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Show ; life is trampled out of SIXTEEN CHILDREN IN PANIC Were Crushed to Death by Frenzied Mob at Amusement Hall Forty Others Injured. Darnsloy, Englnnd. Sixteen children chil-dren woro trampled to death, and forty others,' soveral of whom cannot live, wero Injured In n mad rush for bettor seats at nn entertainment given In tho public hall here Saturday nftcr-noon nftcr-noon Thero was a great crush to secure admlttanco to tho entertainment, entertain-ment, and when tho doors opened ovory seat wns taken nnd tho gallery was literally packed with children, who filled tho aisles and who wore dangerously massed against tho lower railing. With n view to relloving this crowding In tho gnllory tho attendants decided to transfer somo of tho children chil-dren to tho body of tho house, and ono usher called out, "Somo of you children como down stairs." Immediately tho rush started, and within n fow seconds hundreds of children wero being trampled under foot. Even thoso who had scats In tho gallery, doubtless being panic-stricken panic-stricken by tho screams and struggles of tho crowds fighting to reach tho staircase, Joined in tho Btampcdo. Tho scono was a tcrrlblo ono, the cries of tho Injured and moans of tho dying causing tho greatest excitement among thoso gathered In tho body of tho hall. Pol I co and ushers rushed to tho head of tho staircases, which wco literally strewn with dead and dying, and by tho most dospcrato efforts managed to drag scores of tho struggling strug-gling children tn tho corridors below. It wns with tho greatest difficulty that a panic among tho children In tho lower part of tho houso was averted, all of thoso ovcntually being taken to tho strcot In safety. |