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PGCJ.773.008
10 Apr 1773:21 (483)
London, Dec. 22. Letters from Marseilles mention a riot at
a playhouse there, occasioned first by the comedians
persisting in representing a piece highly disagreeable to
the public. Some grenadiers were called in to quell the
riot, but expressly directed not to fire, in order to
prevent any accident: However, a person in the pit, who
having expected a disturbance, had armed himself with a
pistol, as soon as he saw the grenadiers, shot one of them
dead, and they were then ordered to fire, which they did,
whereby several people were killed and wounded. This affair
has thrown the whole town into a consternation.
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