Most of the deaths occurred in the 30 foot spiral stairway leading to the street, uch was a solid mass of children unable to move.
The crush was so tight tugged vainly for a long time with that. 20° men 'a rope tied around the body of one fof the children in the pile of dead] and dying.
Holes had to be broken street wall to enable the viet be hsnded.to the doctors and rexcuerx awaiting outside, Melp was! too late for many who were still living when extricate Thre young boys, gasping crushed, were pulled out. They their eames and died.
Priests rushed to the scene and administered the last rites to there beyond hel An attendant, describing the scene, said that a fat woman hud 1 Tle smashed a ced the stairway, low and threw out the children og fast as possible, The scenes following the fire were most distressing as parents sought eat and recognized the bodies of their children, most of whom were from seven to 15 years of age.
One policeman, who was sum moned to the fire, found his three children dead, "At the morgue the Coroner asked Jeach bereaved parent if his or her child had had permission to go the cinema unaccompanied by an adult, Three-quarters answered, Later.
According to the latest report 77 children are dead.
Thirty persons have been sent to hospital.
Magen Lowland, the cinema pro-proter, Michael Avie, the assistant manager Camil Bazzy, hie the ticket-taker, all Syr nto the Det witnesses at the inquest, Lowland was allowed "bail, but 'sithe remander were detained all night long—Reuter.
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