A sad calamity occurred at Coupar Angus ou Thursday, July 15, on the occasion of the annual Highland games and athletic sports. A grand stand had been erected and at 1 o'clock all the seats were fully occupied, but no sooner had the games begun than the stand gave symptoms of insecurity. In a moment, and without time for any one to escape, it bulged forward, then fell back, and the structure gave way with a fearful crash, carrying everybody with it. The person most seriously injured, and who was the last to be extricated, was Mr George Winter, a tailor. He was quite unconscious. Death put an end to bis sufferings about a quarter of an hour after he had been taken out of the ruins. A man, describing a church in Scotland, writes to a friend—" No velvet cushions in our pews. We. don't go in for style.
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Southland Times, Issue 1151, 22 October 1869, Page 3
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