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On December 24, 1924, approximately 200 adults and children crowded into Babbs Switch school, seven miles south of Hobart. The Christmas tree was lit with candles, and when a child brushed a branch the tree ignited. The building was quickly engulfed in flames, its windows covered with heavy wire netting and its door opening inward. In the ensuing panic, many people were trampled and burned. Thirty-six people died, more than half of them children. The tragedy resulted in many new safety regulations for public buildings, including having more than one exit and doors that open outward.
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