BRAVE MATADOR
PREVENTION of a panic HAILED as A hero SCENE DURING EARTHQUAKE United Press Assn.—Elcc. Tel. Copyright MEXICO CITY, Jan. 3 While an earthquake swayed the high steel and concrete structure round tlie arena, a matador, Liborio Ruiz, calmly played and killed a bull, thus preventing panic among tiie 24,000. spectators. He has been hailed as a hero.
Pretending to ignore the shock, the matador held the crowd, which seemed to be gripped between terror and fascination. The band aided by playing loudly.
The bull was slain and the earth quake ceased simultaneously. Only a handful of spectators departed.
There have been approximately 200 tremors within a fortnight.
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20389, 4 January 1938, Page 7
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