PANIC AT A NEGRO CONVENTION.
THE EXITS BLOCKED. 115 KILLED AND MANY INJURED. By Telegraph.—Press Association.Copyright. (Received September 22, 1.14 a.m.) New York, September 21. After Mr- Booker Washington's address to the Negro National Convention in the Baptist Church at Birmingham, Alabama, the cry of " Fire !" was raised, and a stampede occurred. The exits became blocked and a number walked on the heads of the crowd. One hundred and fifteen were killed, the majority being smothered. Many other negroes were injured.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12077, 22 September 1902, Page 5
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