TERRIBLE D'SASTER AT A MEETING OF WOMEN.
■ i. . i——— l ■" - " ■ FALL OF A BLAZING LAMP CAUSES A PANIC. SEtEN KILLED: FIfTeHNTER* RIBLY INJURED. [UNITED PRESS ( ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT) (Received April 9, 10.15 p.m-) PARTS, April 9. At a concert held by tlie Women’s Patriotic League a Houdian lamp fell, Tlie blazing oil was readily extinguished, but there was a wild stampede of the women and children, and the narrow stairway was choked. It was half an hour before* it was cleared, and seven were trampled to death and fifteen were terribly injured. • ■ ' - '
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3495, 10 April 1912, Page 5
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90TERRIBLE D'SASTER AT A MEETING OF WOMEN. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3495, 10 April 1912, Page 5
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