DISCIPLINE AT A FIRE
A cinema matinee audience of between 500 and GOO people, mostly children, in the Coliseum. Birkenhead, tiled out of the building while the staff tackled an outbreak of fire in the reel room behind the gallery. As a picture was being shown a film caught fire. Although promptly tackled with chemical extinguishers, the fire destroyed four reels, as well as the walls of the room. The situation was quickly grasped by the manager, Air Cecil Lindsay, who ordered the attendants to marshal the children and march them out of the building. The children sang songs, led by the manager, as they left the cinema. There was no panic, and, within ten minutes, the young people were back in the cinema watching the remainder of the programme.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1928, Page 3
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130DISCIPLINE AT A FIRE Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1928, Page 3
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