Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-06-15

committees were not appointed until nearly 8
O'Clock, when trial on quantity took place
between the "Cro,on" Of Toledo, and the
"Dcloee' Of Dayton Each Co played three
minutes, time being marked by tapping a
gong, to commence and quit at the third tap
The "Delnge" came out winner, but the ''Cro.
ton boys stopped playing at the first tap in
stead of the third and claim that the ''Del-
uge' did not beat them fair On this point,
however, there Is no need Of comment, the
Judges deciding the "Deluge" did winl
The "Neptune" OF Dayton, declined enter
ing IN this class, on account Of some alleged
anfairness in the drawing, bu, We are not
posted regarding IT,
When il was known tina. tho Deluge had re-
lieved a trumpet over a Cleveland Company,
considerable noise you may rest assured was
made by the boys from our. city
In the trial Of second class, on quantity,
Union, No 3, of Springfield, was the success.
hil Company
The trial on distance, first class, came on
Immediately after the quantity trial, and fonr
Companies were entered as follows
Pacific, Dayton;
Croton, Cleveland
Young America, Urbana
Independent Dayton.
The Independent threw first, reaching 1874 f.
10 inches; the Croton second, beating the In
dependent inches the Young America third,
throwing 2l3 feet and the Pacific last reach
ing ZIG feet Each company played through
800 feet of hose.
This contest was very exciting, and could
you have heard the Dayton boys when the Pa
ci6c won, you would have thought Sandusky
had broken loose Such cheering we never
heard before; and we think the boys had
something to halloo for---two first prizes for
Daytonl GLORY enough for one dayl'
The other awards for engines we were una
BILE to obtain, owing to the lateness of the
hour at which the trials were had
HOSE COMPANIES
The Protection Hose Company No 2, Of
Cleveland made the best tme-running one
fourth of a mile, and laying 300 feet of hose
in min. sec.
HOOK AND LADDER
The Oberlin H. 4 L. won in this class
running 80 yards, and having man on top
Of 30 foot ladder in 4 min l6 sec.
SAD ACCIDENT.
The balcony of the "West House" crowded
with people, fell about o'clock, carrying
number to the sidewalk, some of whom were
severely injured The following are the pames
of all we could hear of:
j. L. Avery Oberlin, breast bruised.
ii. W. Page, Ravenna, one rib fractured,
and badly bruised about the breast and side.
Mr. Wales, of Clyde, Ohio had his leg bro
ken. His wife was badly bruised
Mr. Arms and sister, OfTiffin were badly
bruised in the head and chest
Mr. Taylor, of Tiffin, had his arm broken.
Mr. Rice of Findlay, had an arm broken.
Miss Minny, of TiAin, had her chest crush
Mrs. Black, of Vermillion, had an arm
crushed.
That no life was lost by the falling of this
balcony is truly miraculous Hundreds were
on the street Immediately under it, and about
two hundred were on it. And it must have
given way quite suddenly we had just been
upon it, scarcely minute previous and it
then appeared secure The injured are all
cared for at the house, and everything posi-
BILE is being done for their comfort
One lady was saved from death by her hoops
As the balcony gave way, her hoop skirt was
caught by some means on the window, and she
was prevented from falling until lifted inside
Had it not been for her hoops she would have
certainly been dashedto pieces on the sidewalk
This is the first instance we know of in which
those necessary articles of lady's wardrobe
proved ofpractical benefit We advise all our
lady friends to wear hoops, the stronger the
better
THE DAYTON BOYS.