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GALLERY SINKS A FOOT. So many people crowded into the south gallery of Huddersfield (England) Parish Church, at a special Armistice and civic service that a large beam supporting the gallery cracked so badly that it allowed the floor of the gallery to fall about a foot. ■ The congregation of more than 2000 people was the largest at the church for many-' years. The vicar, Canon A. Baines, was reciting the prayers when the beam, cracked, and ’in fear that the gallery might collapse, people below it made a rush for the doors. Policemen quickly cleared the gallery and the service was continued.
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1933, Page 3
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