Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-13
International Walkin. Match.

THE RECORD YESTERDAY.
AL the International walking match at Gill
mores Garden. in New York, yesterday Rowell
Kept up. his trotting gait. 1t is reported that
hls heel is bistered, but not enough to interfere
1cent stride, and is a general favOrite Ennis
also did good work, and frequently broke into
snort runs which were kept up for a lap or
more. Betting about noon yesterday was to /
against Ennis, to / against OLeary, to
against Hartman, and 9 to on Rowell. It was
stated stat IL that Rowells left leg was swollen and
which kept the swelling down and AFFORDED SUP.
port to the member. The quickest miles made
yesterday were by Rowell, In minutes and 10
SECONDS, SECONDS and Ennis, IN minutes and 10 seconds.
Rowell rested on his 237th mile for hour and 16
minutes, and on his 23Sth mile for II minutes
and 25 seconds. For the "a hours ending at 10
O'Clock Yesterday morning about s., 900 had been
received at the box Offices which, with s1l 600
heretofore reported, makes the sum total 800
oOO. At O'Clock between three and four thou
sand people were in attendance. Rowell kept
t up ms ]og trot, and SO far had spent the least
t ume OF any OF the men off the track. At o'cl'k
the record stood-Rowell, 246 miles and laps:
hartman, 234 miles laps: Ennis, 22l miles )
laps; OLeary 214 miles laps.
OIEARY BREAKs DOWN.
Oleary left the track at 3h Sim 3Os on his
glSth mile. He returned again at 5.35.O3; and
walked one lap and retired from the contest at
ss.; sa,,,I having walked 2i5 miles laps and 10
10 lhe scorers Pm off, He was very sick,
ana quit on the advice OF his physician,
WIN says u6 Is CODSU1Cut1Onally broken IN
ana VIII not be able to go on the track again.
THE WALKING LAST NIGHT
RoWell completed his 271st mile at 9 45.a0
hartman finished his 26Oth mile at 9.37:4O. He
was walking gamely and appeared to be fresh
ana vigorous Ennis Is going up in the beftiG o.
and is In fine form. He finished his 245th mile
at 95G:45.
CRASH AND PANIC
An accident occurred last night. causing a
panic and terrible excite ment. At 2a minutes
past O'Clock. and while there were nearly
is 10,Coo people IN the building. crash and roar
were near0, and long sec' ion of the upper gal
lery on the south floor of the building suddenly
sank downward with the mass OF living, strug-
Cling humanity on it. Then arose shrieks
prayers and curses. panic ensued and men
rushed wildly and frantically around. A
rush was made for the doors, and a
cry OF fire rang out. The scene that
ioiioWed Deggars description and for time
1t looked as II hundreds of lives would be lost.
Some men endeavored to stop the panic by
shouting that there was no danger In less than
ten seconds every window In the building was
smashed open and many dozens of persons
jumped out and went home as quickly as possi-
Ole. When the accident occurred ROWell Har-
rlman ana Ennis were on the track and they
renamed there at the urgent request OF parties
VINO were trying to allay the panic. When it
was, was iOund tnat the building was not on fire and
only portion OF the gallery had fallen the
panic subsided: The most vigorous efforts were
mace TO assist the struggling mass of human
oelngs VINO fell with the gallery and the people
underneath. 1t took some time to remove the
mass OF debris. Many persons were cut and
bruised severely, but they were able to free
themselves and got out as quickly as possible.
SeVeral arms, legs and collar bones were
Droken, and the injured were removed to the