GRANDSTAND COLLAPSE IN COLOGNE
SPECTATORS INJURED ' AT MILITARY REVIEW COLOGNE, September 16. A grandstand on which 5000 People, including high-placed diplomats, were watching a military parade crumpled into the arena without warning. Many of those injured suffered mL en le 8S and arms. , The parade was suspended and the "*oops began to rescue the victims. Hundreds are reported to have °«en injured, including the Belgian J-onsul-General, who suffered a "oken leg, and other important offiand diplomats. ««♦ e crasn occurred when the specWors, after rising in unison to salute • Passing detachment, sat down simUtaneously. {were is an official censorship, and ■? public has not been informed of f extent of the accident and those Jured.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22201, 18 September 1937, Page 7
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