What the records say
- When
- 23 Feb 1807
- Kind
- Crowd crush
- Coordinates
- 51.51° N, 0.10° W
- Description
- human crush at Newgate Prison, London
- Deaths
- 34
- Injured
- 15
1807 Newgate disaster
Crowd crush at Newgate Prison, London
The 1807 Newgate disaster or the Old Bailey Accident of 1807 was a crowd crush that occurred outside London's Newgate Prison on 23 February 1807. The disaster occurred when part of a large, dense crowd, gathered to witness a triple execution, was destabilised after being disturbed by a collapsing wooden cart, triggering a chain of events leading to a fatal crowd crush.
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