The Newtown bee., 1879-03-25
Terrible Scene at a Walking Match.

| By the fall of 8 gallery in Gilmore's garden, New York, on the night of the third days international walking match, | twelve persons were injured. The affair is described thus Two streams of human beings were pouring into the building, the lobby crowded full, and a solid wall of humanity blocking Madi- son avenue. Within was an immense throng. g.estimated at from 1000 to 10, GOO people. It did not seem as if the garden would hold another person. The center of the building was black with men, Ithe seats on the side were crowded, every available space of standing room was taken, and the gallery at the Madi- son avenue end of the garden was filled. This gallery was temporary affair, put up for the Arion ball, and divided rough ly off into boxes. It stretched nearly across the whole end of the building, directly over the rustic houses each side of the main entrance, and was about six feet deep. A great many ladies were in the gallery. Ennis had come on the track again, and all the men were walk ing we'll amid constant cheering.
 Suddenly single scream, as from 8 woman, arose above the uproar. It came from this gallery. Those who looked saw the south end of this gallery. slowly settle, and saw it's occupants arise to their feet. Then, amid the cracking of timbers and cries of people, about forty feet of this gallery seemed to collapse. The front gave way first, and, bending downward, shot it's occu- pants headforemost fifteen feet upon the heads of the people below. Then the timbers gave way ct the rear, and the whole section of forty feet fell.
 A cloud of dust arose, and for an in stant enveloped the spot.
 Then followed what bid fair to be & fearful panic. From the adjoining sec- tions of the gallery the people rushed like sheep, and those below, under, and around the gallery with them leaped for the entrances, through which the steady stream was pouring into the garden. The next moment, with white faces and staring eyes, from out those entrances poured the human stream, now an un- goyernable torrent. For an instant it wavered as it met the infowing stream, then dashing all before it, police off cers, special detectives and all, it hurled itself against the wall of men in Madi- son avenue. Men and women rushed out of those two doors like wild beasts, trampling, shouting, grooming, cursing, praying, while from within came the great roar of the thousands. Women tainted, and towards trampled upon them. Some cried [" fire," and in the galleries on the sides of the building men threw open the windows, and, it is said, one in his fright jumped out to the sidewalk below.
 A squad of special police officers and detectives stationed near the entrance were the first to stop the panic. Aided by the location of the accident, they succeeded in stopping the rush, for, the broken gallery being near the en- trance, almost every person in the gar den could see just what had happened. Then a rush was made for the scene of the accident but Capt. Williams, ex- tficating himself from the throng that had carried him bodily out of the build ing, marshaled his forces and pressed back the multitude. Fifteen firemen, under Chief Fisher of the eighth bat talion, who were detailed in the garden, were in their places as soon as they could press through the mass of people, and in less time than it takes to tell it the rubbish was cleared away, the wounded taken out, and either carried outside of the building or made as comfortable as possible within.