1956 Yahiko Shrine stampede

hist 1956 human stampede in Japan March 2021 Yahiko_Shrine_Accident.jpg The coffin of a victim being carried out from Yahiko Shrine 1956 01 01 y Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, Japan 37.70644 138.82661 dms type:event_region:JP inline,title 124 35000–40000 75 collapsed shrine stone walls Just after midnight in the morning of 1 January 1956 a human crowd crush and stampede at the Yahiko Shrine in Yahiko, Japan, resulted in the death of 124 individuals and 75 others were injured. Stampede Around midnight of 1 January 1956, 35,000 to 40,000 people visited the Yahiko Shrine to pay the traditional honors on the occasion of the new year. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB15:000576001:mpeg21:a00011 124 Sjinto-pelgrims in gedrang verpletterd 2 January 1956 De Maasbode 2 Delpher nl Just after midnight a stampede occurred on the steep steps leading to the shrine at the moment the priest started throwing down rice cookies, according to the tradition. The two-metres high stone walls on the sides of the stair collapsed due to the pushing by crowd. People were buried under the stones or fell down. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010614294:mpeg21:a0088 Gedrang bij Sjinto-heiligdom: ruim honderd doden Leeuwarder Courant : Hoofdblad van Friesland 2 January 1956 Leeuwarder Courant 3 Delpher nl Initial reports listed 112 deaths and 50 injured people. https://www.nytimes.com/1956/01/01/archives/112-japanese-die-in-panic-at-shrine-30000-new-years-faithful.html 112 JAPANESE DIE IN PANIC AT SHRINE The New York Times 1 January 1956 https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue/stm/1956-01-02/edition/null/page/1 Ramp in heiligdom 2 January 1956 De Stem 1 krantenbankzeeland.nl nl These numbers later increased to 124 deaths and 75 injured people. https://krantenbankzeeland.nl/issue/stm/1956-01-03/edition/null/page/1 Het aantal 3 January 1956 De Stem 1 krantenbankzeeland.nl nl References Category:1956 in Japan Category:January 1956 in Asia Category:Disasters in religious buildings and structures Category:Accidental deaths in Japan Category:Human stampedes in Asia Category:1950s disasters in Japan Category:Man-made disasters in Japan Category:Yahiko, Niigata Category:Disasters in Niigata Prefecture Category:1956 disasters in Asia