Hong Kong Happy Valley Racecourse collapse

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The bleachers of Hong Kong Happy Valley Racecourse collapsed and caught fire when tens of thousands of audience members were watching a horse race on February 28, 1918. A total of 604 people died in the accident. It was one of the most serious accidents in modern sport history.