Thanksgiving Day Disaster

Thanksgiving Day Disaster
	Victims of the disaster
Date	November 29, 1900
Venue	16th and Folsom Grounds
Location	San Francisco, California, U.S.; 37°46′02″N 122°24′50″W / 37.76722°N 122.41389°W;
Type	Building collapse
Cause	Overcrowding on factory roof
Participants	Spectators at the Big Game
Deaths	23
Injuries	Over 100

On November 29, 1900, the roof of a glassblowing factory collapsed, killing 23 people and injuring over 100 more. Many spectators fell onto a furnace below the roof after it collapsed. The crowd had gathered upon the roof to watch the annual college football game between the California Golden Bears and the Stanford Cardinal (colloquially known as the Big Game) for free, not wanting to pay the $1 (equivalent to $40 today). The disaster remains one of the deadliest accidents at a sporting event in U.S. history.