"THE COMET."
AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE. PANIC AT A FIREWORKS DISPLAY. United Pr*** Awoeintion-—P*r Electrio Tetuffra-ph—Otivright-MELBOURNE, March 8. -A crowd 0f,1200 persoiw who -assembled iu Williiuust'!wn garden reserve to witness a tii-eworks display had exciting expel ieuce. A qnuntiiy of hms •under the ■platform round which the .audience was standing. (V _ -Some oi)e- excitedly shouted: J.lie comet!" . . Almasfc simuHancautOv. mrcl in nuicfc succession, followed explosions, and clouds of smioke. \ 1
The scene was one of wild e.viiement, everyone 'shouting " The comet!" The majbrity of persons, including the 'baud, fled ; others lay' fh>t on the ground. Rockets and. ot.lier, fireworks... started from under , the. platform, arid . aliased the terrorised people in .'all directions, whilst various coloured fires added to the conviction that the earth -was passing through the tail tif Miittauce's comet; , One man was hit by a - rocket stick and Tendered unconscious; another had' his 'boxer liat transfixed: a. third rocket started a. fire in a house, and a number of/women fainted and ' children screamed with . teMor;. > Some boys created tho. pamc by prematurely'firing the fireworks beneath the platform.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13230, 9 March 1907, Page 5
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178"THE COMET." Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13230, 9 March 1907, Page 5
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