MASS HYSTERIA
GIRLS IN FACTOR') SYDNEY EXPERIENCE bVUN E V, Nu v. 22. During the extreme heat to-day an outbreak of mass hysteria c-ccuried among 60 factory girls in a city underwear establishment. The girls were working quietly when suddenly une let go a shrill scream and within a minute most of the others were fainting, screaming and rushing about in terror. The situation became worse when a man wearing an’ improvised mask, searching for a dead rat in the ceiling, poked his head through a iuanhoh preparatory-
wav iwu xor -3.-X ueiviu juucu. workers arrived and applied first aid to at least 20 girls who had collapsed in various parts of the room. The proprietor of the factory described the affair as the strangest in his experience. The girls panicked unaccountably. He clo.-ed the factory for three houts and al! tic® girls mt® tn< fresh. ' i air.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 25 November 1935, Page 6
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148MASS HYSTERIA Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 25 November 1935, Page 6
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