The Archive · 1908

CINEMATOGRAPH DISASTERS

London vid Bombay, January 14.

A terrible disaster took place at' a cinematograph performance in the Barnsley Public Hall, A number of children, whose average age was six years, rushed down the staircase to obtain better seats. Sixteen children were crushed to death, and many were injured.—Reuter. January 15. mostly women and niles have One hundred and fifty people,

been burned or trampled to death, while 75 others were injured, at a fire which broke out at " cinematoph performance at Boyertown, pennsylvania. Within five minutes of the outbreak the auditorium was a furnace.—Reuter.

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