TRAGEDY AT MEETING.
j KALI, OK OKiLLiI NO KILLS BOY | LONDON, June. 20. The Central Hall, 'Westminster, the world-famous home of No nconif ormity in Biita.in, was the .yeene. oil a surprising accident, when the Baptist Missionary Society was commemorating the Congo jubilee hy an exhibition which included' a film of nmsiomry work. Many Sunday .school scholars, after viewing. the film, were descending the stairs, when, without warning, a- portion of the ceiling of the main entraneo fe'li with a. terrific, crash, burying several chihliren in the debris. Scores of lesvuer.s carried out the injured. A. boy of 1.3 died of a fractured skull'l in Westminster Hospital. l*ive others, iiujlndin.tr adult®, arc suffering, from fractal eel .skulls, and several have minor injuries.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 June 1928, Page 7
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122TRAGEDY AT MEETING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 June 1928, Page 7
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