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TERR A C ES at B ritain's
football grounds should be
closed and fans b re a th ­
alysed if they look drunk,
Sheffield's' only Conserva’tive MP said -today. ■'
Ir v in e P a tn ic k , w ho
toured the Hillsborough
ground with the Prime Min­
ister and Home Secretary
Douglas Hurd, was calling
in Parliament this afternoon
for strong action to prevent
a repeat o f such a tragedy.
“ 1 went into the tempo­
rary mortuary in the gym­
nasium at the ground on
Saturday night and it is the j
worst thing 1 have ever seen ,
in mv life. 1 cannot describe
my feelings — we must do
something to prevent this •
sort o f thing," he said.
Mr Patnick thought it was
“almost inevitable” that ter- i
races would close.;
• P u b s ^ ; 4 heffiel(i cify I
centre and do^.Q^jor/vcjxit
roads from the city were :
shut when the scale of the
disaster was realised.
P o lic e re q u e s te d th e
move, fearing outbreaks of
violence.
Crowd control officers
were diverted to the ground,
leaving police cover at a
ininimum in the city centre.
D o o rs closed a ro u n d
3.30pm and remained shut
uritil7pm isfan s made their
sad way home.
A car was overturned out­
side the Roebuck pub in
Charles Street, but righted
by another gfoup o f youths.
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A SO R R O W FU L
B ishop o f Sheffield, the
R t Rev D avid L unn, last
n ight criticised the “ h a p ­
h a z a rd w a y ” in w hich
th o u s a n d s o f fo o tb a ll
fa n s are p ack ed in to
stadium s.
In a sombre address at
Sheffield Cathedral he re­
f r a in e d fro m b la m in g
| anyone for the Hillsborough
tragedy, but questioned how
a society could let it happen.
H e s a id : “ W h at an
absurdity it is that we bring
together 50.000 or 100,000
people in such a haphazard
a way, soinelws^jbr other
failing to realise thathum an
beings are very vulnerable t6^'
the accidental o r deliberate
actions o f each other.”
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The Bishop of Sheffield,^
The Rt Rev David Lunn
Dozens listened in silence
to th e B ish o p 's speech,
including Chief Constable*
Peter Wright.
T h e serv ice aim ed to
reflect the “ sorrows and*
p ra y e r s o f a ll h e a r t s ”
red u ced m any to tears,f;
especially as that football
favourite Abide with Me
was sung.
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Mr Lunn said: “ What has
happened is almost unen-f?
durable. What can you say^
to someone who has lost
someone precious to them,
m ore precious even than5their own life?
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“I would not for a second
point a finger o f blame at
any on e in these la st 24
hours. It would be wrong
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and impertinent.”
R t Rev Lunn told the'
congregation that the Pro­
vost o f Sheffield the Very
Rev John G ladw in, c u r­
rently in Soweto, had sent a
message o f condolence.
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Liverpudlians Tilled the ci- I.
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least 5,000 others listened to
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a Requiem Mass.
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MESSAGES o f symp a t h y f r o m w o rld
le a d e rs a n d so c c e r
officials have poured
into Britain following
th e H ills b o ro u g h
disaster.
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a Requiem Mass.
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In Turin, Giovanni Boniperti, president of Juventus,
said!' be was shocked and
speechless at the Sheflield
tragedy.
King J u t p C arlos and
Queen Sofia of Spain spoke
o f ah “unfortunate catastro­
President Mitterand aJ
King Juan Carlos
phe” in a telegram to the
Queen.
ShefTield drama and assure fences to you and to the
It said: “Sofi and I send the families of the victims of loved ones o f the victims^**
Sincerely, George.”
• you and all the nation our my personal condolences.”
most sincere regrets.”
In a telegram to M rs
Pope Jobo Paul II sent his
Thatcher, President Bash condolences in a telegram to
‘Moved’
said: “ D ear M argaret, I the Archbishop ofWestminrFrench President Francois have just learned o f the ster. Cardinal Basil Humeib
Mitterand said: “I have been tragic* events in Sheffield. A Vatican spokesman said;-,
d e e p l y m o v e d by t h e My deepest personal condo- “The Holy Father is praying^
for the dead and invokes
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‘Setback*
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' In Brazil, Tele Santana,
the country’s coach in the?
1982 and 1986 World Cups,;
1 said: “An accident o f this
nature is a great setback for
soccer.
T h e re w ere c a l ls fo r
im proved safety rules at;.;sporting events.
Australian politicians and
soccer fans demanded strict­
er crowd control in their
own grounds after Satur­
day’s disaster and a danger­
ous crush involving fans in
Sydney.
New South Wales state .
premier Nick Greiner said
today that major sporting
bodies would be asked to ^
review crowd safety.
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At the year-old Sydney
Football Stadium yesterday; *
a special poiice unit waff*
called in when thousands of
late arrivals rushed ticket
c o u n te rs a n d turnstiles^
minutes before kick-ofT ins
the World Cup qualifyingmatch between A u stra lia
and Israel.
A
Italy’s representative to;
UEFA, Antonio Matarrese,
said re-admitting English,,
clubs now had to be *^eri- # >
ously questioned”.
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A D O C T O R w ho fought
fo r h o u rs to save lives a t
H illsb o ro u g h s a id th is
a f t e r n o o n t h a t li v e s
co u ld have been saved-if ,
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medical a n d em ergency
facilities a t the ground.
D r John Ashton, lecturer
in community medicine at ;
L iv e r p o o l U n iv e r s it y ,
claimed: “At least 30 people
coulq gtiii be alive today if
f t h e r | 1ia d been a ra p id
Of: response and basic medical
QE- facilities.”
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Andihe has bitterly criti-~vr
cised jhe police, medical,
-is e q u ip m e n t a n d ground*
facilities as “woefully inade~J
q u a t e in t h e f a c e o f
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tragedy.” ..
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set uji a clearing sta/ion
tiehind iLeppings Lane Sand
there were ten or 20 dead
people, there. N o senior
police^.oflicer took ^iftrge.
There; vi'as no order asd no
one knew what to do.
“ I had to assume control !
and separated people into
three categories — survi­
vors, injuredand dead.
“The police weren't dis­
patching in order o f severity
and that is not the right
thing tp do.”
He gave first aid to the
dying and injured men,
women and children who
lay spraw led acro ss the
pitch. , .
“The whole thing was a
nightmare!
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Exclusive by Bob Westerdale
POLICE chief Roger Marshall ordered
the opening of the Hillsborough disaster
gate fearing a wall was seconds away
from collapsing on hundreds of fans, The
Star can ireveal this afternoon.
Beleagured bobbies also radioed a plea to
delay the kick-ofT o f the ill-fated semi-final in
which 94 supporters died and 200 were injured.
Supt Roger Marshall”* experienced officer
wSio supenned movement offBJnrerpori fans^
B ut th e m atch started o n time, ad d in g to the fra n ­
tic crush tow ards Leppings L ane turnstiles.
S tartled officers — som e o f them hem m ed in —
th o u g h t the wall was beginning to buckle un der the
e n o rm o u s pressure o f scream ing fans.
The crowd was packed so lightly around a police horse
that it was lifted six inches off the ground.
Supt Marshall, the experiencw zone commander super­
vising Liverpool fans’ movement outside the ground, real­
ised disaster was seconds away.
At the same lime, the pressure of fans’ bodies started to
bend supports on the other side of the gale and steward
Jack Stone placed two wooden poles to stop it bursting
open.
Then, a policeman instructed him to open the gate in a
desperate bid to ease the crush.
At first, Mr Stone, of Adkins Drive, Hillsborough,
refused before handing over'the keys saying: “This is your
responsiblity not mine’’.
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. Liverpool fan Stephen Mitton, from Southport, confirmed:
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“Two policemen came over,and told him to open
the gate.
said 'No, don’t. If you do there will be a crush
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in there.’ ” Police have'refused to comment on Mr Stone’s
remarks or Supt Marshall’s role. ; .1
When the gates were opened, there was a crazed surge
to me. It makes Jou wonder
about'the bXavio7 r“patteros
terra,ce,s-The,S(ta runderstands^ to 4 0 people
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of people in this country, died in th e tunne , the rest trampled underfoot at the front
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S H E F F IE L D Wednesday How do you say sorry to o f lhe Leppings Lane terraces.
- chairman Bert McGee today , those who have lost people?!’. Supt Marshall; who^is a'qualified lawyer, was locked in
spoke f i r the first time of his
“terrible sadness” over1the
Hillsborough disaster.
And he called for all safety
standards, including the Go­
vernm ent’s controversial
idenjity-caird scheme, to be
reexamined.
be fine
Bert McGee: ’money spent’
He commented: “ I make
no expression o f opinion as to
;cabse and: elTect We must
await the proper inquiry. The
stafT, the.: services, fans, and
so many ■ people who helped
o n S a t u r d a y m u s t be
thanked.” ■
i He said that Hillsborough
had been .“ a shining example
of bow things should be done” under-the standards laid
down by the Safety of Sports
Grounds Act.
‘Cages’
,, ■ “ A lot of money has been
spent on the ground.That is
why semi-finals are held tberc,” be said.
; “O f .course, a lot questions
win be asked: Are we potting
people in cages', from which
they cannot escape?,
‘Tljere has got to be a lot
o f af(errtbe-event rethink­
ing. Everything has got to be
lo9ked a t with a fresh eye —
includjngthe Government bill
c u r r e n t l y be f o r e
H ParU a^rit.” '
“This is a terrible sadness
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They raced to the stadium arriving at the Leppings Lane
end at the height of the crush.
Some of them were the worse for drink, others without
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The police’ appeal to delay the kick off appeared at first
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Battle-weary officers undergoing counselling may have
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year’s sudden deaths in one day.”
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Surrey Street, Sheffield.
Readers can also use our York Street front counter; i3on-
As Nottingham Forest supporters and Sheffield people
brought in money and cheques, Brightside Labour M P David
Blunkett
whose constituency includes the Hillsborough
ground — sajd a substantial part of the mcome from the
replayed semi-final and the Wembley Cup Final could be
contributed to the fund.
Among donations already received are £500,000 from the
Government, £100,000 from Liverpool FC, £25,000 each
from Sheffield, Liverpool and Nottingham City Councils,
£12,000 from the Professional Footballers Association
dinner in London at the weekend and £100 collected in a jam
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caS(er Branch Office, Duke Street; Rotherham Branch
office, Corporation Street; Barnsley Branch Office, Albert
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DESPERATE police begged
match organisers to delay the
Hillsborough kick-off by 15
minutes to avoid disaster outside
the ground — but they were told
“It cannot be done”, it was
revealed today.
Officers at the ill-fated Leppings
Lane comer radioed their mounting
horror at the seething mass of bodies
outside the turnstiles, saying calm
could only be restored if the game was
put back to 3.15pm.
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And the gateman in charge of the- entrance
through which Liverpool fans surged, claimed a
police inspector had forced him to h a n d over nis
keys.
Jack Stone, a part-time gateman of Adkins Drive, Hills­
b o r o u g h , spoke before being ordered to keep quiet by
Sheffield Wednesday officials.
He said: “ I handed the keys to him and told him it was
his responsibility and not mine.”
J He said he was on the inside o f the ground, near to the
r gate which eventually admitted the ill-fated fansSouth Yorkshire Police this morning refused to com­
ment on M r Stone’s allegations.
The squash was so bad that a police horse and rider was
lifted dean off the ground.
At first it seemed the urgent request had been granted.
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But shocked officers were then told it was too late
because one of the teams was already makingits way down
the tunnel towards the pitch.
The push towards the turnstiles became even more
severe, crushing men, women and children against walls
When the gate opened the surge into.thej’round claimed
94 lives. M ore than 200 were injured:
The news comes as Prince Charles and Princess Diana
were arriving in the city later today to comfort the wound­
ed and the Home Secretary Douglas Hurd was expected to
announce full details o f a far-reaching public inquiry.
Meanwhile, one officer at the scene said: “Opening the
gate was a life or death decision. Fans were being crushed
and loudhailer appeals were just being ignored.
“ Something had to give — and that gate was the only
solution open. Nobody could have forseen the
consequences” .
More than 40 people were still in hospital today, 19 of
them seriously ill.
The Football Association is expected to decide in the
next 24 hours whether to abandon this year’s FA Cup
competition because of the deaths. Liverpool have already
pulled out o f matches for the time being.
The judicial inquiry will be conducted along the lines of
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the Popplewell inquiry into the Bradford lire tragedy
It will run alongside the police inquiry, and the two
probes are certain to look at three key questions:
• Did police act wisely in opening the gates to allow a
flood o f pressing bodies outside to pour on to the terraces?
Survivors in hospital told a distressed Mrs Thatcher
yesterday of people without tickets climbing in and the
police doing nothing to slop them.
• Was it right, for police strategic reasons, that Liver­
pool were given fewer semi-final tickets than opponents
Nottingham Forest?
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A grieving father who battled in vain to save his two
teenage daughters trapped in the horror of Hillsborough is
thinking of taking legal action against the police and the
ground authorities.
Businessman Trevor Hicks, 43, helped to give mouth-tomouth resuscitation to his daughters Sarah, 19, and Vic­
toria, 15
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Anyone wishing to make donations to Sheffield’s
appeal should send money, cheques, postal
orders to:
Hillsborough Disaster Appeal,
c/o The Lord Mayor, Sheffield Town Hal!,
Surrey Street, Sheffield.
Sheffield and South Yorkshire people grieve today not only
because the tragedy happened in our city but because we
can all relate to the terrible events of Saturday afternoon.
Many of us have stood In a packed football crowd and
enjoyed the humour, the atmosphere and the company of
fellow football fans.
That It should all have gone so terribly wrong on Satur­
day causes all of us so much sorrow. And, try as we might,
we will not really be able to understand what the families of
''those involved are going through.
But amidst the anger, the bitterness and the feelings ot
desolation and hopelessness, there are already signs that a
new spirit of friendship is developing between Sheffield,
Liverpool and Nottingham, three cities touched by so much
grief.
And that gives all of us some hope at a very sad time.
••K n rw ia aH B y E il g
T & .
M O R E T H A N three q u arters o f a million pounds
h ad flooded in to the H illsborough D isaster Appeal
w ithin m inutes o f its launch in Sheffield.
Thousands more are flooding in from across the country
from people shocked into action by the tragic scenes at
Sheffield Wednesday’s ground.
Within hours of the tragedy stunned fans had started
collecting for relatives of the 94 dead and hundreds of
injured, and the fund was set up between Sheffield.
Nottingham and Liverpool city councils to co-ordinate
efforts and cut confusion.
Each council has put in £25,000, with £500,000 promised
toy the Government and £100,000 from Liverpool Football
Club.
Civic cash has also been pledged by Barnsley Council
Lord Mayor o f Sheffield Coun Phyllis Smith said the
appeal would provide “a national and international focus
for everyone saddened by the tragedy.
Sheffield Wednesday chairman Bert McGee said: “I
think we should not come to any hard d e c i s i o n s ; let tne
inquiry take its full course and think about those who have
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T H E Hillsborough Disaster April 15-16, 1989. FORMER d e p u ty le a d e r of Sheffield City C ouncil, &35 Another phone call to Liverpool brings more hopeful
5.20 W atch L ook N o rth fo r th e local news. H e a r o f
th e disaster a t H illsborough a n d an appeal for social
w orkers to report to H am m erto n R oad Police
Station. Set off.
5>30 From Hammerton Road to the Hillsborough Boys
Club, to be used as the centre for friends and relatives of
those hurt or missing. There are just a few social workers,
police, members of the Salvation Army and clergy. We
heard there were probably 55 dead and perhaps three times
that injured.
5 ^ 5 With a local social worker, Christine 1 sat with a
couple — and stayed with them all night. They were
parents o f a missing 2 1-year old Liverpool fan. They spoke
AS Sheffield W ednesday o f their growing anxiety as they slowly realised what was
happening at the Leppings Lane end.
s e c re ta ry G ra h a m
They had met his friends after the game had been called
M ackrell today answered
c r i ti c is m s , m o r e w ere offbutdidnot know where he was— only that he had been
hurt. His mother became particularly distressed as she
heaped o n th e club and, talked
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seeing the
police
gather
up(ho shoes o f those
police-by to p Liverpool swept along by tbe crushT
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law yer Sir H arry Liver- 6 4 5 For
of half
half an
an hour
hour the
the orcanisation
organisation wi
was fairly chaotic m o re , w h o rep resen ted
th e d e f e n d a n t s in th e
Heysel stad ium tragedy.
Sir Harry, who attended
the match with his grand­
son, said claimed club and
police were “inefficient and
disorganised”.
He revealed a statement
from a Merseyside police
o f f i c e r a t t a c k i n g th e
"amateurish” South Yorks h ire o p e ra tio n as
“ pathetic".
“ If the blue gate had not
been opened, it is of course
possible that there could
have been one or two fatali­
ties, but not 94 deaths,” the
officer told him.
A lan Billings is a C h u rc h of E ng lan d p rie s t w h o
h e lp s ru n a c le rg y tra in in g c e n tre o n th e M anor.
.... .
H e c o u ld n o t s l e e p a fter s e e in g th e effects of th e
tr a g e d y a n d w ro te d o w n h is th o u g h ts a s a p ie c e
of necessary therapy’
several people gave orders, some contradicting. Gradually
a system emerged: two helpers to stay with each bereaved
person or group. For the next hour or so, Christine and
the young man’s mother go up to Hammerton Road Police
Station to report their lad, Peter, as missing.
The father had been through this waiting for news once
before— his son had been in the Heysel Stadium. They had
heard nothing until 2am the next morning. Very upset now
as our thoughts return to the missing lad. Peter never
carried any identification. How would they know who he
was if he was unconscious — or dead'/
We hear the numbers o r the dead increasing — now over
80. Christine and his wife return. We talk about the possibility o f a very long wait and possibly staying overnight,
Both Christine and I offer beds
news. The boys brother had heard from a hospital that
Pe,er is in iI> having suffered ‘^crushing and cuts” . The
parents are visibly transformed. They smile: ‘Thank God,
| ^ s a|jve •> vve hug each other. Christine and, I exchange
glances. It’s the word "crushed” that sound ominous.
9pm To the Northern General. The hospital has clearly
been under huge pressure all night.
Peter is in Ward 60, we are told. The young nurse has to
walk round all the ward rooms to locate him. The stafl
look tired. Everyone I see is young — in their twenties or
younger. The nurse returns. She cannot find the boy. All
our anxieties return.
Pclcr was among the first to be treated but at that point
the start'were so stretched they hadn’t kept a note o f what
had happened after he had been seen by the doctor.
Eventually we find someone who says, “ He’s gone home!'
I sit with a man who has come in to give blood. He tells
Peter’s father "We’re all brothers and sisters tonight.”9.40
A ph°ne
establishes Peter’s friend had driven from
hospital to hospital until they had found him. They had
taken him
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Liverpool.
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Alan Billings — sleepless night
At Brrnnal) Lane, there are
10,000 spaces for visiting
fans, bat few teams, said M r
Dooley, bring more than
2^ 00.
. By law, it is local authori­
ties which decide niiether pe­
rimeter fencing should be
installed.
© F irst Divisoo Derby
County have announced an
immediate inquiry into fenc­
ing at their own stadium, the
Baseball Ground.
Secretary Michael Dnnford said: “!t is the doty o f
everybody in football to re­
examine the situation at their
own ground in the light of
what happened in Sheffield.”
‘Bewildered’
P o lic e a t th e g ro u n d
"could not cope", the officer
said. “ Basically it was a
cock-up on everyone’s part.
The Yorkshire police were
not properly prepared."
Sir Harry refused to name
the, officer who described
“ bewildered policemen not
knowing what to do” as the
disaster developed.
Mr Mackrell, answering
cricitisms from doctors at
the match that there were no
defibrillators — machines
used to restart the heart —
and that an oxygen bottle
was empty, said first aid
equipment, supervised by
the St Jo h n A m bulance
service, conformed to the
standards laid down by the
Safety a t Sports G round
Act.
One rescue volunteer felt
defibrillators would have
made little difference to
Saturday’s tragedy.
On crowd control, M r
M a c k re ll sa id : “ T h e
arrangements were exactly
the same as for last year.”
M em bers o f the H ills­
b o ro ug h s ta ff are tod ay
receiving counselling organ­
ised by club chaplain the
Rev Gordon Wilson and the
Social Services.
© Matches to go ahead —
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SH EFFIELI5 schoolchildren
today joined in mourning the
Hillsborough dead.
They filed solemnly into
special assemblies a t many
schools, and prayers were
said for the dead and injured J
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Margaret Bowers, headteacher of the Sacred Heart
Roman Catholic School in
Ripley Street, Hillsborough,
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said her pupils were _
abso-
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A PROUD Sheffield mother this afternoon told how her
teenage son risked his life as he desperately hauled fans ,ute|yOttered andsubdued,
from the crush of death.
D
avid Mar!t{*am, t.ead of
Loxley Junior and Infants'
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Above the tributes of flowers
by the Hillsborough
stadium gates (above)
someone has pinned a poignant
message:
“I hope this will do. i’m sorry
this ever happened,” the
T E R R A C E S a t B ritain’s
football grounds should be
closed and fans b re a th ­
alysed if they look drunk,
Sheffield’s only Conserva­
tive MP said today.
I r v in e P a tn i c k , w ho
toured the H illsborough
ground with the Prime Min­
ister and Home Secretary.
Douglas Hurd, was calling
in Parliament this afternoon
for strong action to prevent
a repeat of such a tragedy.
"I went into the tempo­
rary mortuary in the gym­
nasium at the ground on
Saturday night and it is the
worst thing 1 have ever seen
in my life. S cannot describe
my feelings — we must do
something to prevent this
sort o f thing,” he said.
Mr Patnick thought it was
“almost inevitable" that ter­
races would close.
& Pubs in Sheffield city
centre and on major exit
roads from the city were
shut when the scale of the
disaster was realised.
P o lic e re q u e s te d th e
move, fearing outbreaks of
violence.
Crowd control officers
were diverted to the ground,
leaving police cover at a
minimum in the city centre.
D o o rs closed a ro u n d
3.30pm and remained shut
until 7pm as fans made their
sad way home.
A car was overturned out­
side the Roebuck pub in
Charles Street, but righted
by another group o f youths.
SH EFFIELD United said
today they had no plans to
take down fences at BramalS
(Lane.
The future of perimeter
fencing is in doubt after the
tr a g i c e v en ts at
Hillsborough.
M etal fences prevented
Liverpool fans escaping the
Leppings Lane crash and is
b ein g b lam ed fo r m any
deatlis.
Blades managing director
Derek Dooley said: “ We
have regular safety inspec­
tions tliroughout (he season.
“ I’m sore perimeter fenc­
ing will be a major point of
discussion nt all levels within
the game nnd by those cott. ducting the inquiry into the
I tragedy a t Hillsborough.”
(message says (right).
And the anguished writer
goes on: “Such stupidity »for 14
yrs ll’ve been coming here!!
It’s about dime someone did
something to stop this ever
happening again. So do (I,)
A^gie, Hillsborough, Sheffield
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BEREAVED families
o f Hillsborough disas­
te r v ic tim s w e re
treated ‘insensitively’
amid scenes o f ‘com­
plete confusion’, a vol­
u n t e e r h e lp e r s a id
today.
B ut to d a y jS h e ffie ld ’s
director o f social services
Neil Kay stood by the plan
and praised alltoncemed.
M r H o w d rd , w ho
responded to a'radio appeal
f o r h elp , said: “ It w as
terrible that 100 families had
to wait for two hours in
three double deck buses at
midnight for information. It
was very insensitive.
Basil Howard, a North
Derbyshire social worker,
also hit out at ‘absolutely
useless’ facilities provided
“ They were! no t given
under the city’s emergency enough information about
plan for grieving relatives.
a n y th in g . Thj: w ork o f
priests and social workers
was ‘“
made
UUV more
IllViV difficult
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® A BOOK of
because families! were cold
remembrance has
and nervous and should
been placed In the
have been inside,”
foyer of the Town Hall
He criticised the choice o f
for Sheffielders
The book will be
available while the
city’s Hillsborough
Disaster Appeal goes
on and is open
anybody wishing to
sign their names.
r?* H?ft
faJf**er an?
boroughP gymnasium* were
unsuitable for bereavement
counselling.
M r Kay, who said the
emergency plan was coordinated jointly by police and
1 L e _iS.? tC l
.s c r v 1 c e s •
added: In the circumstances
the operation was as good as
it could have been
Police made an “unavoid­
able decision” to use Hills­
borough gym as a makeshift
mortuary, he added.
Police decided a use buses
for transport and delays
were in e v ita b le because
people in shock arc some­
times initially reluctant to
move, said M r Kay.
SHEFFIELD Wednesday’s 11 apprentice
Physio sm ith said he worked 8or almost
players and physiotherapist Alan Smith 90 minutes on the p’rt(±'and teanred" un'^ith
joined tbe emergency services and other voJ- two
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plain clothes policemen to give first aid.
u n te e rs in h elp ing to sav e lives a t
Said Alan: “ The collective effort was
Hillsborough.
magnificent,” odmiting that he had prob­
The lads bad played a match a t the ably saved livc3 but stressing that he was
Middlewood Road trainisg
tiiirinH ground in. the only one of a large number or helpers includmor?m6 and were on duty £ toll boys at the ^ J o t o _ ^ b t e
ambulance crews and other volunteers.
When Mrs Thatcher and the world’s
When the tragedy began, the players
helped break off advertising boards for use Press had left the ground deserted yester­
08 stretchers to carry the dead and injured, day, the poignant sight of groundsman Dave
Barber wandering sadly in tbs middle of the
Owls secretary Graham Mc&rell said: empty pitch summed up tie shock felt by the
“They literally worked until they dropped, club and the d ty .
'
They were a credit to the club and the city.” Q See Back Page
Special C
v-uiiamuic
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rendan
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P ak en
fiinam
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suffered
n erea terriDie
terrible injuries himsell
him self a s he School in R odney H ill,
illeddor
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pulled
dozens o f bodies ^
from th e carnage o f the terraces
a n a■/o n to the safety o f s a 'd ^ w o children came up
•the
i.a pitch.
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and gave me some o f their
pocket money to contribute
His mum Bridie described how his heroic actions saved fans from certain death. "When to the appeal fund, and we
he realised what was happening, he flattened the fence by jumping on it, then he nulled a re sta rtin g a collection
people over the lop on to the ground.
today from pupils and their,
“He helped get a lot o f :
parents."
people out even though he
would have been trampled
H ills b o ro u g h M id d le
io aeam nimseii i r n e had
Sebool, n ear tbe football
fallen over the wall.
ground, is to start a collec­
tion for the disaster appeal.
“ But what really got to
Headteacher Stuart Bell said
him was when a little boy's
the school preferred lo keep
ear ripped off as he was pull­
its grief private, and said he
ing him out o f the crowd.
had no comment to make.
“ Brendan still got him out
alive but he died on the
Parson Cross’s Meynell
pitch.”
School head teacher Dean
That was as.much as the
Plant said because of the
1 9 -y e a r-o ld , w h o o n ly
school’s close links with
jo in ed the Special C o n ­
Wednesday — pupils use the
stabulary five months ago,
team’s sports hall each Tues­
could take.
day — they would be flying
He collapsed on the pitch
tbe school flag at half mast
and was taken by ambu­
today and observing five
lance to the Royal Hallamminutes1 silence during a
shire H ospital where his
special assembly.
own injuries were tended.
© Pupils stood in silence to
Today he is recovering in
remember their friend Phillip
one o f the wards alongside
Special constable Brendan Patcenhom, despite his own H am m ond, who died, a t
Liverpool supporters.
Calderstones Comprehensive
S a id B r id ie : “ W h e n injuries, helps a fan with a broken arm
doctors first saw him they
“That was why he had a
Scl,0<)1’ ^ ^ o L
thought he might have inter­ season ticket for the Spion
! « » S
nal bleeding because his Kop at Anfield. He loved
stomach and ribs were badly the fun o f it all,” said Mr
bruised.
Clark, 4 1, an engineer o f Som ercotes, near A lfreton,
NIGHTMARE
O n SO U D OAK &
Derbyshire.
SO U D MAHOGANY KBTCHEMS
He added: “There was a
"Today he is still very,
EXAMPLE: C o m p l e t e k it c h e n I n c lu d in g 13 m i x e d o a a a a n d
lot o f pushing and shoving
very shocked by it all."
w all units, 4 m x 4 0 m m O u r o p a l w o rktop, s in k , t a p s a n d w a s t e
But the horrifying experi­ outside the ground which
c o i n ic e . p e l m e t , e x t r a c t o r h o o d a n d g a s h o b o r e l e c t r ic frab’
ence has only made Bren­ worried us.
“ A nd I to ld m yself I
dan, an insurance clerk o f
9
Bromwich R oad, W ood- would tear up his season
OTHER RANGES AVAILABLE, INC. LIMED OAK
seats, more determined than ticket when I saw the cnish
RAGGED & DRAGGED, ETC.
ever to become a full-time in the crowd where I knew
he was standing.
policeman.'
“ At the time I did not
“ W h en I saw how
shocked he was by it all I know he had died."
told him that this was not
A form er c lassm ate 'o f
th e jo b fo r him , b u t he P aul. 18-year-old David
looked a t me a n d sa id , Marsden,
______ , ____
___ ___
_
said: “Paul
really
;Mum, now I know that it lived fo rU v erpo oflffew as
,s always talking about them
Meanwhile, a father who and telling us what a great
watched the terrace surge in s*de they were.”
which his son died vowed
Michael Higginson, aged
today: “ I am finished with 1 8 , o f R o t h e r w o o d
football. I will never go to a C r e s c e n t , T h u r c r o f t .
match again."
Rotherham, told today how
Kenneth Clark said his he was crushed against a
Liverpool-mad son Paul, 18, harrier and lost consciousw as a m o n g th e H ill s - ness. !9r 10 minutes before
borough victims because he the kick-off.
loved standing behind the
He got two broken hips as
goal rather than sitting in he was forced over the safety
the stand.
barrier.
Bms
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Whitehall officials insisted there was no immediate plan
to scrap the scheme despite protests from critics that it
could worsen problems o f large crowds,milling around
outside grounds.
The Football Association is expected to decide in the
next 24 hours whether lo abandon this year’s FA Cup
competition because of the deaths. Liverpool have already
pulled out o f matches for the time being.
Nottingham Forest?
FROM PAGE ONE
Liverpool have an average home attendance nearly
taken place.
double that of Forest. But they were allocated the tragic
Leppings Lane end, with 10,000 standing below and 4,000
More than 40 people were still in hospital today, 19 o f
in the stand above, while Forest occupied the massive
them seriously ill.
Spion Kop, with room for 22,000.
The news comes as Prince Charles and Princess Diana
© Were the medical facilities at the ground and the
were arriving in the city this afternoon to comfort the
emergency response good enough?
wounded and Home Secretary Douglas Hurd was spelling
out the terms for a sweeping inquiry.
Some doctors who were at the ground said no, citing
KEY Q U ESTIO N S
lack of life-saving equipment and claiming nobody was in
Mrs Thatcher had a crisis meeting with top Ministers as
The judicial inquiry will be conducted along the lines of charge.
pressure grew for the Government to freeze its planned
the Popplewell inquiry into tbe Bradford fire tragedy in
football fan identity card scheme.
What is becoming clear is that the English game o f foot­
1985.
ball will never be the same again.
M r Hurd was telling MPs this afternoon that the wide
It
will
run
alongside
the
police
inquiry,
and
the
two
ranging terms o f reference for the inquiry— to be led by a
Perimeter fencing designed lo kee[ hooligans off the
senior judge — would allow recommendations for new probes are certain to look at three key questions:
pitch, but which cut off ihe escape roite for those having
laws if necessary.
O Did police act wisely in opening the gates lo allow a the life pressed out of them at Hillboough, is set to go.
After M r Hurd settles details of his announcement lo the flood of pressing bodies outside lo pour on lo Ihe terraces? Now the clamour is for all-seater stads.
Commons, he will have talks with Mrs Thatcher and
Survivors in hospital told a distressed Mrs Thatcher
Environment Secretary Nicholas Ridley.
yesterday of people without tickets climbing in and the ’ There was a growing move today to'ards replaying the
abandoned match, holding the final n.d giving the pro­
The Government faces demands for new laws to boost police doing nothing to stop them.
safety. And today, officials accepted that details o f the
® Was it right, for police strategic reasons, that Liver­ ceeds to the disaster fund. An FA exeelive committee will
planned ID card scheme would be pant o f a rethink.
pool were given fewer semi-final tickets than opponents meet on the issue tomorrow.
Tbe Prime Minister, with M r Hurd, also spent more'
a " .h° ur at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in
Sheffield talking to survivors.
It was young fans who were the first into the ground,
hastening to the front to get the best view, peering through
the steel mesh fence.
^
They were the first to die as they were smashed up
against that same steel mesb fence, the breath squeezed
from their bodies.
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a ten*year<tld boy, two others were sisters, 15
and 19. all were looking forward to a great game in the
spring sunshine.
Now the millions who saw their heartbreaking struggle
t or survival on TV or saw the harrowing press pictures will
tre asking: How could it have happened?
This time, unlike Heysel, hooliganism could not be
blamed. Instead, human instinct, the desire to see their
team, created the seeds for the disaster.
Mr Graham Kelly, the FA’s chief executive, who was at
Hillsborough on Saturday, said there was now a “big ques­
tion mark over perimeter fences and backed the idea of
all-seater eiounds.
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SBOROUGH
FOOTBALL
SOON after 3pm on Saturday, April 15, the
Northern General Hospital’s much practised
M ajor Incident Plan swung into action for the
first time.
3.15pm: Hospital receives a call from the police
to say there was an incident at Hillsborough.
3.30pm: By this time it is clear they have a
serious disaster on their hands and the hospital
switchboard began calling in medical staff.
One doctor dashed back from a holday in
N o rth Y orkshire, an o th er arrived straight
from a wedding still wearing a bridesmaid’s
dress.
4pm: The casualty departm ent was full and
people were still arriving. Police set up an oper­
ations room in the hospital. It became obvious
m any people would have to be admitted and
W ard 60, next to the accident and emergency
departm ent, was cleared.
Some existing patients were moved to other
w a rd s. H o s p ita l G e n e ra l M a n a g e r N eil
M cKay arrived after hearing about the inci­
dent on television.
5pm: Surgeons finished sorting patients into
The hospital began dealing with the flood of
telephone inquiries about the dead and injured.
T hat proved to be an enormous task because
many possessed no personail details. This task
continued throughout the night.
ing first aid. Efeven people were pronounccd
dead on arrival at the hospital. One died later
in intensive care. A total o f 48 patients were
admitted, 15 to intensiye care. All had crush
injuries and the most seriously ill had stopped
breathing for a time.
la,ns provlde “ mforl and advlceM r Mckay describes ihis as the most difficult
part o f the whole .process. Members o f the
public contact the hospital offering food and
beds for fans and their families.
5.30pm: The world’s press has already con­
5.15pm: People crowd into the hospital foyer
desperate for news about missing relatives and
friends. A snack bar is set aside as an inform-
verged on the hospital and a room is set aside
w ith d ire c t te le p h o n e links., R o th e rh a m
District General Hospital is put on standby to
take casualties should another catastrophe
occur.
10.30am: Peggy Egan, aged 60, arrives at the
hospital to pick up her son Ian, who .is 14
today. He had been taken to the match as a
birthday treat. “ It’s his first and last away
game,” she says. Another couple leave in tears
having heard their .son had died in intensive
6pm: The first non-Hillsborough patient, a care the night before.
cardiac arrest, is treated in the Accident and
Emergency department.
lpm: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and
SUNDAY
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd visit survivors
and staff.
10am: A press conference is called. Doctors say
37 patients remain in hospital, 11 in intensive
care breathing on ventilators. One person is
extremely ill. Relatives begin arriving to visit
the injured.
2pm: General M anager Neil Mckay explains to
a Belgian film crew they cannot have permis­
sion to film bn the wards. “The press are now
our biggest problem,” he says.
Maggie told
of heroism
amid agony
PREMIER Margaret Thatcher had
intended to spend just 15 minutes visit­
ing the Royal Hallamshire Hospital,
where 80 of the injured were treated.
But the victims’ tales o f horror m eant she
spent
their bedsides,,
. more than two hours a.t ----------------------lis te n in g t o h e a r t - r e n d i n g s t o r ie s o f h o w t h e y
b e c a m e c a u g h t u p m t h e d is a s te r .
O n e 16-year-old lad told h er how he gave the kissof-life to a b o u t eight people before he to o was overco m e in th e crush an d fainted.
S h e listened to tw o others in intensive care w ho
a p p e a re d to be m ore concerned a b o u t w h a t h ad
h a p p e n e d t o t h e i r f r ie n d s a n d r e la tiv e s t h a n
themselves.
M rs T h a tch er, w h o w as greeted at. the hospital by
H a lla m M P Irvine P a thick, told w aiting rep o rters as
sh e left: “ It is a sto ry in th e m idst o f tragedy o f
tre m e n d o u s heroic co u rag e.”
‘I have visited all th e injured — those in intensive
h d n p r n l iv
w ill Ko n u t n a v t Hranl/
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“ T h o se w ho are well enough ta lk a b o u t w h a th a p p ened — an d I th in k it is good fo r som e o f them to
talk a b o u t it.” . _________________
m n m n ^ B n m a
[ H O S P I T A L R a d io in
(S h e ffie ld b a s been
] swamped with messages of
j support for the hundreds of
■ v ictim s
Northern Radio set up a
I special phone line immedijately after tbe disaster
Chris Sandham, chair| man of the station which
(broadcasts to all hospitals
t in Sheffield, said football their relatives and are try­
J fans from E verton and ing to tra c e them , and
Sf.Xahchcster United had parents, whose children are
1 rung in with good wishes, s till m issin g , who a rc
along with anxious Liver- unable to get through on
the emergency number,”
| psdlians
“ We’ve also bad calls
T h e h o s p i ta l r a d i o
I from people who have lost number is Sheffield 307418
Hospital
radio line
swamped
By Linsey McNeil and Robert Taylor
B efore leaving the city M rs T h a tc h e r c o n g ra tu la t­
ed everyone o n the w ay they h ad d e a lt swiftly a n d
efficiently w ith th e disaster.
She said: “ T h e d o cto rs, nurses, stu d e n t nurses,
ancillaries, a n d volunteers have been m arvellous.
A n d they have particu larly asked m e to say th a t
people o f Sheffield, a n d all o v er th e co u n ty , have
been ringing u p to see if they can d o anything, a n d
th e Y are very pleased w ith th em .”
T h irty-tw o fans ■ were still in th e H allam shire
H ospital last night, five in a critical cond itio n .
O f the 28 rem aining patien ts, 12 were expected to
be allow ed hom e early this week. T w o a re still very
poorly, five a re said to be in a stable co n d itio n , o n e
is ill and eight a r e satisfactory.
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By th e time M rs T h a tc h e r arriv ed a t th e N o rth e rn
G eneral, sta ff were read y to ta k e an y th in g in th e ir
stride.
H avin g coped w ith th e initial disaster a n d then
m a naged th e w o rld ’s m e d ia, h a n d lin g th e Prim e
M in is te r a n d h e r e n t o u r a g e h a r d ly r a is e d a n
eyebrow .
A fter speaking to d o cto rs G eo rg e C larke, c o n su lt­
a n t anaesthetist responsible fo r th e itensive care
unit, a n d Jim W ard ro p e, in charge o f th e accident
an d em ergency d ep artm e n t, M rs T h a tc h e r m et su r­
vivors a n d their families.
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“ I W AS i n the JO H N Davies is a 33-year-rqld LiveijwoI fan
p r n iin d h v s h n u t fr°m Wrexliam, North Wales. Speaking from
2pm. I should have K
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been in the stand
b u t I s wi t c he d on lop of him and everyone out. I was left on the pitch
for a couple of minutes, then
tickets with a mate behind fell on me.
some fans used an advertis­
who didn’t fancy e s and my body on the
pitch but the police could ° f A g ro u n d ,
standing up.
not move me and the !ad
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tlfe n ^ x t T w a ^ f t ^ h e
tn e n e x t 1 w a s a t t n e
te n c e d o w n a t th e
f r o n t.
“ I seemed, to be stuck
th e r e f o r a n e t e r n i t y .
T h en I noticed m y friend
h ad m a n ag ed to get o u t
o n the pitch.
“ He told me through the
fence that police had opened
a gate in the fence further
down and I slowly made my
way towards it.
“ J u s t as I w as go ing
through the gate the lad in
front of me collapsed. I fell
Shock and sorrow
She expressed h er shock a n d so rro w a t w h a t h a d
occurred a n d h eard m a n y m o re first-hand acco u n ts m m
She spent som e tim e talk in g to Bill M ylchreest, o f
W avertree, L iverpool, a t 66 o n e o f th e oldest
survivors.
H is wife Beatrice to ld h o w she a n d h e r seven
daughters held th eir b re a th fo r tw o h o u rs before
they knew he w as safe. .
“ W e h eard h e w as missing a t a b o u t 5pm. O n e o f
his friends ph oned to say m y d a d h a d n ’t retu rn ed to
the coach ,” said d a u g h te r P am e la Hicks.
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Agony ended
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us. unfortunately the csttis to tisnd,
went- 1 knew h(=had died. 1
“ P o lic e k e p t p u llin g
people from on top o f me
more ■kept coming. It
but mo
was a sea of bedlam, every
man for himself. There were
p e o p le s c r e a m in g a n d
screaming.
“ While I was trap ped
there I could only think of
Christopher, my four-yearold son. I thought I was
going to pass out but then
so m e o n e ca m e u p a n d
slapped my face and told me
to keep my eyes open.
“ Eventually they seemed
to stem the flow of people
and a policeman dragged me
mEmoVes^fwhatVap^ned
at Heysel. I .never thought I
w ould see sigh ts like it
again.
“When I closed my eyes
on Saturday night it was just
like watching a television. I
could see people around me,
people-I had never seen
before, shouting. I relived it
again and again.”
■ “I cannot see myself ever
going to another football
match.”
9 John sustained broken
ribs and severe bruising to
his upper body. He is due to
be released from hospitalwithin the next few days.
Injured relive
day of horror
By Linsey McNeill
But fellow fan, Stephen
TH E H O R R O R of
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Dooling, said the police were
Hillsborough was relived
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right to open the gate allowTony, a 25-year-old brick- ing fans td rush through the
by three young fans who
told their story to three la y e r, described how his tunnel into the stand.
Kcape was blocked by fans
fbe croW(| were
senior clergymen who
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pushing
towards
the turnstile,
went to give them com­
thf1™nn€l-.
p™ple were screaming
fort a t their hospital
We were waiting to get m and pushing back,
at the turnstile, but there was
bedsides.
. . .
a big crush of and the police
“T te police had to open
One had been crushed told us to go into the tunnel. the door because the lads at
Terrible
Bernard Masfne o f Liverpool
"C overedv
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A t 7 p m th e fa m ily ’s a g o n y e n d e d w h e n a n
■unknow n m an , w h o helped Bill to hospital, p h o n e d
to say he w as alive. Bill, w ho suffered fractu red ribs,
m a naged to telephone his relieved fam ily later.
H e to ld M rs T h a tc h e r th e re h a d been “ a n av a ­
lanche o f bodies” po u rin g along G an g w ay 2 a n d o n
to the terraces once police opened th e o u te r gate.
“ I w anted to tu rn a ro u n d b u t c o u ld n ’t. It w as like
being o n roller skates. People were falling an d being
tram p led on. T h ere w as n o th in g we could d o .”
B ernard M ayne, a 41-year-old bus driver from
Speke, Liverpool, to ld M rs T h a tc h e r he th o u g h t he
w as going to die.
“ I cou ld n ’t get m y b reath . W e were ju s t trying to
keep o u r heads u p , you c o u ld n ’t m ove an y th in g else.
T h e re were som e terrible sights, people were dying
all a ro u n d us. I looked in a m a n ’s face, it w as hlue.”
M rs T h a tc h er stayed a t th e hospital alm o st 45
m inutes, including a priv ate visit to the intensive
care unit.
A fterw ards the hospital continued its atte m p ts to
return to norm al a n d com e d o w n from the high th a t
h ad kept sta ff o f all grades w orking for 24 ho u rs a n d
m o re w ith o u t sleep.
G en eral M an ag er Neil M cK ay, w ho stayed a t the
hospital th ro u g h o u t th e night, said:“ W e have a ctu ­
ally had to tell people to g o hom e. T hey d o n ’t w an t
to leave b u t we have a n o th e r d a y to m o rro w . . . ”
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• 1‘ A s k i c k - o f f underneath me was wedged
,
,
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It was when I was taken
a p p r o a c h e d it g o t against the terracing,
to
the
gym
and
I
saw
the
more and more
Bedlam
bodies, laid out that I knew
p a c k e d . W h e n th e
how bad it was. People's
team s cam e o u t the
“We were shouting ‘Get faces were covered w ith
pushing started. One us out’ but they just couldn’t blankets, coats, whatever
Anguish is etched.on the face o f the Prim e
M inister as sheshet the world’s Press a fter
viewing the sSetfastaMm a t Hillsborough
a t the W ednesday ground „
.
and found him self trapped
*ony» who witnessed the
in the tunnel with another S . S t o L v " ^
victim a t his side.
fro m th e ^ i l l s b o r o u ’gh
He reached out to help as ground after he eventuaUy
the elderly man whispered: collapsed in front of the ter“Hold me” .
races and someone laid him
Soccer fan Tony Delany,
against a wall.
from Liverpool, said: “He “ If I had been there
any
asked me to hold him. Then longer would not have
he died there in ray arms.” ted,” he said.
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Insured Birkenhead fan MmhaeS Nelson ' William Mylehm ed telling his stm y
©ffieiais answering Mrm ThatGher’mquestions a t the ground
the front were screaming,
They would have died there
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wen & h f we^ r ^
in fo f l i
tunnel.
Whe" we 80t inside there
was nothing we could do, It
bodieS elenwhere
lasWe went to the floor but
fellow scousers were picking
us up. I loved them for it.
“Two of them were big
strong dockers. They were
brilliant. They used their
strength to get everyone up.”
T ee n a g e w areh o u se
worker Toby Beasley, from
Surrey, broke dow nintears
when beoperufd a copy of The
Star and saw a picture. of
himself being carried from
the crowd by an unknown
fan.
Until that moment he had
n o t know n how he had
escaped from the ground.,: t .-.
_As he looked at the grim
picture o f himself he said:
“Oh God, that’s me. I don’t
remember any of this. That is
a Liverpool fan helping me
but I don’t remember any­
thing about it.”
Toby, who was at the front
of the terrace, believes he was
unconscious for about ten
minutes after he was crushed
by a surge, of fans from the
back shortly before kick-off.
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Former Sheffield Wednesday star Ted CatEn, nowin his 80s,
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Dazed anguish for man of God
A PRIEST stands
alone outside the
Hillsborough
stadium, silently
staring at a Liver­
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the stand at halfmast.
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t o b r i n g b a c k t h e all those w ho grieve in
s t r e n g t h w h i c h h i d S h e f f i e l d . ” . “ Y o u ’ll
m o m e n t a r i l y d e s e r t ;d n e v e r w a l k a l o n e . ”
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b y w h a t s h e h a d w it­
n e ss e d , M r s T h a t c h e r
a n n o u n c e d a m a jo r
public inquiry, prom ts-
Flowers le ft by grief-stricken fans a t the gates to the m b b o ^ g h g ro u n d
Supporters o f Uvespoo! and Sheffield Wednesday tied scarves to railings
And then the grief-torn woman found the double heart­
ache almost too much to carry. Tears were no longer
enough lo express her grief.
That was where the team o f clergymen o f all Christian
denominations came in.
They launched a counselling service to help grieving
relatives come to terms with their losses as they arrived in
Sheffield.
( Archdeacon o f Sheffield, the Ven Stephen Lowe, said:
“ We have had a team o f about 30 or 40 clergymen working
more or less non-stop since the tragedy.
“All Christian religions are involved. There has been
By Paul License in Sheffield
took information o f r&ktives back home so they could be
contacted.”
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They also had the job o f organising the operation
cf
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great co-operation in that respect.”
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Clergymen and social workers went to Hillsborough, the matching relatives with patients. They compiled a list o f all
patients and
met familiesr- arriving in the city, directin
,
directing
three hospitals where the injured were taken, and the city’s them to the
correct hospital.
mortuary at the Medico-Legal Centre.
M r Jenkinson said: “Someone I interviewed on Saturday
The archdeacon, speaking, at Hillsborough, said: "Our witnessed his uncle beingsqueezed to death in front of him.
work has involved sitting with people, talking to them, This young man will need counselling and support for a
taking their tears, giving them love and on occasions ad­ very long time. He was distressed when I spoke to him but
ministering last rites."
the full horror o f what happened to him has not yet sunk
He said: “ Relatives are coming in, close relatives, to see in.”
the bodies o f their loved ones in extremely distressing
circumstances as you can imagine. They need support and
Disasters
help at this time.”
A team o f 12 volunteers answered the call for support
At the Royal Hallamshire Hospital a team o f volunteers when the emergency plan went into operation, but this was
found their first priority to comfort the injured.
quickly boosted to more than 50 counsellors and 20 people
offered transport, beds and food to visiting relatives and
Comforted
injured who did not want to maks the journey home on
But by yesterday afternoon, they were turning their at­ Saturday night..
tentions to the grieving relatives arriving from Liverpool.
“ We were innundatfed with offers o f help,” said M r
They also had to give support to staff dealing with the Jenkinson.
crisis.
Helping them were experts from Bradford who learned
Principal social worker Roy Jenkinson said: “They com­ many lessons when disaster struck at their local soccer
forted the injured, looked after relatives at hospital and ground. Valley Park.
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A clergyman puts his own personal anguish to one side
while he prepares to bring comfort to the bereaved
A dav of nrauers
“ T h ere is n o w ay th a t
th e people d o w n o n th e
fro n t h ad a chance, an d
we feel fo r th eir families
deeply. In a fam ily y o u
a r e a l w a y s liv in g f o r
som eone else a n d th en all
o f a su d d en there is a big
hole and a big em ptiness,
a n e n o r m o u s g a p a n d PRAYER oniied Sbcflield, Liverpool »nd
n o th in g ca n fill it,” she Nottingham >n the aftermath of Saturday’s
said.
tragedy at Hillsborough.
for disaster dead
B ut there h a d n ’t been a
“ E very sch o o l w h ich
in a.H th,ree- ci(ie!
sem i-final. In ste a d , th e h as lost a child will feel it, t h ^ k Med and w T d ^ o f sn n n n ^ t°i
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p in g s L a n e tu r n s tile
fen ce w a s b e c o m in g a
resting place fo r dozens
o f flowers, scarves an d
w ritten tributes to those
“ T h e m edical facilities will be ta k en , because we
w e r e a p p a l l i n g t o o . m u st never g o th ro u g h
So m eb o d y m u st accep t this ag ain .”
H th e blam e a n d I w ould
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T H E w o m an cam e to the N o rth e rn G eneral from
Liverpool, tears staining her face.
Her husband was in intensive care after the Hills­
borough disaster.
But further heartache was in store when she arrived in
the shocked city of Sheffield.
Unknown to the woman, her teenage son had also been
a victim — but he had not survived the crush which turned
a soccer spectacular into a nightmare. An uncle had ident­
ified the young man’s body. •
ing £500,000 to the disas­
te r fund.
She
on e said:
&aiu. “ iIti is
ib a uisasdisaster o f e n o rm o u s a n d colossal p ro p o rtio n s, even
g reater th a n B rad fo rd .
“ W e h a d to co m e to
g et a m uch b e tte r
im pression o f w h a t the
pro b lem w as a n d to show
the only way we can how
deeply we feel fo r those
ju s t bereft.
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o f u s e x p e c te d in o u r
w ildest nig h tm ares.”
T h e P rim e M in is te r
w as escorted to th e tu n nel o f hell in th e Leppings L ane en d by S o u th
Y o rk sh ire c h ie f c o n stab le P eter W rig h t a n d
a lm o s t h is e n t ir e
he^ chyT h e s tr a in o f th e
tragedy
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lic e ooperation?
n cratio n
police
^ Saddened S tefndd Bishop The Righl Rev
David Luno expressed his disbelief, horror
and sadness at the tragedy having learned or
f^ ^ 's s s te r after returning home from walk“ S his dog and switching on the television.
sa^ : "AH we can do now is show our
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saying: “ It must have been harrowing for
them to go and identify bodies with
relatives.”
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Yorkshire church heard (heir ministers give
of comfort and hope to those who had
informal
,!l,olhe^ u Sast,er: , . f nd-, a,n
«nformal service was held at the c.ty’s
cathedral.
will take s long time to heal, be said as the
congregation stood grinHaced, some chok­
ing back tears.
He went on: “ We pray for tbe dead ami
the bereaved, the injured and their forhilies,
the police and football officials. We pray for
all carrying the scars of this tragedy.”
His words were echoed throtigimil Ihe
city and the rest of the country as special
prayers were offered Tor tbe dead.
Pope
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Hymns sung included Abide with Me —. a
tradition of Wembley FA Cup finals
and
many signed tbe book of cwtdoleocej
Three church leaders from the city— the
Roman Catholic Bisbojp o f Liverpool, the
Most Rev Derek Worlock; the Bishop of
Warrington, the Rt Rev Michael Henshall
— representing Bishop of Liverpool David
Sheppard, who is out of the city — and Free
Church moderator Dr John Newtpn — '
travelled to Sheffield to sorrey Ihe accoc of
Ihe disaster before leading the prayers at a
Requiem Mass a t Liverpool Metropolitan
Cathedral last night.
P ro fessio n al c o u n se lAn offidal memorial service is to be held
Archbishop Worlock spoke to tbe injured
lors have already started next Sunday,
a t the Northern General and Hallamshlrc
hospitals. He visited Sit Marie’s Cathedral,
th e task o f helping som e
where be received a telephone call, telling
o f the 1,000 officers w h o
S c a rs
him that The Pope had issued a message of
u n te a ra b le c o n d ito n s *"
message of condolence has already condolence lo the people o f Sheffield aod
„
^ co n d ito n s. been received in Sheffield from the Rt Rev Liverpool.
S u p t T o n y P ra tt said: Robert Kerr Williamson, the Bishop of
He said: “ I think tbe people ofSbellkM
“ O n e o f the m an y things Bradford — a Yorkshire city also touched
have shown the very best side of human
I w i t n e s s e d a t H i l l s - by football tragedy,
nature.” .
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sh o c k b y o ffic e rs w h o Eregatioas shared the grief o f bereaved rcla- Robert Rimcie, said: “My beart^oesout in
w ere there.
S c tili^ Pray“ S and condole,Kes for thc sympathy and prayer for victims and their
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families,
for ibe police and
hospital teams.’1t t
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, ® .c “r.d.,nttl Ba5il Hume, Roman Cathagonies. I know th a t they disaster” when he gave the sermon at^ the °!'C
^ * ° S ? Westminster, said: “ I am
g
a a . " "-
tn eir conaolences
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The scars o f the Hillsborough tragedy
^ sssss?ss5 d 5 ?£
the families who are now in such sorrow.”
Social workcrs-on Merseyside set up two help-lines to
Mr Mason said he expected their work to go on "for
give comfort for families bereaved in the Hillsborough
disaster, and enlisted the help o f two experts who gave many months and added: “We have had more offers of
advicc in recent disasters such as the Bradford City foot­ workers3’1’ WC Can USe‘ ^ ere IS no shortage o f social
ball fire and Lockerbie air crash,,
The two disaster experts who offered their help were
Liverpool's director ofsocial services David Mason said:
We set up a coordinating mechanism because the disas- psychologist Peter Hodgkinson and former social worker
Michael Stewart who run the Centre for Crisis Psyeholocv
^M erseyside
,han Liverp° o1 ~ 11embra « s the whole at Long Preston in North Yorkshire.
'
Two Help-line numbers were set up for Merseyside
Shock
people to get advice and help. “We hope that by having
these numbers available on a 24-hour basis, people can
Mr Stewart said: “As a result o f our involvement in most
have access to help or assistance without going through
or the major disasters o f the past four years, we have a
any o f the social services routes,” said Mr Mason.
good idea what kind o f needs people have, the kind of
services they require and the length o f time they need them
Reassure
“As well as the relatives o f people who have died and the
Mr Stewart added: “ Following the immediate impact of
seriously injured, there is a need to look at the needs o f all
the spectators who were at the football ground yesterday. a major disaster like this, people are in great shock. It will
take several days to take in what has happened.”
“At times like this, people's feelings can be so intense
that they fear they are going mad.
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acting very normally to what are a very abnormal set o f
circumstances for them.”
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A moving message amsSffloral tribute from Wednesday fahsJt
sayss Supporters o f She World Unite. Rest in Peace.
Nottingham, a city of sadness
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"0U eh'S are “
W to ,'ta y » t e d
on Paul Cm * said he » i.- ^ ° ^ f f E! p S
nessed
fans
n , i l i n °Ps p ik e d Forest gathered
iicaacu udevastated
cv a sia ie a tan
s railing
i , j . ° together °to—the ground.”
throughout
held’
Saturday
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Nottingham yesterday as
Forest supporters, who
g time to g0
the horror of Saturday gathered at the social
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IDevastated
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began*■ *toV sink
in.
club
Pavilion
Soecial services w ere w^re still shaken and
d » A*u
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S L id V a t
SK
nesday star Ted Catlin,
now in his 80s, who was
accompanied by stafl
from DecrlandsOld Peo­
ple’s Home.
Too overcome to say
anything, he was led
aw ay m in u te s later,
seemingly oblivious to
the jostling crowds ol
cameramen.
But others managed a
It r o * A - “ Rill ci™ „t, r e m i n d e r o f a g a m e few words:
It read. Bill Shank- which never eventually
ly once said football is took place — to leave David B aker, deputy
m ore im portant than atop the railings and one leader of the city’s Dem­
life and death — 5 dis- youth left his treasured ocrats, paid tribute lo the
efforts of the emergency
agreed then and I dis- Liverpool bedspread,
s e r v ic e s a n d t h e i r
agree now.
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response to the disaster.
“ My sorrow will never ^
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„ it happens at Hills
be enough. But it is all I e ®l“cr tributes came borough it can happen
anywhere because this
ground is one o f the best
h t Lt - ■ kn„„„ s u . S
kS I S ;
in th e c o u n try . Th«
h ^ r . h r ^ X l h Manchester United and whole structure o f foot­
stunned the entire city K^ lter/lam l/nited.
ball has got to be ripped
after Sheffield’s saddest
Young and old gath- down and started again
Sunday.
ered
in*«-_uneasy
silence, because this cannot b<
r—
.^ u J ,
His wreath was laid
®‘f e - 1a. ^ [ £ hf re s<* allowed to happen ayalongside those of the ? ^ ? . ^ c,r l*ves, where else.”
p eo p le o f S h effield , Pha/ r e s p e c t s to
Peier Buck, landlord
forming a make-shift ^ “-victims,
of the Fox pub, Fox Hill,
shrine at the'gates o f A round them were where Liverpool fani
Hillsborough.
representatives o f the had been drinking hap­
The first o f the floral world’s media, with cam- pily-the previous lunct
break, brought flowers
tributes started to arrive
S0UP d crews ^
from regulars: “They all
early yesterday morning
rteirsB^ j n anS
and were soon mime u n
~ Bra2IJ* ?II JOS- went out singing and
against the gates o f the
as laughing and joking but
they came back in tears.”
ePtiy ‘° their so ito w .
the ground.
Nurse Thelma ArmerThe atmosphere was son, o f Doncaster Road,
Liverpool hat
far removed from the a Liverpool supporter
£>?/ scene of the day for years: “I was in the
There was every ty
w.
...V..IUHUI from
Hum m
o f memorial
theuT- # r c when ambulances, north stand but went to
most expensive wreaths‘
engines and police do what I could. I tried to
down to the smallest ;car® had blocked the resuscitate five fans but
posy or even a handful o f !roa“ fnd terrified fans they were dead —■ I have
bright daffodils tied with PPur«l out of the ground never seen anything like
a football supporter’s '? s em ergency crew s it in 30 years o f nursing.”
lives.
scarf.
ibattled to save liv
D arren L eary, o f
n„» m
u . » 1 It was a day when fan V ictor S treet, Hills.....o.. ° ne ,30-year-old club .divisions and club loyai- boroug h, a life-long
steward who lives in the sties no longer mattered
shadow of the fioodlighls: as follow ers o f both Wednesdayite: “This has
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amved holding
Liver-,
THE Notts Forest By John Highfield
fan had written his
thoughts on a card dads*
10
which Was slipped They could not under*
between the petals stand why all the cameraof a wreath placed
among scores Of why Daddy was crying,
others at Hills- Some men brought
borough.
football hats — a sad
returning from Hills‘
borough, red-eyed and He had taken it from a
J
l# « had
I4UU
openly crying.■
ten-year-old
boy he
»« help stretcher from the
*of erief^l
1thf> hnrxnt: ^ » h
Ji y
afternoon
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said aa 101
lot 01
of
fans were
were «A AHillsborough
Disas- said.
hatt IR
is for him,
said
the som e u tte r e dI lsile
nt
saiu
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ninsoorougn uisas„
Iprayers before being led
h
! still subdued. “Many of ter Fund
has been set up
“Those fans in here on steward.
Many ooff the
the lads think the FA across the road at the S atu rday night were Many
the flowers
flowers away weeping.
. _
with tile dnmte meTsa^e C uP ,shfould ,be PostTrent BridSe Inn- united in grief with their wefe
in ^ e tiny j One o f the first to
P® * poned for this season.
ssistant
Man
anaeer
a eer Liverpool
palnis
at the
•
. o f youngsters,
— B\ o ~ — • “jarrive
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s i uscene
w o v c i k ;was
w as
AAssistan
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Liverpool colleagues.”
colleagues.’
t h e i r o t h e r h a n d s veteran Sheffield Weda-
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T H E Y cam e from all over Liverpool, from throughout
: M erseyside, to sh a re their g rief and pay th eir re-
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Tears for the dead and iiyured, & disSraughS woman
carries a posy o f flow ers to place on She shrine
PauIGIossop,ofGren- people ol’Livcrpoo! and I
out of thecrowds on
oside, said: “I am a Wed- feel they would have bikes while two stray
nesday supporter and I reacted the same way if dogs sniffedaroundthe
love to come to Hills- w e h a d b e e n t h e
flowers,
borough but something victims.”
FinaU as the crowd
!wn g r o 5 K d e » ™
Michael and Pa, M e
aw afE o f m
thing changes. Worjis
cannot really describe, to the g ro u n d a f te r and fans were all that
how I feel.”
•
■ church, where they had -were e"t behind
v ^ ,c .i saidpr
'ayersforth6dead- n
F r e d a n d S t e l l a Michael said: “Last night
Otcetham travelled from jt all seemed just like a
N orfolk Park to pay nasty dream. Today we
tneir last respects. Said can hardly take it in.”
Fred: “ We feel devas'
fated. We were crying all
A sth em o rn in a nrolast night and my wife gressed the mourners
hardly slept.”
were joined by a growfng
Robert Brathcrton. o f c r o w d o f c u r >° u s
Longley, had three teen- o n lo o k ers, p ro b ab ly
age children who he attracted by news that
regularly took to away
Minister Margaret
matches to see the Owls: ThatcI'er was to visit the
“It could just as easily g ™ " d-
.
.
. 0ne tsimP ^ sa,d:‘ w e
d?noJknowifanyOfour
triends from Liverpool
are among the'bereaved
but WSWoUld life fo pay
our
t0 the suPer
of Liverpool.”
n ,
f ..
.
Perhaps the feelings of
man’ woman' and
^ th
Up
s h e f f id tf lln^fpH
oreat e v f n n ^ V 1 tlf'1 A Ban2 of young boys d a y t u r n e d i n t o a
? iH y p y
weaved excitedly in and nightmare.”
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David Hartop, o f Eckington: “This is our own
ground in our own city
and it is just terrible that
this could happen here.”
Devastated
Cart West, aged eight,
o f Doe Royd Avenue,
Parson Cross, watched
the disaster on TV and
wanted to place flowers
as his own tribute: “ I
heard that children were
hurt. I wanted to come.”
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A devastated young fan stoops down to read the
messages o f sympathy from people o f Sheffield
By Jane Stapleton from Liverpool
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Some of them could not bear to Stay/ Hardened football
Throughout
the
day
the
tributes
came.
The
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the
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to.
These
vniirmqfors w<w> in rha r/m** Ar ;» k.:HA:nn !?™ iWords were totally unnecessary, tbeir’s was a common rans broke down and shed le a ri They laid tbeir tributes and
C2 F L The Eoal a*,he K°p !°- V ™ y < r s ste»
A m id s t of It, bringing ^ p l e
.
*Tas.<lec?ra '« 1 wHh bouquets and wreaths back to life and they don’t even know if they w «e
bond o f sadness.
left as quielly as they came, wkbout fuss, wltboot coaaaecL
— a pfctee of beauty, ironically marking such a hideous and successful”
* *
And as dawn broke over AnReld, iwo tiny bunches of too choked to speak of the travesty.
nowere lay side by side at the foot of the Bill Shankly
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Salvation
Army
had
also
moved
swiftly
to
lend
its
i.?*1’? ? w?‘*,ed foT boui3» atandfag vigil by Ibe gates and
^ ■
Aldridge, was among the support to a special crisis helpline set up by Liverpool City
Memorial Gotes gates, erected in memory of Liverpoors ultimately their patience was ^warded. Liverpool oilkials,
Enuciwoved manager.
touched by tbe tremendous loya ty, opeted up Ihe ground and *1li * Z ! ! ! ! tribute. A simple arrangement of red roses Council s Social Services department
laid there by the player, his wife and family.
^
“
They were accompanied by a couple or scarves, entwined allowed visitors lo tread Ibe hallowed lurf o f Anfleld.
Inside, Ibe chib had abcady made the decision lo susneml in {hi
was 5°‘ connDed 10 Anfield. Elsewbere
and knotted on the rails— the colours of blue and red uniting
• g *
1* 5 ' f i l f c r t k * notice- T fey also a n n o o n c e d S emp^ 8
* tberooodwas
* * » » « * noticeably
a city’s soccer rivalry,
CRUSHED OUTSIDE
;The poignant note with them said it all: “ You Will Never
For some Ihe gesture acted as a mnch needed release. A and their families and i t e y a b o p l e ^ ^ 'a e i r s h ^ * o f the _ ^ ! J ^ 0,,S,W0 8^ * c.a,.her(lra,s>i“st a stones throw from
Walk Alone. We all stand together* Our hearts and sympa> young man sat in the centre of tbe park, head in hands and gale takings from the ill-fated seil-fiSaJL
one ano,her* were UDlted in grief.
thy go out to you alL God Bless.”
sobbed his heart out. His friends looked on helplessly, ttnowGreat George, the huge bell housed in the Anglican
ing there was no help they coold ofTer.
V IS IB L Y S H O C K E D
cathedral, told its sorrow — ihe first time it has ever been
TOO CHOKED
Others were moved to speak briefly of the horror which
The Salvation Army turned out in force to provide musical " “I8 ° ‘her ,flan for ,be dea,h of a sovereign.
By lOatn the place had become a shrine to the young they described as the worst day of their lives — worse even
and spiritual comfort to the bereaved and grief stricken.
D A‘ the other end of Hope Street, tbe Metropolitan — tbe
peop'6 who died only a few hours earlier in Sheffield.
than tbe Heysel Stadium disaster of 1985.
T6 Ihe strains of The Lord Is My Shepherd, Abide With
5?-,h.ollc S j? fc^ral IT PrePar®d for a special evening
Hundreds of scarves, shirts, floral tributes and other mobrinS 8,1 denominations together, sup“It was such a stupid waste oflives. There was nothing we Me and Amazing Grace, the fans retired to seats around the
.mentos appeared, placed there by silent fans, by children,
wives, girlfriends, fathers, mothers and friends— ail numbed could do. Even the policemen were in tears. There were four
by a monstrous tragedy which evolved from a day of hope and to five thousand people crushed into a small space oulside the
ground and the police could do nothing. It was sickening.
anticipation on the part o f all the Liverpool supporters.
They did not stand a chance,” said 28-year«>!d Tony Gor-
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By Paul Whitehouse
H a lla m M P Irv in e P a tn ic k , w h o , to u r e d th e
g ro u n d w ith the Prim e M inister a n d o th e r senior
politicians, said he w ould be asking Sheffield W ed­
nesday a n d S o u th Y o rk sh ire Police w h a t w ent
w rong.
JSiStffcW
:
PRESSURE was growing today on
Home Secretary Douglas Hurd to scrap
the fencing inside football grounds wliich
cages supporters.
‘Human error’
Loral M Ps are am ong.a growing num ber o f
Irvine Patnick: 'cordons'
Joe Ashton: 'scrap fencing’
Martin Flannery: 'full inquiry'
David Blunkett: ‘delay kick-offs
politicians who believe the fences — aimed at Roy Hattersley: praised fans
H e added th a t L a b o u r policy h ad always been for
stopping pitch invasions — exacted far too T h a tc h e r if she “ p u t o n ice th e c o n ten tio u s F o o t- to m ake sure this tragedy does n o t o ccu r again.”
high a price a t Hillsborough when they pre­ ball S pectators Bill in the light o f the tragedy.
L a b o u r M P D avid B lunkett, w hose Sheffield a system o f m oats a ro u n d the pitch, sim ilar to those
com m only used o n the C ontinent.
vented fans from escaping the fatal crush.
B u t he added th a t he th o u g h t the F A C u p co m p e­ Brightside constituency includes the H illsborough
A n d already o th e r suggestions are being p u t f o r ­
w a rd to m ake sure S a tu rd a y ’s tragedy is never
repeated in any British football ground.
T h ey include:
tition should proceed, saying: “ It is pro b ab ly right
th a t life goes o n as we m o u rn the terrible things th a t
h ap p en ed .”
• G ro u n d s becom ing all-seaters,
® M o a ts being dug a ro u n d pitches a s a t c o n ti­
n en tal stadia,
© F an s being forced to arrive m uch earlier before
kick-off,
® Police video cam eras being installed outside as
well a s inside grounds,
® A n d cordon s being placed a ro u n d grou n d s to
allow th ro u g h o n ly 'su p p o rte rs w ith tickets.
H e attacked.perim eter fencing, saying th a t experts
h a d know n for years th a t it w ould create the so rt o f
problem s encountered a t H illsborough.
“ Perim eter fencing has been the p ro d u ct o f an
obsession w ith hooliganism ,” he said.
“ O n S a tu rd ay , I think we saw the ending o f perim ­
eter fencing a n d the terrible things th a t h ap p e n when
pressure becom es un b earab le.”
T h e single good thing to em erge from the ca ta s­
trophe, lie said, w as th e w ay the fans behaved.
“ T h ey were a credit to the gam e,” he praised.
S h ad ow H o m e Secretary R o y H attersley predicts
the H illsborough disaster will m a rk the end o f pe­
rim eter fencing a t B ritain’s football grounds.
Lifelong W ednesday su p p o rte r M r H attersley said
th a t football m ust now m ove tow ards all-seater
g rounds.
H e claim ed he w ould be the first to praise M rs
‘Unbearable pressure’
‘Arrive earlier’
“ B ut we a re going to m o v e in this co u n try to w ard s
all-seater grounds.
“ T h a t will tak e time. A s we m a k e 'th a t fu n d am en ­
tal change, there can be things d o n e inside g ro u n d s
g ro u n d , said he planned to raise several issues w ith
the H om e Secretary, including a move to com pel
fans to arrive a t gro u n d s m uch e a rlie r .1
“ T here wfcre an en o rm o u s num ber o f people arriv ­
ing in the last 20 minutes, wnich, in a gam e o f this
im portance, is quite unacceptable,” he com plained.
Escape routes
“ Shadow S ports M inister D en n is Howell has
always advocated m oats rath er th an th an perim eter
fencing; T hese people w ould then have gone o nto
the pitch an d lives w ould have been saved.
“ T here seems to be a lack o f em ergency measures
in case an ything does go w rong.”
H e stressed th a t he did n o t w a n t to p u t th e blame
o n an yone before the inquiry, b u t said th a t crow d
problem s a t a semi-final in 1970 a t H illsborough h ad
a w arning,
,
F o rg ed tic k e ts
“ I f it w as Uh u m an e rro r an d gates were left open,
th a t does n o t excuse the people w ho cam e in w ith o u t
tickets,” he stated.
“ T his tragedy d em o n strates th a t th e F o o tb all
S pectators Bill is the only w ay forw ard fo r soccer. It
w ould m ean th a t even those w ho crep t in in this w ay
w ould be identifiable.
“ B ut I have to pay trib u te to the w ay the fans
behaved after this terrible incident.”
H e believes tougher security m easures, including
c o rd o n s to seal o ff g rounds, could be the answ er to
crow d control.
Buckled barriers
Sim ilar c o rd o n s are already used to seal o ff the
a re a a r o u n d b u ild in g s used fo r T o r y .P a r t y
H e asked: “ Is it possiblejfor m atch days to be
conferences.
m onitored from the outsidfe o f g ro u n d s by video
A nd M r P atnick believes they could be introduced
cam eras so that, if necessary, the kick-off can be
a ro u n d football gro u n d s an d o th e r stadium s to keep
delayed to allow people to . get in w ith o u t u n d u e
crow ds in. check.
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A t t h a t L eed s U n ite d - v - M a n c h e s te r U n ite d
U n d e r the conference system, a ticket is needed to
H e also to o k u p the p o i r ^ o f escape routes from m atch, th o u san d s o f fan s.en tered the g ro u n d w ith
get p ast security g u ard s, slowing d ow n the flow o f
the cages.
forged tickets, causing’ m ayhem outside as those
' people in to the venue an d preventing c o n fu s io n a n d
“ T he questio n m u st be addressed o f how people w ith legitimate tickets were refused entry,
hysteria.
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can be released in these tragic circum stances,” he
H is visit to the g ro u n d revealed to m an d buckled
said.
‘ Bassetlaw L ab o u r M P Joe A shton, a W ednesday
barriers o n th e terracing.
H illsborough M P M artin F lan n ery said: “ 1 am shareholder, called fo r fences to be scrapped,
absolutely horrified. T here m ust be a full an d penH e also said th a t police had been p u t in a difficult
Public scandal
e tratin g inquiry in to w hy so m an y people g ot in to position by having to deal with crow ds o f su p p o rters
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th e g ro u n d when they should n o t have been there.” w ho had tu rn ed u p w ithout tickets.
th a t there is, an d show s the b arriers ben t an d people
crushing forw ard. T hey were crushed to w ards the
fence a t the fro n t an d co u ld n ’t get o u t,” he said.
“ I w ould have said th a t H illsborough w as o ne o f
the safest gro u n d s in the U n ited K ingdom , b u t h in d ­
sight, w hich is a n exact science, proves th a t it
w asn’t.”
M r H u rd w as being pressed to ta k e action this
aftern o o n in his C o m m o n s m eeting w ith the T o ry
backbench hom e-affairs com m ittee.
j
T eddy T ay lo r, M P fo r S o u th en d E ast an d co m ­
mittee secretary, said it w as a public scandal th a t
wire cutters h a d to be used o n the fencing.
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By Andy Waplc, chief reporter
S H E F F IE L D W ednesday sh o u ld n o t be held res­
p on sib le fo r the tragedy, the c lu b ’s co n su lta n t safety
engineer said.
“ I k n o w o f n o reaso n fo r the clu b to feel th a t it has
b een responsible. I d o n o t say there is. blam e w ith
a n y b o d y because accidents c a n h a p p en w here every­
o n e is blam eless,” said D r Bill E astw ood.
“ I th in k this is a s g o o d a g ro u n d as a n y to deal
w ith a sem i-final.”
Sheffield-based D r E astw ood, w h o h as m a n y
y ears o f ground-safety w o rk a t a n u m b e r o f football
g ro u n d s behind him , added: “ I regard this as a very
safe grtiund:1T h ere h as to be som ething a b n o rm a l to
h a p p e n fo r it to cease to be: safe.
H e p ointed to tim e as a crucial factor in the events
w hich led to the disaster.
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Congestion
T h e gates a t H illsborough a re designed to let
everybody o u t from any p a rt o f the g ro u n d in eight
m inutes, he said.
B u t it w ould ta k e a b o u t a n h o u r to get everybody
in th ro u g h th e turnstiles even if they were all w ork­
ing continuosly.
B e c a u se p e o p le t u r n u p in g r e a t e r n u m b e r s
to w a r d s k ic k - o f f , th e r e is o b v io u s ly m o re
c o n g e stio n ..
T h e ra te regulated b y th e turnstiles m e ans there is
p lenty o f tim e fo r fans to find a w ay to a space o n the
terraces.
D r E astw ood said he w as n o t a t the m a tc h a n d did
n o t kn ow if the gates h ad been opened.
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‘Log jam’
B u t he added: “ I f they all go in in a rush a t seven
o r eig ht times th a t rate, obviously it is m uch m ore
difficult fo r them to get thro u g h a n d there is a log
ja m .”
N u m e ro u s ground-safety im provem ents h a d been ,
if
c arried o u t a t H illsborough over the years.
A co m p u ter screen in the South Stand gives police
a c o n tin o u s recording o f crow d figures.
“ A t an y second, y o u c a n tell exactly how m any
people have com e in to the g round a n d how m any
in to each section o f it, ” said D r E astw ood.
“ Police can say sto p all turnstiles w hen capacity is
reached.
“ N o t th a t m a n y years ago, 70,000 used to conifc
in to this g ro u n d a n d a s recently as 1971 the K o p —
n o t th e enlarged K o p a s it is now — h a d a 26,000
cap acity w ith h a lf the n u m b e r o f crush barriers.
“ A fter Ib ro x , th a t 26,000 w as dow n g rad ed to
18,500 a n d th e n , w hen clubs h a d to get a safety
certificate, th a t figure w ent dow n to 16,750.
“ W hen we enlarged th e K o p tw o years ago by
p u ttin g th e new terracing on the to p before the ro o f
w as p u t b n , it w as p u t u p the 21,000.
“ G ro u n d s a r e being m ade safer, o ne hopes, by
letting fewer people in, by having m o re crash b a r­
riers a n d m ore exits.
A T E A M o f city council safety ex p erts’a re today
“ W e h ad to have tw o new exits a t this ground a t hoping to begin interviewing shocked witnesses to the
th e K o p end a n d extra exits at the to p o f the W est events which led up to the Hillsborough catastrophe.
S ta n d in o rd e r to get the safety certificate.
Already their attention is being centred on the exit gates
that were opened at the Leppings Lane end, allowing fans to
“ G ro u n d s h ave been im proved a n d im proved, surge into the packed crowd with deadly effect.
a n d the nu m b er o f people adm itted has been
The local authority is legally responsible for licensing the
reduced an d reduced. Y o u get to th e stage w here ground and will want to know how too many fans entered a
y o u believe everyone is m uch safer in this g ro u n d on relatively small section of terracing.
a S aturday aftern o o n than when they a re walking
They inspect the ground annually and, at the start of their
investigation, readily point out that the Sheffield Wednesday
a b o u t in tow n an d jay-w alking in fro n t o f a car.
ground met the Government’s safety guidelines.
“ N ow , suddenly, wc have a disaster like this.”
S H E F F I E L D W ednesday S u p p o rters’ C lu b secre­
tary R ita N ettleship saw a gate o p ened a t th e Lep­
pings L an e en d to ease congestion outside.
It w as in an area well aw ay from w here the deaths
o ccu rred , b u t M s N ettleship said she could u n d er­
stan d it if a decision w as tak en to o p en o th e r gates
because the crush outside w as so great.
She a n d fellow m em bers o f the su p p o rters’ club
were selling p ro g ram m es ju st inside an ap p ro ach to
the cantiliver N o rth S tan d a t the left-hand co rn er o f
the Leppings L ane end.
She said: “ T h e gate n ear us w as tak in g a terrible
beating. I saw it opened, alth o u g h I could n o t see.
w ho d id it. People were com ing p ast us w h o had
been injured in the crush outside.
“ S p ectato rs h urried p ast us, b u t they were n o t
ru n n in g am o k . T h ere is a n access gate between the
N o rth S tan d a n d the to p co rn e r o f the Leppings
L ane terrace a n d I assum e th a t is w here they were
going.
‘So many people’ .
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“ I w as n o t aw are o f an y o th e r gates being o p e n e d .
b u t, if som ebody to o k th a t decision, then I feel for
h im because it would have been because, a t th a t
tim e, there co u ld have been loss o f life o utside.”
M s N ettleship said it was the w orst congestion she
h ad seen in years o f atten d in g semi-finals.
“ T h ere were so m any people, it w as unbelievable.
W e h ad h eard o f tickets being forged arid it.
ap p e a re d th a t m an y fans d id n o t have tickets.
“ I w as going to go to D erb y o n S atu rd ay, b u t I
d o n ’t th in k I ever w ant to g o to a n o th e r football
m a tch .because H illsborough is o n e o f the safest
grounds.
T h e su p p o rters’ clu b is offering to help in any
way, w h eth er it be passing m essages to patients in
h ospital o r taking d o n a tio n s fo r th e appeal fund.
R ing M s N ettlesh ip o n Sheffield 874595.
City council environmental-health director David
Purchon, head of the investigation team, said the key to the
probe was the decision to allow fans through gates which
would normally have been used only as exits at the end of the
match.
He said that, according to a briefing he had received from
South Yorkshire Chief Constable Peter Wright, the exit gate
was opened to relieve pressure outside the turnstiles.
The police had reported that they were concerned for
safety outside She ground and that attempts to relieve press­
ure outside led to people pressing forward into the ground.
Some fans had tried to climb a 55-foot wall above the
turnstiles, he said.
“ I don’t think it would have been possible to predict the
press of people coming through a gate specifically designated
as an exit gate and opened to relive a problem in one area,
only to appear to have tragically created a problem in
another,” M r Purchon added.
Barriers in the ground had collapsed, he said, as a result of
the crush of people coming through a tunnel from the exit
gates.
“Even if they had been abie to see that the enclosure was
full, there was probably no way they could have gone but
forward into the horrible press,” he said.
John Rice, M r Purchon’s deputy, said his department anil
the police would today interview stewards and others at the
ground to examine the details of the opening of the gates.
“We have not tieen able to do that until now because many
of them are very shocked,” he revealed.
Under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, the city
council is responsible for licensing grounds such as Hills­
borough and for outlining how many spectators are allowed
in each section of tbe gronnd.
The former South Yorkshire County Council first issued a
licence to Hillsborough in 1979 and that has beea renewed
each year following an annual safety inspection.
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S O M E o f B ritain’s fop pop stars will be appearing at
certs in
in Sheffield,
Sheffield, N
N ottingham
ottingham and
and Liverpool
concerts
Liverpool to
to
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raise money for the Hillsborough D isaster Appeal
fund.
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--------- will take place in May, with the Crucible
• n » . r e ,»i„8 he local venue chosen for the event.
And major shows in Nottingham and Liverpool are also
being planned, with hopes (hat chart stars of the past and
present will play.
A i r v r a r> i i
Musicians have joined togelher in their grier at the tragedy
, A - 8-YEAR-oldwomanhas winch claimed 94 lives, and vowed to do all (hev can to lieln
rehMviV^r? rbC brUnl °I ' Ile fami,ies of those killed or inJured in the crush.
biuerness ■ f ’<?i,P8rrr m- r. The Sheffield show> which will feature golden oldies the
bitterness
Fortunes, Brian
Brian Poole
Poole and
and the
the ElecElecN
o r t h e r nat Sheffield
G e n e r a ls Rockin’ Berries, The
ine fortunes,
tries. The StPVf. Cihhnnc Rnnfi „ „ / T t r ! : . . a_:,e_Lle!;:
; Hospital.
t^ke p ic e o^M ay 8
and The CorPora,ion' w'“
The Rev Linda Sliipton is
tile hospital's full time
. Chaplain's assistant and
spent the weekend talking
to the victims and their
families.
"I let them set the agenda. I
don't ask them what hap- '
pencd, 1just support them
through w hatever it is
they have to go through.
Most are happy to have
someone with them," she
said.
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MGM, offering their services free, and promising a further
donation to the fund.
7 lere ‘\ a,so ,he possibility pop veterans The Hollies i
All proceeds from the three shows will go towards the
RrantL ? n,-1f u 0nj 1.lastuyear with He Ain’t Heavy, Hc’dy disaster appeal fund.
the
f° T d
from Surrey-based R and R Pro­
are also attem p L ^to
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appear at The Crucible.
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tragedy, with help from Nottingham-based Tony Sherwood
Bishop o f Sheffield, the
Former sineer with Cerrv
u , p,
,
ani1 Gcrry Marsden.
R t Rev D avid Lunn, last
Marsden is ornanisinp thpVivt.™ !? i,
lk ^ ers’
® ^ le s,o r sPcnt ,he weekend putting together a team of
nighl criticised the “ h a p ­
place at the club’s A n f i c l d w o u T
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v,olunte?r driv?rec.™'’inS *° ,ake Liverpool people visiting
h a z a rd w a y ” in w hich
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ground.
their relatives in Sheffield hospitals back home to Liverpool.
t h o u s a n d s o f f o o tb a ll
record in 1985 Eis^etlinr-"!n6in n r h ^ th ^ C' ' y aPPea[nd
Many relatives of victims in Sheffield hospitals were
fa n s are p ack ed int o
such as Paul McCartnev and M?ke Ppnrtp‘J er| U
carried t0 aild from Liv€rP°o1 b* Rcd Cross mini buses,
stadium s.
see if the?are w i l l i n S e l r ,
Pend« s Searche. to
e Drivers wishing to join the team should phone m e
In a sombre address at
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Star’s Motoring Desk (Sheffield 767676 Extensions 3271
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in Nottingham, plans are already underway foijieir and 3370) up to 10pm this evening. This includes drivers who Paul McCartney — asked Gerry Marsden — organla- Sheffield Cathedral he rcto appear
Ing concert
f r a m e d fro m b la m in g
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tragedy, but questioned how
a society could let it happen.
He s a id : “ W h at an
absurdity it is that we bring
together 50,000 or 100,000
people in such a haphazard
a way, somehow or other
failing to realise that human
beings are very vulnerable to
the accidental of deliberate
actions of each other.”
Dozens listened in silencc
~s
\ ' ' '
to th e B ish o p 's speech,
including Chief Constable
l l l l f Peter Wright.
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T h e serv ice aim ed to
reflect the "sorrow s and
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p ra y e r s o f all h e a r t s ”
reduced m any to te a rs,
especially as that football
favourite Abide with Me
was sung.
Mr Lunn said: “What has
happened is almost unen­
durable. What can you say
to someone who has lost
someone precious to them,
more precious even than
their own life?
“ I would not for a second
point a finger of blame at
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HORRIFIED Sheffield teenager Wayne Adams literally
hours. It would be wrong
punched his way out of the Hillsborough crush to save the
an^l impertinent."
lives of two schoolboy supporters.
Rt Rev Lunr) told the
congregation that the Pro­
T h e stunned 17-year-old soccer fan, from W y b o u rn , relived a nightm are
vost of Sheffield the Very
outside the gates o f H illsborough yesterday as he laid a tribute to his fellow
Rev John G ladw in, c u r­
Liverpool fans w ho fell o n the terraces.
rently in Soweto, had sent a
‘ul
message of condolence.
u n fu rle d ' h?s L iv e rp o o l
B y A n d y W a p le , C h ie f R e p o r te r
® A memorial scrvice will
su p p o rte r’s m o m en to —
— -------------- -------be held a t 6.30pm thi s
S u n d a y at Shef f i el d
"I don’t know where his
3 re d a n d w h ite b e d ’ S,a P p l n S ,c r u s h w h ic l>
Cathedral.
father was, I think he was
?Pread — an d suspended c,aimcd 94 1>v« .
© Those bereaved by the
dead on the floor.
11 over lhe fencing.
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tragedy "shall
“There was another old
. He recalled how he took kids out. Thnt’s^ llT c o u ld
never walk alone" the Arch­
bloke laid on the floor next
his place .7
fiveV rows- from. the do.
They
were
about
five
or
bishop o f Liverpool, the
. ' ‘
wtlc aDDUi nvc or
tront on the Leppings Lane six years old. They were to them. He might have been
Reverend Derek WorMost Kcvcrcnd
terraces around 2.15pm, pressed up against the bar- a relation, I don’t know.
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"People were trampling
almost an hour before he riers and one had his face
Liverpudlians filled the’00ci­0
on other’s heads and every­
was caught up in the breath- cut. '
ty' s Ro ma n Cat hol i c
thing. I had to fight my way > ^
cathedral and outside at
af <■K v f : ,
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to get to them kids. I had to I? , It; i
Wiji.
leust 5,000 others listened to
Ki'.-i&
punch people in the stomach
a Requiem Mass.
jusl to move.
Some wore Liverpool cb|r
picture: Afikd Waistell
“ We were fighting to get
ours; others wore the blue of
o u t n n d n e n n l e w e r e pellinp
rivals E verton. All were
crushed up to the barriers.0
united in their grief.
“ I helped to push them
• A memorial service is to
over the barriers. Then I fell
M
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be held at a later date at Liis**®®
back, got up and went over
v e r p o o l ’s A n g l i c a n
the top. I looked back and I
cathedral.
saw a lass on the floor, blue
in the face— I think she was
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The Rev Linda Shipton
Among relatives, the most
f r e q u e n t re s p o n s e is
anger . . . anger that the
, disaster was allowed to
happen.
"That frustration comes at
me. What else can you
expect from a man who
h as l o s t b o t h his
daughters?" she said.
“I have not had ihe chance
b u i? d d n ^ m v 'i L™ t0°
ii luiti mi ™
i
home. I wi™ wonder Ihen
whose fault it wus. There
was no violence, someone
too rrnnv ',pSpc?ns1‘ble f? r
people being in
o n e place.’
?H T R IE S
t o s m ile
.-■•bravely, but the horror of
■' S atu rd ay 's nig htm are is
almost too much lo bear.
'
T h e only help th a t can be
.'.".offered to ease her troubled
; 'memories is .a co m forting
' h a n d fro m h e r L iv e rp o o l
T b o y f r ie n d a n d th e k n o w ­
l e d g e lh at she has survived.
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Wayne Adams’ sad tribute is draped over the Hillsborough fencing
Sheffield secretary Susan
•• Allison is seen here recover■- ing in Ihe Northern General
''H o s p ita l a fte r suffering
c r u s h i nj ur i e s in t he
. Leppings Lane scramble at
.> Hillsborough.
Susan, aged 21, went to
;■ the hospital in the wake of
' t he convoy o f emergency
' vehicles which carricd the
lucky ones — the survivors.
Survivors: Susan and her boyfriend
going in th e re to more’. " ° !
W ay n e, o f S o u th e n d
Place, a student at North
Notts Coljege, went to the
m a tch w ith a g ro u p of
friends.
But he saw fans get into
the ground without being
challenged for tickets.
“ It’s the last time I go. I’ll
watch Liverpool on TV and
stick by them but I won’t go
tO matches. T h at's it
finished.
names o f two Derbyshire people Slave
a PPeared
the list o f victims released by
P°iice.
They are 18-year-old Paul Clarke of Rowthorn Avenue, Somercotes, near Alfreton, and
Martin Wild, aged 29, of Jubilee Street, New
Mills,
The youngest victim on the list is John Gilhooley, 10, of Railway Road, Huyton, Liverpool.
Others on the list are: sisters Victoria Jane
Hicks, 15, and Sarah Louise Hicks, 19, Both of
Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex; the oldest victim
^nr nnmrwl
t<ilm Anderson,
Amlnrtnn aged
nnAJ 62, of
~e
so far
named John
Hnwkcsnioor Roiiil, Fuzakerloy, Liverpool;
W ail
£ a,"iel J°,hns,on> 44, of Arkles Lane, Anfield,
Colin Wafer, 18, of Ince Avenue, Anfield.
Stephen Copoc, 20, of Petworth Close, Speke,
Liverpool; Peter Tootle, 21, of Langsdale Street
Everton; David Benson, 19, or Hall Nook, Penketh, Warrington, Cheshire.
39, of Masefield Avenue, Sutton Heath, St Hel­
ens, Merseyside; Ian Wheelan, 19, of Duckworth
Grove, Warrington.
Philip Hnmmood, 13, of Rosemont Road, Aigburth, Liverpool; Arthur H orrocks, 42, o f
Bowles Street, Bootle, Liverpool; Eric Hsnkin,
33, o f Croftfield, Maghull, Merseyside, Vincent
Michael Fitzsimmons, 24, of Millingford Grove,
AshtonnnrMakeriield, Wigan, Lancashire.
The addresses of five further victims have not
been given but it is thought they are all from the
Liverpool area. They are: Kevin Williams, 16;
Richard Jones, 24; Peter Andrew Harrison, 15; Tho Bishop a t Sheffield,
Colin Andrew Sefton, 23, and David Rlmmcr, 39.
Tho Hi R«v David Lunn
Simon Bell, 17, of Moorside Road, Great
Crosby, Liverpool; Patrick Thompson, 35, of
Sherborne Avenue, Liverpool; Christine Jones,
27, of Marsh Way, Penwortham, Lancashire;
Ian Glover, 20, of Roxburgh Street, Liverpool.
Alan Johnstone, 29, of Crescent Road,
Walton, Liverpool; Paul Murray, 14, of Harcourt Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent; David Hanley,
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These vital resources were put in by the ambulance service
themselves: organisers of football matches and similar events
hove continuously resisted pressure to have ambulances in
the ground.
IT was a meticulously worked out operation.
As soon as hint of the enormity of the disaster sank in,
South Yorkshire Ambulance Service’s emergency plan a
lni ur'cs was dealt wjth by S t John
swung into action.
Ambulance and Red Cross s t a f f — trained for minor injuries,
It had been specially designed to cope with m ajo r disasters, nl^ ^ llaln,® Wlt " lass c a rn a EC.
and called on the vast knowledge o f servicemen and women f
^.
nces were there and despite the scenes
who flooded into the ground and breathed life into the dying. a C
Pa*'ents were moved in two hours to hospitals
But all the careful planning in the world will not help them
com e to term s with the ho rro r th a t confronted them .
COUNCIL RESPONSE
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Sarah Ganratty and Rache! Smith - young
Red Cross workerswho witnessed grief
.. TJfy cradled dead chj Idr£n jn their a m Saw young men
die before them and watched the lines of bodies grow longer
in the makeshift mortuary.
When the disaster happened,
»
' two. . .ambulance
—— Station
•
Officers were in the groundi acting as liaison
liaisonbetween
betweenpolice
e. Two ambulances stood outside
and their own control centre.
Ihe ground at the ready.
While all this was happening, a Sheffield council emernency plan sprang into operation
'' eme|rs
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•response
‘-jja/ iot ito
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cil
e ffo rts into the relief provided by police, fire, ambulance
ands hospitals.
and
hosDitals.
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FAST^ TREM
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The two station officers and fully-staffed ambulances went
straight to work. They may not seem significant in number in
comparison with the scale of the tragedy but their presence
was essential and undoubtedly saved lives.
P
“The operation was over and done with in two hours, that
was extremely fast considering the numbers involved and the
conditions ambulance staff had to work under,” said Assistant Chief Ambulance Officer David Jones.
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jVlick Ogle, TO
the council’s emergency liaison officer, was at
o m p t i n S flh irria v a r i o m n n n n r l k A
J t . j .’ - a _
V
J f e J V a iSS? j v *811!?0?. as ***e sSp1' Picture, began to
^
° ■“P,‘5ate
of en)cr6ency papers
in(
e keeps with him and started to move people
,nl° ac,"on. Wha t happened at Hillsborough was in a league of its own.
-This is by far (he most serious incident in recent years,”
s a !<> M r Ogle.
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■'A? the? seventy of the problem began to unfold, we got
rainily and commumty services organised in terms of getting
sotial workere to Hillsborough for counselling and to provide
other professional scrvices on the spot.”
u
suTitLs ifie
Liifinij uj /rjcuitj, j/uhlc unu uvivuri
were two 17-year-old girls quietly and efficiently working,
- These unsung heroines proudly ii’ear the uniform o f the
British Rcd Cross Society.
S ta ff from the ambulance scrvice rallied to the tragedy
- standing along side other emergency services
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// was thefirst time Rachel Smith and Sarah Garratty had
come so close to such trauma.
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witnessed the overwhelming grief o f relatives nndfriends
,. “There was so much grief, so many were in shock "saiJ
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We were therefor aboutfour hours. The atmosphere was Meade House in' Middlewood Road was o o e w Z E
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people were being counselled. Lists o f the victims were down t t t e f a n u V ^ » i :
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to find relatives and friends.
Se^ era^y helped out and made tea and coffee for.
dilicr st[ands;oflhe eounciPs emetgency plan rfere pulled
everyone. We take part m exercises but reality ,s very differcnU there is no grief m an exercise. In the mortuary we jaw
p Cgpje identifying bodies end they werejust breaking down,
j j Ky C0UhJ not understand what had happened, couldn’t
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Sarah added: “I suppose next time it will be easier, you
“ lc uay aller <ne disaster. “We are
. . k n o w what is coming. We will both carry on our work, it
inquiresYhmpeople
who want to know whether
they
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should start malbg funeral arrangements.”
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ST J O H N A m bu la nce volunteers, some as y o u n g as 12,
were am ong the heroes o f the H ills b o ro u g h disaster, p ro ­
viding medical aid Tor hundreds o f injured fans.
The 30-strong staTf fo r the cup-tie found themselves in
lli'- nil.l- t o f a cri.-'.is as the crush hcjvin, bu t coped a d m ir­
ably, I:.. 7 in;;, 50,.:v: o f the sii|-j’ or!-.-is alive and lend ing to
them iK-l'ore they were taken lo Inxspiial.
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* asked people who tbey had lost and ^ried to find out if
£ e ^ P '0 ,hey were 'oozing for had been admitted,” said
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League of Friends organiser Terri Poole, of Crookes
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“They were smashing and very grateful for everything we
were doing for them ,” she said.
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