Fearful Disaster in a Russian Circus. MANY KILLED AND MANY INJURED.
An extraordinary catastrophe is reported from the south Russian town of Neschin. A circus company from Moscow was playing in a wooden building, which was crammed to the roof with some 2,000 people, when a storm rose rather suddenly, blowing off part ot the roof, from which a number of petroleum lamps were suspended. In an instant the blazing petroleum was pouring over the tightly packed masses of people, and a fearful panic naturally followed. In the rush to escape one of the lightly-built walls gave way, and the whole building collapsed. If it had not been for this minor disaster the bulk of the audience would have been consumed. As it wat , a large number have been either burped or trampled to death, and over three hundred more or less seriously in jure! , u [ \ . ' _ , <A
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 216, 20 August 1887, Page 7
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147Fearful Disaster in a Russian Circus. MANY KILLED AND MANY INJURED. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 216, 20 August 1887, Page 7
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