Panic in a Theatre.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION). Sydney, This Day. A sensational occurrence took place iv the North Botany Town Hall last night. During the progress of a limelight entertainment a jar of methylated spirits exploded, severely burning three women iv the audience, and a panic was narrowly averted. During tho excitement a woman threw her baby from the balcony to the body of the hall, but the child escaped without injury^ The explosion fired part of tho hall, but the flames were quickly extinguished. The women who were burned were convoyed to the hospital.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 286, 12 April 1894, Page 2
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95Panic in a Theatre. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 286, 12 April 1894, Page 2
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