WILD STAMPEDE
CABLE NEWS
(United Prat A*u>c%aUon —By 1GI& trie Telegraph—Copyright.)
FROM A CONCERT HALL
SEVEN PERSONS TRAMPLED TO
DEATH
(Received Last Niglit, 10.15 o'clock,)
LONDON, April 9. During a concert -which "was being held in connection with the Women's Patriotic League a lamp fell. The blazing oil was readily extinguished, but a wild stampede of women and children occurred. Tho narrow stainvay was choked for half an hour before it was cleared. Seven persons were trampled to death, and fifteen were terribly injured.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10604, 10 April 1912, Page 5
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84WILD STAMPEDE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10604, 10 April 1912, Page 5
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