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1870 Harpers Weekly House Of Delegates Gallery Collapse
1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
Title: The Richmond calamity -- Interior of Hall of Delegates -- Getting Out the Dead and Wounded Shows the aftermath of the 1870 collapse of the gallery in the Virginia State House of Delegates. The gallery was overloaded with spectators who were anxious to find out which of the two rival claimants for the office of mayor would prevail. 56 dead, 250 wounded.
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