, 1870-07-22
SINGULAR DISASTER,

1k"NhAE hft 0nA1AEC 1-1tAG3
ut E'ntcrhnl1, u. J.->nd 'TcFsnItsn-
lion OF ahe Days Sparta Platform
Fails into the Lake. Carrying Two
Hundred R'er*ons with It-'Tsyenty
Persons injnrrr.
From tie .yt,r l'srt Herald, July -.
There were Two or three thousand ,teople
assembled at tie Dundee Lake, ne-f ratess:.o
y, j.. yesterday afternoon. "a witr...s TX
races under the ausrccc: Of tho p:..unuv phel.
loNs c!no' .ociety recently formed, whosc
oplect = uenotel by its TITLE.
The 6rst contest was blindfoldcd race
acEose the river. Mr. join uindle tue nzesl-
dent Of tho club, was Icing taken across
IL .a.a -srar' IL small bos. hv the
inco.rigsb1e Ed Do"ooin, sl,o turned over tuo
craft and dumped tho worthy rrcsident '
into tie river. 1hls was not in the prugram amme,
lit wae taken in good part. notwithstanding
3tr. 11ind1e's watch vas 1iI1cd with water, and
the pictures we're Washel out OF some Of h1s
GrecnEacks.
After the appointment Of Mee#rs. James
Crooks and John J. Warren {Recorder Of the
With as referee, the boats we're placed in line.
Evecy man was carefully b1inJtolded, aud the
t.ats we're placed how to the ehose tho fea.
war to turn around and reach the opposite
thole within given space, spot about two
hundred feet in length Tie following were
tAG NAkA4ES IL k&A9 AA*G AlAEES49s john j, 121-
rabrant, JOHN Morgan, Samuel Whitney, VIII
lam CaLill, Freeley sirr, Thomas Stanley, aud
Ed. Bolton.
After purrosc1y nree.tins the Judges bost.
order WAS restored and the signal given ID
start. Bolton shut straight across untll within
nsty tect Of TIC shore, when he yeered or To
the left and struck land about ten feet outside
81 the goal. Stanley came in second. and
Morgan third. 10th further of than Bolton.
None RI the othdrs Reached the shore. Sipp
and GarTat1ant epun around in the middle Of
stream, and ,lt the others got disgustel
nd gave ii up after rowing atuund for come
time and reaching no place IN particular Tho
first tL1ee we're declared the victors.
The next was tub race, ii which there
placed npon 4 stump in the middle Of the
river. Whoever got The t11st Tag WIS entitled
to tho first prize. aud 70 on. At the etast
ateut l,aif Ut item .nrne,l over. and consider
able laughter WAS esokn,1 hv the rlan which
had bert1 adj rtt i By come Of them, OF natu-
ing tleir tuis On tue bottom. After repcstci
ut sets. tie majority gave up the contest.
Nnd Duck, was the only ono vho escaped
r1arnring. and be won the firr. prize, p1sec
Of twenty-five do1lars. James bone, Will. his,
Eutchet Log. won the second, fifteen dolla1r,
and x I'm J. GatTsbraut the third, ten dollars.
IN tic pool se!ilng the latter was the "A inst
lApttEs Willie LIE Two DlHEE E4tCGS4fm COM
Ie'itcir were in the field
The rrize. we're awarded by Mr. H1nile, in
tomhassic speech, after which tho srceta-
tors amneed themselves looking at the ireaka
Ct the PLunny rlel!ows" in tic water uutil
about S o'clock
4 ter1bIc disaster occurred, Of which Nj,
Nanderhoven, the editor Of the pattersod
Guardian, was the innocent cause. Ivan :"
had gotten into boat, when the crowd. full
Of fun, c17ed out to upset him. The immense
gathering in the Cedar Ia~n depot rushed to
tho font balcony, nhicl overhanss the water,
to reg the sport Tie balcony Was well So
cured ::but it WAS never intended for Bucb =
rush, consequently. when there were nearly 100
People upon it there was loud c1asA. aud the
whole structure into the water, some fifteen
feet below. The wafer was but two or three
feet deep. hat many had faiDted, and tho
thrieks OF the wounded and cries Of the ladies'
created most intense excitement,
There could not have been less th7u hun-
dred and fifty people, mostly women and chill
aren st that, struggling. in the water. The
club members ard Others did nobIy, and
plunged in and Aad all the unfortunate people
rcxcred in few mlnutfs. It was thought at
first that With sush crash there must harc
been humber Killed, but, luckily, sucl WAS
found not to Be the case, although several
uere badly hurt. Among the most severely
wounded were.
4 little eon Ct III. Hessy Marshall had his
arm broken and d very severe wound on the
head from a falling timber. His injuries arc
undoubtedly fatal.
Mrs. David r1icstiy, badly wounded On the
head and neck.
Miss Sarah Hawley. severely wounded in the
head, over the eye.
4 lad whose name was not ascestsined, hsd
an ankle broken. while come fifteen or twenty
others, mostly ladics aud children. were more
OF less bruised This sad osc11sencs put 4
GsmreT upon the sports. md the happiness Of
the occasion was desroiled By its sad te,minA-
tiou. There was great excitement IN rateason
last night, owing to the horrible 1nnors that
obtainl circulation in connection With the af-
fair. All those injured arc patersuni.ns,
ard nonr are considered critical except the
ub~11 fror