Accident at Nottingham, 1844. Creator: Unknown

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Accident at Nottingham, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Accident at Nottingham, 1844. A crowd had assembled to witness the public execution of William Saville for the murder of his wife and children. Afterwards there was a stampede down a narrow street: The place where the execution took place is in a confined street called High Pavement, between 20 and 30 feet wide, and at the distance of about 100 yards is an avenue, called Gamer s-hill, a very steep descent, with five or six steps at the top. As soon as the drop fell, the crowd rushed violently along High Pavement, and hurled a number of persons down the steps. Eight were taken up dead from suffocation, four have died since. Another account states that in all 30 persons were seriously injured. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

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