Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1899 — PANIC IN A THEATER. [ARTICLE]

PANIC IN A THEATER.

Wiata awd Children Are Crushed to Death in France, A frightful panic occurred in the Gymnew Theater at Liege, France, the other night during a performance of the emotional drama. “La Town.*' A woman became hysterical and cried “fire.” A, rash for the doors followed, and in the jam on the balcony stairways many persona were forced over the railings and seriously hurt in the fall. Several women and thiWrra were crashed to death. The alarm was baseless. < f W.- :