Victoria Hall disaster
Poster advertising the variety show at which the children died | |
Location in Tyne and Wear | |
| Date | 16 June 1883 |
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| Time | 3 p.m. |
| Location | Victoria Hall, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK |
| Coordinates | 54°54′12.3″N 01°22′44.8″W / 54.903417°N 1.379111°W |
| Type | Crowd crush |
| Deaths | 183 |
| Grid reference | NZ398565 |
| Summary: 183 children, aged between 3 and 14, were crushed to death in a rush to the stage when free toys were offered. | |
The Victoria Hall disaster occurred on 16 June 1883 at the Victoria Hall in Sunderland, England, when the distribution of free toys caused a crowd crush resulting in 183 children (aged between 3 and 14 years old) to be crushed to death due to compressive asphyxia.