Title: An Accident At The Wild West Show
Periodical: Staffordshire Post
Date: September 4, 1891
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AN ACCIDENT AT THE WILD WEST SHOW.
On Friday afternoon a serious accident occurred at the Wild West Show at Trent Bridge. As Miss Annie Oakley was commencing her performance in the arena, one of the stands collapsed, carrying a large number of people with it to the ground. The greatest excitement prevailed, it being feared that many had been badly injured, but fortunately the stand fell towards the rising, so that most of the occupants descended pretty easily to the ground. Miss Oakley's nerve and coolness saved a panic as she went through her performance without missing a shot.
Title: An Accident At The Wild West Show
Periodical: Staffordshire Post
Source: McCracken Research Library
Date: September 4, 1891
Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Britain
Keywords: Accidents American woman Grandstands Sharpshooters Traveling exhibitions
People: Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926
Sponsor: This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by the Geraldine W. & Robert J. Dellenback Foundation.
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