oct 11, 1711 - 245 people are killed in a crush on the Guillottière bridge [fr] in Lyon, France, caused when a large crowd returning from a festival on the other side of the Rhône become trapped against an obstruction in the middle of the bridge caused by a collision between a carriage and a cart
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oct 11, 1711
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