FATALITIES AT A FOOTBALL MATCH.
ENGLAND v SCOTLAND.
SPECTATORS KILLED AND INJURED
TJaited Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright. # (Received April 7th, 9.2 a.m.) I LONDON, April 6. Seventy thousand people attended the Association footoall match between England and Scotland, which was played at Ibrox Park, in Glasgow. The crowd broke the barriers, and invaded the ground. A body of mounted police charged the intruders, and cleared the playing space. Many were injured in tho crush elsewhere. T&e back of the stand abo collapsed, precipitating scores of spectators thirty-five feet, and burying ' them amongst broken wood. Altogether tnree people were killed, and 150 were injured.
CABLE NEWS.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11243, 8 April 1902, Page 5
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