On the 26th Feb 1918, the 3rd race, a shed couldn’t stand for the weight of the audiences and collapsed. Many people directly dropped to the stoves and boiled oil. Some were crushed by the falling shed. At the same time, the collapsed shed soon got fire and then the sheds beside…Many audiences were burnt to death…

It must have been a tragic and trying period for the families that had relations who met their untimely deaths