The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-01
FRIeHTFUL 'AecIpENT.
"A Balcony, Crowded with People
= o. Viewing the Procession,
r. , &C., Falls with Them. 49,, 49,. ?

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30 Yesterday morning about ten O'Clock, as the
procession escorting General Grant Was tassing
|oDIAisa stssek aftigAaslI aeesdbSsIo occurred
bas4sss the IlssFanceeeace5a - 1Ozrinc Curtis,,
e. between Csdas end Wabashsw streets.
- number ofladiee, gentlsnen and childrea
were standing on the balcony Of the % story,
'ie slSdealy gave way. and precipitated them
upon tie sidewalk below, woundmg about Is
persona ssyea or eight Of whonS are seriSusly,
ana TIVE or three perhaps hsally weuaaed. e
Ia Theseeaa inaediaselyf npea tho fhllhg Of
tAe balcony waa . ftightfal one, Folly twenty
Persons bad been standing on and under it,
every one Of whom was hurt more or less, and
lying on or covered BY the wreck Of the bal
eony, IN one promiscuous heap. The screams
andcsies Of anguiah from the sufferers, togeth,
TOR withthe craah of1the qAllings balsony, at
tacted the attention Of all in the vicinity, The
rearof the procession was just passing, and the
street was crowded. It was but the work. Of q
moment to raise the wounded up and bear
thennto the stores and Offices near bJ where
Ball was done for them that could be. Surgeons
were speedily On hand, and all were soon re-
1891 %sysa 70 their homes and their wounds
Foans family Of MI. Curtis, ali Of whom were
% tie balcony, suffered severely aI33n :.
ia Mss Agnes Curtis,l aged Is, had one Of the
hores OF her right ankle broken, and her right
wrist dislocated, besides receiving some severe
cats and bruises. 80. -. 81
Y Master Frank Curtis, aged years, had his
right thigh bone broken, and was badly cut on
the face and elsewhere. mon ls.4S- Ibis
b Henry Curtis, aged IA, WAS bruised b. the
jaw severely. s.salgs oEasn essgq wou aoG
,of While Curtis. aged 4. issapposed to be hurt
internally, as he seemsto suffer great pain, bat
no marks of injury are visible
Nj. Curtis himself vas badly bruised, bat
with such q house fun Of sufferers, of course
dos not notice his own injuries. All his chill
,dren We learn are doing well. They were at
tended BY Drs. Murphy Wharton, Steele,
4tees and others Z. fs,,.. go $1,000
Miss Mary Rttenhouse, aged ~ years, had
her right arm broken above the elbow. She
was taken 70 the residence Of Dr. Simonton
and the fracture reduced. 1o0L4 4Ah 695 >,
Her mother, Mrs. Rittenhouse, was badly
bruised and sprained. but fortunately had no
bones broken. mo IL saalzaa hqgly Is
Miss Carrie Hammond, aged Il. daughter Of
County Commissioner George Hammond, had
several teeth knocked out, and was otherwise
cut and bruised in the face. D.
Charles A. Morgan, Esq, was also on the
balcony, and suffered bad sprain of the right
ankle and rupture Of some Of its Hgaments.
The family Of Mr.. A. Worlsy, corner Of
Chestnut ard Exchange streets, Al of whom
were on the balcony, also suffered badly from
the accident 49, 's-os'--@7-41 " A',A .5
Miss Kate Worley aged u, Was injured in
ternally, and complains Of great pain in the
breast and sbdomen. cas 81. y-1r
Sallie Worley. aged years, was injured in
very serious manner internally. It is feared
that her injuries may prove fatal.
Joseph Worley, aged six, received fearful
cut or bruise over his left eye It il 60 badly
swollen that it lie impossible to see whether the
eye itself 10 injured or not. s9a .r1esa ,teg :
Jennie Worley, aged three years, received
internal injuries, but how seriously, cannot be
determined yet. s.-. -. -
Drs. Wiley, Tavernier, and Shell were in
attendance on these sufferers. Mr.. Worley
was on the balcony and was badly bruised and
cut Mrs. Worley had just stepped back from
the balcony as it fell. n ysss 81 3sfw q.
There were several other persons ON The bal
S Sony. but they escaped with esy slight
Under the balcony were several persons, two
Of whom were, sesiously Injured. s q gc9G
n Rev. A. B. Coleman, Of Credit River, . Pres
byteran clergyman, was standing in the deor
Of Mr.. Curtis once. HIS shoulder was bruis.
ID, and ono Of thebones Of hiS right leg broke,
below the knee. Drs. Murphy and Wharton
set the bone, and Mr.. Coleman was able to re-
turn home on the Mollie Mohler in the After.
noon.
p. Donovan, residing near the Market
House. was struck in the head, and the scalp
peeled of large portion of it. Dn. Stewart
and Mattocks dressed his wounds. y
One or two Others whose names
we could not learn, were also hurt sliehtlv.
All the sufferers were doing vel last night, We
believe, although reports were in circulation
that one or more were dead.
The balcony was heavy one, and WA hid
ND by four cast iron brackets X.,,
hraced into the wall The pieces which n.aia-
-r-ssppcssea.s weighf -wssefe d6Iy al ~Hsh
square They snapped short of. of course.
That more were not hurt, and some perhaps
Killed outright, was absolutely miraculous. A
+ was. number win suffer from painful
wounds for weeks. bat it il blessing that the
accident Il no worse.