# @wild_history_uk on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZsUMciIE2y
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66798234-wild-history-uk-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/bcd2f2fd7c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-17T16:31:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Wild History Shocking Stories From the Past (@wild_history_uk) — https://gondola.cc/wild_history_uk

## Caption

183 children died against one door — bolted to open just one child wide.

Sunderland, 1883. Two thousand children rushed the stairs of the Victoria Hall for a prize, and jammed against a door fixed nearly shut so staff could check tickets one at a time. 183 were crushed; the youngest was three.

But the grief forced a change. The law was rewritten so public doors open outward, and the push-bar was invented because of them. Every safe exit you use, you owe in part to these children.

#BritishHistory #ForgottenHistory #VictorianHistory

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## Tags

forgottenhistory, victorianhistory, britishhistory

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