The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-13


Jafnes Smith of ij2 West Finy-siXth street.
caught ut beam above him and hung there
until the gallery fell. then unable to hold on
Detectives Ferris and Handy Of the Central
Onl'e wcre under tho gallery. Ferris WIS
struck on the heud but his hat saved him; ne
was also hurt in the back. Handy was knocked
down. The two Immediately did good service
in resruing the injured
DR.. Robert Taylor was standing near the gal
lery when il fell and rushing forward. picked
up woman who had pitched l'-adlong ut his
icet. with help he carried her out, and their
discovered that her arm was broken. She was
in an agony Of pain. \ young nun walked by
with light cane the Doctor grabbed the cane,
broke it. and with the pieces for spnts and his
handkerchief for bandagrs set the broken
bone. and the woman. much relieved. went
The list OF the injured is:
Damigl Ring aSsd 10 4 sie First avenue; body
Louse Ahern aged ~ o33i East Thirtyseventh street,
john Fesy arei - Of 2il East rhir,ynnh strcou
bruised ahont the head snd face sent 20 Rec,uc
back crushed sent 10 Bclicvuc.
john MAILER aged 30, OF i3 clinton street. lex broken
Warren nalrisan aged ie OF ao Lormcr street.
Maria Pate. aged a of w Ea,t Twcnt, hnh street,
Maria Lewis AGED 30. residence unknown; slightly in.
juret. taken away by iriuuds.
Frank Mccschcrn, ascd ~ NJ 2i3 East Thirty eighth
street back crushed sent home
sre aee s, a' se r by 'gpa, ."a '"e"n
Charles Miller of 1877 East Houston street. cut ON the
James smith Of 452 west Finy.sixth street; hips in
Michael 0Icary Of 456 West Nineteenth street; right
| crushed
/ Probably rs many moro were slightly injured.
/ but in the confusion they escaped the attention
/ OF the police and other persons
! Until long after midnight n stream of persons
! entered me Ihirtieih street police station and
/ Inquired Tor missing friends AMI relatives
/ thought to be among the injured. The news of
/ the accident had spread quickly and before 10
| O'Clock the sergrants ut tn" desk had hardly
| ANYTHING to do except 10 answer questions.
! Only three of the injured persons were taken
! from the Garden TO the police station. and the
/ Hmhulanrrs thut were sent for were not needed.
The Garden. too. wqs heseged hy those look.
none could enter save one This was T.. l..
! Carey whose daughter, he said. was in the
| building. For an hour or more he wandered
| The rutnors that reached those outside w"re
exaggerated, until u thousand had been killed.
| ana the crowd around IN" Garden WIS con-
! stuutly augmented ly anxious iuquirrrs.
Ennis was near the west end Of the track
! when tho accident occurred. He barely escaped
being caught IN tho crowd AMI then turned and
! went back 10 his house. Hartman came along
! an instant later. hut he turned and legged
| back to the Judges stand rapidly. Here
| Rnwe Joined him. and the two
after moment walked down the track and
| tried to ~ on but they could not. and arm aud
| arm they came back and went 10 their houses.
/ The leader OF the band showed presence OF
| ordered his men To- play. and rs the scared
throne rushed out 81 the doors they were fol.
lowed by the strains of very lively iunc. played
]
/ excellent.
number Of hats and other articles - wear.
| ing apparel were found among the debris. aud
| Officer Swain Of the Forty. seventh police sta
ton found purss v9piAlnlhg over -; ,He
handed Il to Capt. Williams. Two scalskin
sacks and watch were lost
! Almost under tha gallery were three young
men. the one with hitting machine the, other
with weighing apparatus and the third with
agalvanic battery. Alter 1t was all over they
leaned disconsolately against the building. At
| their feet wrrr the remains OF the scales. and
| the liter ne EillNHliF battery has Nle 10
| pot broken into ten million pieces. 'sposc
That gallery" said sheridan Shook. was
| put up Tor the Aron hall. and put up very
! poorly. Whatever changes We mad" in the
! Garden were doue by Cnnnors. u flrst-rate car
! penter. but Vanderbilt wouldn't employ him. |
! suppose because he could get u done s. cheaper
| somewhere else. But there isn't a pNrtife
! o. danger III any other part, oi ihr nnldlng
/ The regular side seats Will hold Hll that ,Hn
| gallery ought never 10 nave ben ici.; You ~e'
TIE, umbers are very Slight. Mr. James
Kelly says says Tint the ,nor,,.d.. gallery .Tliai, be
o'clock. when the crowd is smallest
The managers have decided, in order o. ii-
minish If poss iblc the immens" crowds ana in
order TO afford everybody "a chance 10 srr tho
walkers TO charge 81 admission today and
after Mr.. Kelly said that many complain tlut
they cannot cet into the garden NJ all. ANA tuut
the increased price is an absolute necessity.
Early in the evening the multltule.on throut-
side Of the Garden extended w~i-uigh around
the entire building. and in MADISON avenue
and Twcnty-siNh street tue enilr, space ne-
tween buildings wis packed will persons
among whom wer" many women. An rNtra
number ot police officers were detailed to keep
order. The line of persons waiting 60 procure
tickets extended 10 the southwest corner of the
Garden, ground the corner. and along
nearly the entire ITTeen''-iAh street stree side side
ing very slowly and several hours
would have been required 10 admit nll who
were IN line. Thousands wanting to get IN re-
Trained from going into the line. 50 poor WIS
the prospect OF obtaining admillauee uni a
very late hour. Ticket sp"cuatur- stood under
the gas light, and yell ii loud enough to he hrHrd
nj the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Despite the dispose
ton Of the throng not to encourage them. they
tickets OF them found that they had not then
secured admitAnce the Gardrntor the crowd
around tho entrance effectively blocked the
At s'l o'clock the pushing and jamming near
the door became SO violent. and the multitude
within 80 great. that Capt. illiams gave orders
to stop the sale Of tickets and clear spure
around the door The wlndows Of tRe ucket
offices were shut down. ana IN" police began 10
drive back the crowd. Half a dozen fellows in
uniform began howliue in the faces OF those
crowded nj the door. anu lruully beating
those nearest them with their clubs. l. wns i'm
possible TO get out of the way Of the club, with
out making strong push backward and III re
was no such thing rs protecting the women
who were in the throng. The throng was an-
rerad nearly L. the point of attack kiugthr police
Many heads must have been severely bruised
spread like flash over adjacent parts Of
tho city Rumors 10 the effect that many
persons had been killed. and We're lying
on the floor within the eipse. Were
! o.,
outside was mora than doubled in half an
hour The throng blocked the streets ON
the north and the south of the huilding
Madison avenue was packed from Twenty
eighth TO Twcnty-siXth streets and the
multitude extended far down into Madi-
son square Many who had friends within
the Garden were almost Wild with anxiety lest
they were injured or killed in the calamity that
Rumor had created out of the accident. The
police officers who dubbed back the thrung
had been bowling at the top of tleir
voices about the dead who lay stretched
on the floor. and this circumstance gave
strength to the wild rumors that were in tho
air Ii WAS rumored al one time on the outside
that more than one hundred persons were
| Killed.
The uncertainty regarding the seriousness
| Of the accident was scarcely less insideOf the
Garden than on the outside Owing 10 the
| dense packing Of the seats and the floor, IL WAS
impossible for those in other pnrts Il tho in
terior to learn how disastrous was the falling
! Of the gallery. and the rumOrs that circulated
in the building were almost ms exaggerated Hs
| those that prevailed in the streets. More than
an hour elapsed before the extent Of the dam
age WIS known generally within the Garden.
Just after the news OF the accident had been
| circulated widely enough To IN all the adjacent
! streets and the upper part oll Madison square
| with u half-trautle crowd two lrshmcn
| strolled up to the edges of tho throng in the
| square and a dialOgu" pnsued:
| Well O'lairy has lilt tho track they say "
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