «*» Aeir ingenuity when took th* floor. It was very cold, gjjui the ballroeau was heated with stores. The girls, dancing together. passed too near on* of the stoves, and their dresses caught fire. In » WMtWing they were enveloped ■ hv fanes, and rushed through the worn j shrieking. Efforts were Tna<ie to ex. tinguish" the fanes, hnt. too late to sawa MMa. Amlt who died from bums, -white iter oomfiaaioo was eonweyad; *o h«r hone m » danseroßS state.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16914, 1 April 1929, Page 11
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160CARNIVAL TRAGEDY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16914, 1 April 1929, Page 11
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