A TERRIBLE OCCURRENCE.
FATAL PANIC IN A CHURCH
115 NEGROES KILLED
Received September 22, 1.14 a.m
NEW YORK, September 21
After Booker Washington's address to the Negro National Convention in the Baptist Church at Birmingham!, Alabama, a fire was raised, a stampede occurred, and the exits became blocked. A number walked on the heads of the crowd. One hundied and fifteen were killed, the majority being saniothered. Many other negroes were injured.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11744, 22 September 1902, Page 5
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72A TERRIBLE OCCURRENCE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11744, 22 September 1902, Page 5
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