CARNIVAL TRAGEDY
SECOND EDITION
SMALL HUT IN FLAMES. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received April 30, 12.15 p.m. SYDNEY, April 30. A sensational incident occurred on the showground in connection with the forthcoming Police Carnival. One of the acts in a play of wild life in Australia depicts the descent of the Ned Kelly gang resplendent as bushrangers upon the Glenrowan Inn, which is represented by a small hessian hut. Five couples are dancing inside. These should have rushed out, when the buslirungers arrived and then the hut was to burst into flamse. The canvas along the bottom liad been saturated with petrol and a four-gallon tin was standing in the doorway. As the bushrangers galloped up, firing a fusillade of blank cartridges, u horse upset the petrol tin, which caught alight. Instautlv the hut was a mass of flames, enveloping the dancers, who struggled through the narrow doorway with their hair and clothes afire. Some collapsed outside and six were severely burned and were removed to tho hospital. It was a scene of great excitement. There were 30,000 spectators when the accident occurred.—Press Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 125, 30 April 1925, Page 6
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183CARNIVAL TRAGEDY Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 125, 30 April 1925, Page 6
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