Disaster at a Football Match.
■ ♦ - - A STAND COLLAPSES. SEVERAL LIVES IX)ST. United "Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. Received April 7, 9.2 a.m. London April s.— Seventy-thousand people attended an association football" match between England and Scotland, played aflbrox Park, Glasgow. . The crowd broke the barriers, and invaded the ground, but mounted police* charged and cleared the playing space. Many peoplo were injured in the crush and elsewhere. 1 he back of a stand collapsed, precipitating scores of people 30 feet, and burying them amongst broken wocd. Altogether three people were killed! and 150 injured, some fatally. ' .
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11934, 7 April 1902, Page 2
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