A PANIC
CABLE NEWS
(United Ptest Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.)
CAUSED BY A PRACTICAL JOKER
CHILDREN TRAMPLED TO
DEATH.
(Received November 25, 1.30 p.m.) MADRID, November 24.
A cinematograph entertainment was being held in the Bilbao Circus, the building being crowded, when a practical joker cried "Eire!" A panic ensued. In the rush from the twenty children were trampled to death, as well as several women and a few aged men. Many others were injured. There were heartrending scenes when the. parents were identifying their dead children.
FIFTY CHILDREN KILLED*
CAUSE OF THE ALARM
OWNERS AND OFFICIALS ARRESTED. (Received This Morning, 12.25 o'clock.) MADRID, November 25: Fifty children were killed, but only one woman, though a largo number of women were injured. An operator saw the film burst into flame and cried "Fire!" but succeeded in-extinguishing the flame. The owners and officials have been anested.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 26 November 1912, Page 5
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146A PANIC Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 26 November 1912, Page 5
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