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SCGCJ.773.025
9 Mar 1773:21 (380)
Paris, December 12. Letters from Marseilles mention a riot
having happened at the Playhouse there, occasioned 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, by which means
several people were killed and wounded. This affair has
thrown the whole town of Marseilles into consternation.
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