[dighton]

... several people were trampled to death ...

It was considerably worse. In that stampede, the day after the coronation, "hundreds were dead and thousands wounded." (Massie, Nicholas and Alexandra).

[Chancellor Palpatine]

The curse of illiteracy and poverty when combined with greed can lead to some awful behavior.

[Aliska]

Thanks for the correction; it's been awhile as with most everything else.

An eerie parallel was that in another book (can't remember which) I read that - here we go again - several? - people were trampled to death after Stalin's funeral.