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- ↑ "124 Sjinto-pelgrims in gedrang verpletterd". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 2 January 1956. p. 2 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Gedrang bij Sjinto-heiligdom: ruim honderd doden". Leeuwarder Courant : Hoofdblad van Friesland (in Dutch). Leeuwarder Courant. 2 January 1956. p. 3 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "112 JAPANESE DIE IN PANIC AT SHRINE". The New York Times . 1 January 1956.
- ↑ "Ramp in heiligdom" (in Dutch). De Stem. 2 January 1956. p. 1 – via krantenbankzeeland.nl.
- ↑ "Het aantal" (in Dutch). De Stem. 3 January 1956. p. 1 – via krantenbankzeeland.nl.