Bousculade

1807 Newgate stampede

23 févr. 1807 · 51.51° N, 0.10° W

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Quand
23 févr. 1807
Type
Bousculade
Coordonnées
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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