Fire, panic and death in Ville Platte
Mon, 11/09/2015 - 7:00am
Harlan Kirgan
An explosion in an oil stove got the blame for the fire that destroyed G. J. Deville’s dance hall and killed 28 people in Ville Platte in the early evening of Saturday, Nov. 22, 1919, but some people said simple panic had a lot to do with the deaths also.
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