PICTURE SHOW PANIC.
FIFTY CHILDREN KILLED. By Telegraph—Frees Association— Copyright Madrid, November 24. A kinomatograph entertainment was being held before a crowded attendance in tho Bilbao Circus, when a practical joker cried "Fire!" A panic ensued. In the rush from tho building, twenty children were trampled to death, as well as several women and a few aged men. Many others were injured. There were heartrending scenes when tho parents were identifying their dead ohildren. (Rec. Novomber 2G, 0.25 a.m.) Madrid, November 25. Fifty children wore ldllod in the picture show panic at Bilbao. Only one woman lost her life, though a largo number of women wero injured. It appears that tho panic was caused through an operator seeing a film burst into flamo, and crying "i'ire!" Ho succeeded in extinguishing tho flames. The owners and officials have been arrested.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1607, 26 November 1912, Page 5
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139PICTURE SHOW PANIC. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1607, 26 November 1912, Page 5
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