ONE of the most moving monuments in the North-East stands in Mowbray Park, Sunderland.
It is sited near the site of the Victoria Hall Theatre where, tragically, on June 16, 1883, an incredible 114 boys and 69 girls died in a crushing incident caused by a door that could only be opened one way.
Sunderland will never forget how children queued for a carnival fun day which was billed as a great treat but soon became a great tragedy when many of them suffocated
On the morning of Monday, June 18, 1883, the columns of The Northern Echo were shrouded with thick, black and mournful borders, leaving readers in no doubt that a terrible tragedy had happened.