Fire in Theatre
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hundreds perish Women And Children Trampled To Death TRAGEDY IN MANCHURIA
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(Received 15, 11.30 a.m.) TOKIO, Feb. 14. A theatre buift of wood and plaster and- cranuned with 1500 people, caught fire at Antung, Manchuria. Hundreds, mostly women and children, were burned to death or traanpled down and suffocated. A total of 658 bodies has been recovered. , The gallery collapsed, and the yelling crowd jammed the meagre exists. Entire families perished. The fire originated in the actors' room at the back of the stage, and spread to 30 adjoining houses, which were destroyed.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 26, 15 February 1937, Page 7
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101Fire in Theatre Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 26, 15 February 1937, Page 7
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