At 22:43 on 24 May 2001, a large portion of the third floor of the Versailles Wedding Hall collapsed in Talpiot neighborhood, in Jerusalem, Israel. Twenty-three people fell to their deaths through two
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On 26 July 1184, in the German city of Erfurt, approximately sixty local nobles died when the floor of a building collapsed through the ground floor and into the latrine cesspit below. They were atten
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…walkway collapse, a similar incident that occurred 20 years prior that was due to insufficient load capacity as a result of negligent design flaws. Erfurt latrine disaster, a floor collapse that occurred on 26 July 1184 Levinson, Jay. "Review of Press Coverage: The Versailles Hall Disaster," Disaster Prevention & Management…
King (later Emperor) Henry VI (depiction from the Codex Manesse) was present at the Erfurt latrine disaster and survived unharmed.