ACAPULCO DISASTER.
details of the fire. A T3RRIBLE PANIC. MANY Ob" THE VICTIMS INCINERATED. Received February 17, 8.55 a.m. MEXICO, February 16. Details of the fire at the Flores Theatre at Acapuleo show that it occurred while a gala performance was being given in honour of the Governor was caused by the cinematograph film catching fire. The audience, numbers a thousand persons, included the oldest and -wealthiest families of the district. The building, a wooden structure, was provide:! only with three exits. When the alarm was given a terrible panicensued. Many of the victims were incinerated. Tney included a number of Germans..
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3118, 18 February 1909, Page 5
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102ACAPULCO DISASTER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3118, 18 February 1909, Page 5
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