TRAGIC FIRE IN THEATRE.
PLAYERS TRAPPED BY FLAMES. • \ 1 ■ FOURTEEN DEATHS REPORTED. > (DUITJin ' I»s*9 48»0CIA.TI0a—, «LJpT»rc TKLKOJUJH-—OOPTIUGET.) ' (Received' March 3rd, 7 p.m.). MEXICO CITY. March 2. % The dainty figure dancing of a' group of Mexican chorus girls .became a horrible scramble for life when a fire broke out, at the end of a performance, in the historic Theatre* Principal, whioh, for 178 yean, has been .the- foremost local, theatre. Fourteen are dead, and at least twelve are gravely injured, while more fatalities "Sxe feared among: the" play? era who were trapped behind the .otttv tain and scenery, ,bwt the rqaonex* were unable to recover, the bodies from the T na ¥' of twisted stesland charged timbers. - , The. prominent actresses, ; Lupe Resales and Carmen .Velasoo were killed. The latter escaped, put ran bock into the flames in an' attempt to rescue a friend in the audience. Ta®" comedian Roberto Soto, escaped uninjured. r
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20177, 4 March 1931, Page 9
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