The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-13
THE GREAT WALK.
OLeary Gives Up the Contest.
ROWELL STILL AHEAD WITH
HARTMAN SECOND.
A Panic from the Falling OF a Gal
Iery.
PEOPLE CRUSHED AND TRAM Piled
UNDER FOOT.
A Good Many Ser iously Injured.

yeIv steadily this morning Rowell kept up a trot-
ting gait 1t was reported that his feet were bs-
tered but not enough to il terfere with bis tramp.
Hartman kept up bis magnificent stride and was
pretty general favorite. Ennis also did good work,
and FREQ uen ly broke into short run which he kept
up for lap or more. O'Leary continued to walk
without appearing to disturb himself to the dis
lance be is behind.
DIETING about noon was to against Ennis, 3 TO
1 AGAINST O'LeaIy. to against Hartman and to
against Rowell
1t was stated that Rowelps left ankle was swollen
and had to be lanced. He wore leather stockings
which kept the swelling down and afforded sup
port.
At o'clock the score was: Rowell 237; Hartman
226 Ennis 2l2; o'Leary POI.
At 2 O'Clock: Rowell 2i2; Hartman 23O; Ennis
217; U'Leary 30.
The Express says Rowell is commencing to have
chronic redness OF The face. He follows close
Harriman's heels and the crowd frequently whistle
at him as ii he was dog.
The quickest miles today were by Rowell in m.
10 sec and Ennis m, 10
Rowel rested ON the 237th mile hour and 16 min
ues and on the on the 23sth II minutes and %
onds. For the "a hours ending at 10 a. m. about
$4,000 had been taken at the box Office, making about
500 600.
attendance Rowell kept up his dog trot and so far
had spent the least Time of any off the track Bets
were made in the afternoon at ECO to 26 and % to
| against OLeary. There is a growing belief that
| Hartman may yet prove the champion.
At $50 p m Roweli's score was was pa and
laps hartman 232 and laps, Ennis 220 and laps,
O'Leary 212 and laps.
At 2.45: Rowell 2i5 and lap, Hartman 233 and
laps, Ennis 221 and lap, O'Leary 2l3 and 1 lap.
| At 2 81 p. ID, Rowell rested for Is minutes.
Late in the after uoon tue interest in the matoh
which had been increasing with each successive hour
eliminated in entirely aspect of affairs. At
30 OLeary, who had been walking in fair form DUR
ing the day. LETT the track for what intended
blef rest, having accomplished 215 miles and laps
He was soon followed by Rowel with score of $50
miles and laps. Toe purely American ealr of walk
then began to put their best foot forward and
$50 Hartman had lessened the gap till Bowel only
| led by miles, while he Harrman) led Ennis q
miles. Both were walking in admirable shape, hav-
iug the track themselves and loudly cheered,
making brief spurts Betting during the afternoon
varied little from the limits of 50 to 1 against
| OLeary, 100 to 30 against Rowe and 100 to 80
against Hartman 1t was soon known that O'Leary
had, contrary expectations and to the terrible dis
appointment of his friends, utterly collapsed and
broken down. His physicians ordered him from the
track and he was Immediately taken home. O'Leays
condition when he left the track such as to ex-
cite the veies fears of his physicians and the ut
most that profess onal skill and gentle care can do
not be necessary to bring him round. He will prob
ABBY never walk again. At 6 o'clock Rowell who
had again taken tic track, had ADDED two miles TO
his previous score, and each of The three was doing
his level best.
An accident occurred at Gilmore's Garden tonight
causing panic and most fearful excitement. At
$50 while nearly 10 900 people were in the building
a crash and roar were heard and long section of
the upper gallery in the south OF the building sud
denly sunk with mass of living humaoity upon it,
There arose shrieks prayers and curses A panic
ensued and the people rnshed wildly and frantically
for the doors and the cry of fire rang The scene
that followed beggars description, and for time it
ooked as if hundreds of lives would be lost Some
men endeavored to stJp he panic by shouting there
was no danger. In less than ten seconds eyery
window in the building was smashed open and
mans dozens of persons jumped out. The band kept
on playing. Rowell, Hartman ard Ennis were On
the track and remained at the urgent request of those
Trying to allay The panic. When it was found the
building was not on fire and only portion of the
balcony had fallen, fhe panic subslded. Still the
feeling one of intense excitement among the
audience aud mere breath would have precipitated
another panic The police worked diligently to
queil the excitement. Meantime the most vigorous
efforts were made TO assist the struggling mass of
human beings who fell with the gallery on the peo-
pie underneath. 1t took some time to remove the
deblis. Many persons were cut and
bruised severely, but were able to free them
selves and got out as quickly as possible
Twelve persons were seriously injured, legs and
other bones being fractured Some were injured
fatally Ambuances were quickly summoned and the
wounded taken to Bellome and City Hospitals.
When the accident occurred fully 1900 people were
outside the building struggling to gain admission
There was sudden stampede among these when the
crash inside was heard and many were badly injured
by being trampled upon. The greatest and the Wild
est rumors were started. Thousands focked to the
building to see if friends were among the injured
The debris was soon cleared away from the track and
the pede trains continued their walk.
OLeary's trainers said it was impossible to do any
thing with him He was sick when he went on and
his sickness never left Lin but continued to increase
He could eat nothing and kept up almost entirely on
stimulants. Since Sunday instead of his stomach
ge ting in order it has CO. worse and the reaction OF
stimulants on an empty stomach was too much for
him. He gradually grew weaker and his hackers
and friends, seeing he couldn't win and that it would
be dangerous for hum to walk longer forced him to
give up the contest, though he wanted to remain to
end.
The price of admission hereafter will be 81. to
avoid too great crowds and another disaster
The score at a. m. was, Rowell, 1888 and laps,