Cleve, South Australia, August 1996

Industrial - Cleve structure collapse

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50 Injured

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.

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