THIRTY-EIGHT WOMEN PERISH IN A SYNAGOGUE IN RUSSIA.
A shocking accident is reported from Pod oil a, one of the Russian provinces. la the town of Moscow, duriDg service in the wynagogue on Saturday, some person cried out that the edifice was on fire. A panic immediately ensued. Men, women and children arose and attempted to gain the doors. The strong trampled on the weak, and for the period of a few minutes the situation was appalling. Thirty-eight women were either trampled to death or suffocated, anil nearly 50 were seriously injured. Five aged men and at least a dozen children were taken out dead. The number wounded, while not exactly stated, is said to be large. Nearly 2000 persons were- in the synagogue when the alarm was sounded. Many of the women in the galleries leaped down to the main floor, and were so bruised and stunned that they could not extricate themselves from the panic-stricken throng. It was not until late in the afternoon that the wounded were all cared for. An official investigation of the disaster has been ordered.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1130, 24 January 1884, Page 1
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182THIRTY-EIGHT WOMEN PERISH IN A SYNAGOGUE IN RUSSIA. Temuka Leader, Issue 1130, 24 January 1884, Page 1
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