Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1899 — PANIC IN A THEATER. [ARTICLE]

PANIC IN A THEATER.

Women and Children Are Crushed to Death In France. A frightful panic occurred in the Gymnaze Theater at Liege, France, the other night during a performance of the emotional drama, “La Tosca.” A woman became hysterical and cried “fire.” A rush for the doors followed, and in the jam on the balcony stairways many persons were forced over the railings and seriously hurt in the fall. Several women and children were crushed to death. The alarm was baseless