AWFUL DISASTER.
APPALLING CATASTROPHE.
PANIC AT A CHILDREN'S FETE. ..„.__
> FEARFUL LOSS- OF LIFJC.
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED KILLED.
MAMY FATALLY INJURED.
PROFOUNi) SE^SATIdN" OP - DISTRESS AND «YMPATHr.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPff. — COPYRIGHT.^; (REUTfiR'B TELEGRAMS;) London, Jane 17. One of the utmost appalling catastrophies that have taken place tor; many years past occurred at Sanderland Jast night. •• ■ ■ ; ; . ' A children's fete was held daring- the eveDi'ng m the Victoria Hallj folly two thousand being present and the entertainment having ended, the children were ' leaving the building, when a false alarm, 1 of fire was raised, a panic ensued and a rush was mad for tha staircase, m descending which many fell, and were trampled upon; and before the panic could be allayed and the staircase cleared one hundred and eighty hart been crushed to death and many others were seriously injurei. . The calamity has caused a profound distress and gloom over the district and sympathy i? universally expressed for I the sufferers and th^ir relations.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 165, 18 June 1883, Page 2
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161AWFUL DISASTER. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 165, 18 June 1883, Page 2
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