On 6 August 1996, up to 150 people were sent crashing to the ground after seating scaffolding collapsed during a circus performance in Cleve, Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. Approximately 50 people were injured with many requiring hospitalisation.
Industrial - Cleve structure collapse
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50
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Information Sources
The Advertiser, ‘How the circus seating came crashing down’, 8 August 1996, p 1
The Advertiser, ’35 hurt in circus accident’, 7 August 1996, p 1