PILGRIMS STAMPEDE
TRAMPLED TO DEATH. (v SIT ED PRESS A.BSOOIA.TIOU" —BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.) (Received February 14th, 5.5 p.m.) CALCUTTA, February 13. The enthusiasm of pilgrims to worship Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning, led to a tragedy in the villege of Bihar (Rabaul) to-day. In a mad rush of 3000 people to enter the temple, 20 were trampled to death and soores were injured.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20471, 15 February 1932, Page 9
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