LOSS OF 200 LIVES.
becteb's telegbams. • ; London, June 17. One of the most appalling catastrophes for, many years past occurred at Sunderland last night. A children's fete was held during the evening in the Victoria HalL,fuMy r 2ooobeins present, and the entertainment baring ended, the children were leaving the building when a false alarm of fire 'was raised. A panic ensued, arid a rush was made for the staircase, in decending which many fell and were trampled upon by those following. The. outlet became blocked, and before the panic could be allayed and the staircase cleared, one hundred and eighty had been.ernskdd'to death and many others seriously, injured. The calamity has caused profound distress and gloom over the district, and sympathy is universally expressed foe tb4 sufferers and their relatives. _
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 4, 19 June 1883, Page 3
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