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THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TRIBUTES AND CANDLES XXXX
β₯ THE 183 CHILDREN THAT WERE CRUSHED AND SUFFORCATED IN THE VICTORIA HALL IN SUNDERLAND ON 16th JUNE 1883 β₯ :
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯ΒΈ.β’*(ΒΈ.β’*Β΄ β₯ `*β’.ΒΈ)`*β’.ΒΈβ₯
β₯ MARGARET G. ADAMS β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 5 PARADE ST β₯
β₯ CHARLES JOHN ALGREN β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 23 PARADE ST β₯
β₯ MICHAEL ALLAN β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ 13 NORTH BRIDGE ST β₯
β₯ MARGARET COOK-ALLAN β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 13 NORTH BRIDGE ST β₯
β₯ GEORGE F. ANDERSON β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 28 BROUGHAM ST β₯
β₯ JANE ATHEY β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 125 WAYMAN ST β₯
β₯ RUTH ATHEY β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 125 WAYMAN ST β₯
β₯ THOMAS BAILEY β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 39 EAST ST β₯
β₯ JAMES BEALE β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 32 FORD ST β₯
β₯ ISABELLA BELL β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 25 NORMAN ST β₯
β₯ JAMES BELL β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 3 PEMBERTON ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM GEORGE BELL β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 4 BRIDGE ST β₯
β₯ BARBARA BLAKEY β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 7 PAGE ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM BLAND β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 66 HEDLEY ST β₯
β₯ ROBERT W. BOOTH β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 11 ST. LUKES TERRACE β₯
β₯ NEWRICK BRIGGS β₯ 4YRS OLD β₯ 19 BLANDFORD ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM JAMES BRIGGS β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 19 BLANDFORD ST β₯
β₯ JOHN WILLIAM BRODIE β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 3 BUXTON ST β₯
β₯ EMILY BROWELL β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 3 GILSLAND ST β₯
β₯ MARGARET ELLEN BROWN β₯ 12YRS OLD β₯ 16 D'ARCY ST β₯
β₯ MARGARET BROWN β₯ 4YRS OLD β₯ 13 LISBURNE TERRACE β₯
β₯ DOROTHY B. BUGLASS β₯ 3YRS OLD β₯ 21 THORNTON PLACE β₯
β₯ THOMAS BUTLER β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 39 THOMPSON ST β₯
β₯ CHARLES HENRY CARR β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 13 TRINITY PLACE β₯
β₯ SARAH JANE CHANDLER β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 17 WILSON ST β₯
β₯ THOMAS H. CHANDLER β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 17 WILSON ST β₯
β₯ BARKER RAMSAY COGDON β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 21 FLAG LANE β₯
β₯ MARY JANE CONLIN β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 44 BURLEIGH ST β₯
β₯ GEORGE H. COULSON β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 22 WATSON LANE β₯
β₯ ANDREW COUPLAND β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 40 QUEEN ST β₯
β₯ JOHN CURRY β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 91 BACK WHITBURN ST β₯
β₯ ALFRED DAVID CURTIN β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ 4 CLANNEY ST β₯
β₯ JAMES FRED CURTIN β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 4 CLANNEY ST β₯
β₯ JOHN C. DAVISON β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 104 HIGH ST β₯
β₯ MARTIN H. DAVISON β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 73 TWEED ST β₯
β₯ ROSANNA DAVISON β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 11 THOMAS ST β₯
β₯ CHARLES DIXON β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ WILLOW POND TERRACE β₯
β₯ JOHN EDWARD DIXON β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 6 HOWICK ST β₯
β₯ CHARLES FOSTER-DODDS β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 73 VICTOR ST β₯
β₯ MARY DOWNEY β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 5 BACK SUSSEX ST β₯
β₯ CHARLES DRING β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 61 ROKER AVENUE β₯
β₯ JOHN ROBERT DRING β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 32 DOCK ST EAST β₯
β₯ ELVA DUMBLE β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ ST MARK'S RD β₯
β₯ MARY ANN DUNCAN β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 13 WILLIAM ST β₯
β₯ THOMAS H. DUNN β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 11 COLLIERY ROW β₯
β₯ ELIZABETH WATT-ELLIOTT β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 19 BURLEIGH ST β₯
β₯ JAMES OLIVER ELLIOTT β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 19 BURLEIGH ST β₯
β₯ CHARLES EVANS β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 16 THOMPSON ST β₯
β₯ JOHN GEORGE EVANS β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 16 THOMPSON ST β₯
β₯ JAMES FAIRGREAVE β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 17 BROUGHAM ST β₯
β₯ PETER FAIRGREAVE β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 17 BROUGHAM ST β₯
β₯ KATE FALLEY β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 7 CORNHILL RD β₯
β₯ CUTHBERT M. FENWICK β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 43 HIGH ST WEST β₯
β₯ JOHN FENWICK β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 46 WEAR ST β₯
β₯ THOMAS W .FLEMING β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 23 VINE ST β₯
β₯ GEORGE FOX β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 10 GILSLAND ST β₯
β₯ ROBERT FOX β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 10 GILSLAND ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM FOX β₯ 4YRS OLD β₯ CHESTER TERRACE NORTH β₯
β₯ JOHN G. GIBSON β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 16 TOWER ST β₯
β₯ JOHN R. GILLIES β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ 27 DAME DOROTHY ST β₯
β₯ FRED W. GRAHAM β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 2 BRAMWELL ST β₯
β₯ THOMAS GRAHAM β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 37 NEW GREY ST β₯
β₯ JOHN THOMAS GREENER β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 89 EGLINTON ST β₯
β₯ ROBERT HENRY GREY β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 21 HAWTHORN ST β₯
β₯ MARY ANN HALL β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 15 DEPTFORD RD β₯
β₯ THOMAS HALL β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 23 ALEXANDRA TERRACE β₯
β₯ ELIZA HALLIMAN β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 12 GREY'S BUILDINGS β₯
β₯ THOMAS HARRISON β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 11 ABBS ST β₯
β₯ JAMES HAYHURST β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 2 HIGH ST WEST β₯
β₯ CICELY HENDERSON β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 3 HOPPER ST β₯
β₯ JAMES HENDERSON β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 3 HOPPER ST β₯
β₯ MARGARET HENDERSON β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 3 HOPPER ST β₯
β₯ JOSEPH HENDERSON β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 6 NICHOLSON ST β₯
β₯ RICHARD HENDERSON β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 6 NICHOLSON ST β₯
β₯ ROBERT P. HILTON β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 41 EMMA ST β₯
β₯ EVELINE HINES β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 4 BOOTH ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM ARTHUR HINES β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 4 BOOTH ST β₯
β₯ ROBERT HALL HOGG β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 4 HARRISON ST EAST β₯
β₯ JOHN HOWARD β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 3 PEMBERTON ST β₯
β₯ THOMAS EDWARD HUGHES β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ 1 SWINBANK ST β₯
β₯ THOMAS HUGHES β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 5 CLANNEY ST β₯
β₯ LAURA V. HUTCHINSON β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 72 HENDON RD β₯
β₯ THOMAS JEFFERSON β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 20 GOSFORTH ST β₯
β₯ R. JEWITT β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ FOYLE ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM JOHNSON β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 4 PICKARD ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM KELTY β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 17 DOCK ST EAST β₯
β₯WILLIAM KEMP β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 24 HENRY ST EAST β₯
β₯ A. EDWARD KIRBY β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 19 D'ARCY TERRACE β₯
β₯ELIZABETH KIRTON β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 1 CARR'S YARD β₯
β₯ GEORGE W. KNOX β₯ 9YS OLD β₯ BROUGHAM ST β₯
β₯ JOHNSON LACKENBY β₯ 4YRS OLD β₯ 50 QUEEN ST β₯
β₯ CHARLES H. LANE β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 2 CLANNEY ST β₯
β₯ JAMES W. LANE β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 2 CLANNEY ST β₯
β₯ ISABELLA LAWRENCE β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 1 ADDISON ST β₯
β₯ JOHN LAWRENCE β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ 1 ADDISON ST β₯
β₯ EDWARD LIDDLE β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 34 BURLINGTON RD β₯
β₯ WILLIAM S. LONGSTAFF β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ COATESWORTH ST β₯
β₯ KATE McCANN β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 31 SILVER ST β₯
β₯ JOHN WILLIAM McKEEVER β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ SOCIETY LANE β₯
β₯ NELLIE MACONKIE β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 6 CHRISTOPHER ST β₯
β₯ FRED MADDISON β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ 11 KINGSLEY ST β₯
β₯ SARAH MADDISON β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ 11 KINGSLEY ST β₯
β₯ JOHN MARLEY β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ 7 TEES ST β₯
β₯ JAMES MEEK β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ 40 VILLIERS ST β₯
β₯ HANNAH I. MILBURN β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ ALDERSON ST β₯
β₯ CHARLES MILES β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 19 CATHERINE ST β₯
β₯ EMILY MILLER β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 3 GILSLAND ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM MILLER β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 34 BURLINGTON RD β₯
β₯ ALICE P. MILLS β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 10 ANN ST β₯
β₯ ELIZABETH A. MILLS β₯ 12YRS OLD β₯ 10 ANN ST β₯
β₯ FREDRICK MILLS β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 10 ANN ST β₯
β₯ RICHARD MILLS β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 10 ANN ST β₯
β₯ EMILY MORRIS β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 17 GLEBE CLEFT VILLAS β₯
β₯ JOHN MORRISON β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ RICHMOND ST β₯
β₯ JANE MUSE β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 17 BISS ST β₯
β₯ CATHERINE NEWTON β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 13 CARTER ST β₯
β₯ GEORGE STOKELD-NIPPER β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 11 HOWICK SQUARE β₯
β₯ JOHN WALKER-NOBLE β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 13 WINCHESTER TERRACE β₯
β₯ MARGARET ORROCK β₯ 12YRS OLD β₯ 16 COVENT GARDEN ST β₯
β₯ MARY PAGET β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ LISBURN TERRACE β₯
β₯ EDWARD PALEY β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 15 GARDEN PLACE β₯
β₯ ALFRED PATTERSON β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 6 MATLOCK ST β₯
β₯ LOUIS A. PAXTON β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 14 DUNNING ST β₯
β₯ ANN MARIE PEACE β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 22 WEST STANLEY ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM PEAREY β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 4 BRIGHT ST β₯
β₯ MARY ELEANOR PESCOD β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 21 BURLEIGH ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM HENRY PESCOD β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 21 BURLEIGH ST β₯
β₯ EMMERSON PHILLIPSON β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 12 DAME DOROTHY ST β₯
β₯ ANN M. PRINGLE β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 48 SOUTHWICK RD β₯
β₯ MAGGIE PRINGLE β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 48 SOUTHWICK RD β₯
β₯ GEORGE PRIOR β₯ 12YRS OLD β₯ 11 KINGSLEY ST β₯
β₯ JOHN T. PROUDFOOT β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 11 BURLEIGH ST β₯
β₯ ROBERT RAMSEY β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 36 COVENT GARDEN ST β₯
β₯ ANNIE REDMOND β₯ 14YRS OLD β₯ 14 BOOTH ST β₯
β₯ CATHERINE RICHMOND β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 15 GREY'S BUILDINGS β₯
β₯ THOMAS C. RITSON β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 18 MORDEY ST β₯
β₯ ANNIE PATTERSON-ROBERTSON β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 61 HIGH ST EAST β₯
β₯ ETHEL ROBERTSON β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 61 HIGH ST EAST β₯
β₯ ELEANOR ROBSON β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 14 TYNE ST β₯
β₯ MARGARET ROPER β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 12 EAST CROSS ST β₯
β₯ ELIZABETH ROWELL β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 48 GLADSTONE ST β₯
β₯ MARY HELEN RUSSELL β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 29 LAWRENCE ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM RUTHEFORD β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 19 JOHN CANDELISH RD β₯
β₯ JAMES H. SCOTT β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 23 VINE ST β₯
β₯ EUGENIE SCRAFTON β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 6 HANDEL ST β₯
β₯ WALTER G. SHIPLEY β₯ GRIFFIN'S BUILDINGS β₯
β₯ ABRAHAM SIMEY β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 55 SILVER ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM SIMPSON β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ SANS CLOSE β₯
β₯ GEORGE SLEIGHTAM β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ HENDON ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM SLEIGHTAM β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ HENDON ST β₯
β₯ CARRIE SMITH β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ 43 NORTHUMBERLAND ST β₯
β₯ ELIZABETH SNAITH β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 57 FOWLER TERRACE β₯
β₯ GEORGE SNAITH β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 7 EAST ST β₯
β₯ TINEY SOLOMON β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ 43 HENRY ST β₯
β₯ THOMAS SOUTHERN β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 10 CATHERINE ST β₯
β₯ JOSEPH SPENCE β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 30 HOWICK ST β₯
β₯ JOHN THOMAS SWINNEY β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ GEORGE ST β₯
β₯ JOHN JAMES TAYLOR β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ COATESWORTH ST β₯
β₯ MARGARET ANN THOMPSON β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ NORMAN ST β₯
β₯ MARGARET THOMPSON β₯ 3YRS OLD β₯ 31 PALMER ST β₯
β₯ MARY ANN THOMPSON β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 31 PALMER ST β₯
β₯ ANNIE M TOMLINSON β₯ 4YRS OLD β₯ SOUTH DURHAM ST β₯
β₯ ADA ANN TOPIN β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 47 EMMA ST β₯
β₯ NORA TOPIN β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 47 EMMA ST β₯
β₯ THOMAS TOWARD β₯ 9YRS OLD β₯ COATESWORTH ST β₯
β₯ MARGARET A TURNBULL β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ NORMAN ST β₯
β₯ JOHN GEORGE THOMAS VENUS β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 89 EGLINTON ST β₯
β₯ GRACE NEWTON-VOWELL β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ 5 1/2 NORFOLK ST β₯
β₯ LILY VOWELL β₯ 4YRS OLD β₯ 5 1/2 NORFOLK ST β₯
β₯ ELIZABETH WANLESS β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 8 DOCK ST β₯
β₯ FLORENCE EDITH WARD β₯ 6YRS OLD β₯ 8 BACK CHARLES ST β₯
β₯ AMY C. L. WATSON β₯ 13YRS OLD WAYMAN ST β₯
β₯ ANNIE EMILY C. WATSON β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ WAYMAN ST β₯
β₯ R. C. WATSON β₯ 12YRS OLD β₯ WAYMAN ST β₯
β₯ WILLIAM R. WEIGHILL β₯ 8YRS OLD β₯ VINE COTTAGE β₯
β₯ ROBERT WILKINSON β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 7 ADDISON ST β₯
β₯ JOHN HENRY WILLAN β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 37 ZETLAND ST β₯
β₯ JOHN ROBERT WILLIAMSON β₯ 11YRS OLD β₯ 5 JOHNSON ST β₯
β₯ JOHN JAMES WISE β₯ 10YRS OLD β₯ 56 MOOR ST β₯
β₯ ANDREW WRIGHT β₯ 7YRS OLD β₯ 5 BRIGHT ST β₯
β₯ MARY WRIGHT β₯ 5YRS OLD β₯ WILLOW POND INN β₯
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In the summer of 1883, Mr Fay toured the schools of Sunderland looking for an audience for his forthcoming show. He promised that every child would have a chance of receiving a present after the event, which he billed as 'The Greatest Treat For Children Ever Given'. It was to be held at The Victoria Hall. Having set the entrance fee at 1d, so that as many children as possible could escape their often boring lives, for a few exciting hours.
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When the day finally arrived two thousand excited children trooped into Victoria Hall. Entranced by Mr Fays magic, boys and girls screamed with delight as his voice reached across the stage. Wide-eyed and expectant, cheering and hissing all at the right times, the children were quickly absorbed by the fantastic entertainer. Although one of Mr Fay's turns, involving vast quantities of smoke, caused several children to vomit, he quickly won them back and the children were in their glory as the final act saw Fay 'hatching' pigeons and allowing them to fly around the hall.
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At 5.10pm, and the performance now at an end, as far as most of the children were concerned the best was yet to come, the giving out of presents. Presents were a rare treat to most of the children that were there. The Victoria Hall, situated on the corner of Toward Road and Murton Street, was split into three. The stalls seated about 1,000 people; the gallery had seating for 1,100 with room for about 400 more. On this particular afternoon, the upper circle was occupied by just one woman and her child, while the lower floors was full to bursting, with excited children wondering what present they would receive.
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Mr. Fay was a man of his word, and along with his helpers began throwing small treats to the children in the body of the hall. Each throw resulted in a scrummage as a beaming child secreted a gift, and others scampered for the next treat. The children in the gallery looked on in horror, as no treats were coming their way. The action was all downstairs. Suddenly the words they had been waiting for, "This way for presents." Children nearest the upstairs exits who heard the summons quickly slipped out.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
They were followed down the flights of stairs hundreds of frenzied children desperate not to miss out on the promised freebies. Whether the entrance to the body of the hall was locked is not known, it may be that the doors were opened so that only one child at a time could pass through. No matter which, a backlog soon occurred.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
The first people on the scene believed that three children tried to pass through together and became wedged in the doorway. A flood of children then fell head over heels, one on top of the other. Screams and shrieks echoed down the staircases until all the air was squeezed from the tiny lungs, but more still pressed down from above.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
Mr Graham, the manager stated" When I approached the lower door I heard some fearful screams, groans and noises of struggling. I rushed to the door and attempted to open it, and found I could not do so; the bolt was in the socket about two feet from the door frame, and the opening was jammed up nearly as high as my head with the bodies of children. The manager rushed his way upstairs to another route and came down stairways crammed with children. When we reached the forth step from the bottom we found the children packed in a mass from that place all over the whole of the landing below, there seemed to be hundreds of them.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
At first I did not think that any were dead, but when we tried to release them I discovered my mistake. I tried at first to take out children from the thickest of the mass, but they were so tightly wedged in that I could scarcely move them without risk of further injury to their poor limbs, so I began by picking out those little ones from the top who groaned, moved their limbs or showed other signs of life.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
Two gentlemen, one named Raine, quickly came to my assistance and we handed the injured children through the window or the door to a constable who ran with them to the porch of the building and placed them in the open air. We worked very hard, but the children were lying wedged together eight deep and it was very difficult to get at them." Some rather confused and contradictory statements were taken from the survivors. 12 year old Thomas Wilson, who was at the back of the main hall, stated that a man on the stage told those downstairs that presents were available in the gallery.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
At the door a man was standing giving away presents but when the man saw a boy with five or six presents he said this will never do and bolted the door. He then threw some presents towards the street and told the children to leave via the Toward Road door.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
Thomas managed to get a round whistle and made his way home, safely. Those upstairs were not so lucky. Mr Simpson wrote to the local newspaper about his son's experiences: My eldest boy was in the doomed gallery. His story of the tragedy is that before the close of the performance he thought he would leave as he had sense to know that there would be a crush on the way out. He descended the stairs a few minutes before the finish.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
When he came to the fatale door he found it shut and bolted. He tried to remove the bolt, but he could not, and before he knew down came the human mass on the top of him. How he was saved is a miracle to me. He felt as though he was falling asleep. He was carried out into the hall, and by kind aid and medical skill he was restored. Now if the door had been two foot open, and the bolt in to allow one to pass at a time, he would have gone straight out.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
The door had been shut and the bolt put down, and there was not a soul to guard or look after this in any way.9 year old George Howitt was also in the gallery, and he too left through a door which had been left some eighteen inches open. He watched as a man give presents away and then noticed that the door was only a little bit open. George had been sitting on a form with Frank and Emily Morris, Emily was killed and Frank fainted but later regained consciousness. All 11 year old Inez Coe was indirectly spared because of her disability. She went down the stairs early to avoid the crush and was told by a man at the bottom that she could not leave until the others from upstairs had come down.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
Once the stampede started, Inez snuggled into the corner and used her crutch as a crash barrier. She saw a boy fall down and others trip over him and she squeezed into the corner as bodies piled up around her. After what must have seemed like hours, she saw a man reaching down to pull out the dead bodies that surrounded her. Screaming out take me out before the dead one's I'm alive. Inez was hoisted clear. On reaching the outside she fainted but was revived with a bucket of cold water.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
The tragedy had such a traumatizing effect on it's survivors that ten years later, Sidney Duncan, aged ten at the time of the incident, could recall the events as if they had happened the previous day. "Within half a minuet I was forced of my feet and almost buried in the struggling, dying mass. Only the cries of a few who were being crushed in the pack behind could be heard. In front comparative silence reigned but the writhings of the expiring little ones were fearful to behold. I witnessed all, and lay unable to even aid myself." Fully five minuets elapsed before assistance arrived.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
From the contradictory statements it seems that , in the rush for presents both from the gallery and the main hall, a member of staff must have bolted the door. The intention being to keep the two sections of children separate. This action was to cost the people of Sunderland dearly.183 children (114 boys and 69 girls) were crushed or trampled to death and another 100 seriously injured. Most of the victims were aged between seven and ten, but two were just three years old. The mangled bodies, many barley recognizable, were laid out in rows for identification. More than one family lost all of their children.
β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯Β΄*β’.ΒΈ(*β’.ΒΈ β₯ ΒΈ.β’*Β΄)ΒΈ.β’*´´* Β΄*β’.ΒΈβ₯
A man and his wife anxiously scanned the rows of the dead, his face blanched , and without showing any further signs of emotion pointed to a little figure, that's one. A few yards later he pointed again, that's another. Then as he came to the last child in the row, he lost composure and burst into loud sobs "My God! All my family, gone." Queen Victoria wrote to the clergymen of the town, who relayed her message of condolence at the subsequent funerals and services through out the town. Let's hope her words come true, 'Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of god'.
β₯ΒΈ.β’*(ΒΈ.β’*Β΄ β₯ `*β’.ΒΈ)`*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯ΒΈ.β’*(ΒΈ.β’*Β΄ β₯ `*β’.ΒΈ)`*β’.ΒΈβ₯β₯ΒΈ.β’*(ΒΈ.β’*Β΄ β₯ `*
Rememberance
Today, 16-6-2011 a day of Remembrance was observed from 11am by 183 local school children, Parisoners and locals at the memorial in Mowbray Park,Sunderland and a wreath placed at the foot of the memorial.
A service was conducted by Father stephen from St Ignatius church in hendon with local newspapers and news media in attendance.
There are details in place to make this a yearly event to make sure no one will ever forget the names or tragedy which happened to the poor little children of sunderland.
God rest your little souls. :-(
Henderson
Joseph and Richard Henderson, long lost family members always remembered and now written into our family history xx
sleep tight littlle ones
For years now i have heard storys about this disaster. T o day wot i have red is so devesating god bless little ones and sleep tight x
GOD BLESS ALL YOU LITTLE CHILDREN ; AND THE FAMILIES THEY LEFT BEHIND TO MOURN FOREVER ; IM TRULY SHOCKED AT THIS STORY ; I NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT ; I JUST COME BY IT IN MY SEARCH FOR SOMEONE ELSE ; MY LOVE TO YOU ALL ; LOVE ALISON XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
hello, when my nana died in 1999, we clearing out her home, and i found the origional newspaper off the victoria hall disaster, everytime i walk past the winter gardens and the old museum, i always think... thats where all them people died, i hope you's are all at peace, xxx
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What a sad story. I can't begin to imagine what those poor childrens families must have gone through, such a sad sad event. may each and every one of you rest in piece and be i hope you are all somewhere better and re united with your loving families now x
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