e/Laurier Palace Theatre Fire

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has glosseng: The Laurier Palace Theatre fire, sometimes known as the Saddest fire or the Laurier Palace Theatre crush, was a small fire that occurred in a movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on January 9, 1927. The fire--reportedly caused by a discarded cigarette smouldering beneath wooden floorboards--started in early afternoon during a comedy called Get 'Em Young . 800 children came to watch, and panic erupted when smoke began to billow into the theater. 78 persons died in the ensuing mayhem.
lexicalizationeng: Laurier Palace Theatre Fire
instance of(noun) a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"
stampede

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