STAND COLLAPSES.
TWO PEOPIf KIIXED. MISHAP AT WIGAX MATCH. LONDON, April 2. The grandstand on the Rochdale football ground containing 1500 spectators collapsed in the sight of 50,000 other spectators. One person was killed and 19 others weie injured. A eeeond death occurred later. The match was the Rugby League semifinal between Wiean and Salford.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 78, 3 April 1939, Page 17
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