STAMPEDE OF CHILDREN.
OVERCROWDING A GALLERY. PATHETIC SCENES - ■ or viLisan . association—cbrTfti'pirr.. London, January 12.. . - Further particulars of the Stampedo of children at a kinematograpii matineb at Barnslby (Yorkshiro), which resulted • in' six-* :teen bbing killed and vbrty,'injuredj 'show that tho children Were Emitted to, the gallery for'a penny apieej. Many of them were only four or five Jears of age. , I ' Fbr 400 Seats 605 passed ill/ and theroWero 400 taore on tlio long Winding StairS. An attendant suggested she transfer of the stirplus to the pit, and a lUsli ensued, : Those hurrying .Ib.wnstairs overwhelmed those ascending till a m,\ss bf human beings -Was wedged ifl ; a Sinall space,at the foot of. thb l stairs. - , ;• ' There werb hcartreiiding scenes in the hall aiid. at ■ tlio mortuary,-.frheil.vthehmpthefs were' itienbifyiiigr thoitwoltildtiehiW m tinibji I ■
THE KING'S SYMPATHY. (Rfe Jan. 13, 9.45 p.m.) •
London) January 13,
King Edward has bxprosscd horror nt. tho accideht, 'and his Warmest sympathy; with the parents bf thbsb killed told injured.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 94, 14 January 1908, Page 5
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