Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-10-10
A Fatal Crash.

DETROIT, Mich, Oct g
An Adrian, Mich, special to the Post and
Tribune gives the particulars of an accident
that occurred at the County Fair Grounds in
that city this afternoon. About 1000 people
had assembled on newly-erected grand stand
to witness the races, hen the center of the
stand gave way with a crash. The front part
fell outward and the back fell into the river,
precipitating the mass of people among the
ruins. Work was at once commenced to ex-
tricate the dead and wounded, and the Opera
House was opened, and many of the dead and
wounded, as fast as extricated, we're conveyed
there.
The following is a list of the casualties as
far as can be ascertained. Many of the in
jured were taken away by their friends, so
that the actu number injured cannot be
given
Killed-M. NJ. Merck, Adrian; Mrs. John
Hubbard, Jasper, Mich; two boys about
twelve years of age, named Hyde and Mosher;
David Plumadore, Petersburg, Mich, aged
eighteen; William Mulzer, Adrian.
Wounded-J Winn, badly bruised about the
head and shoulders Mrs. Vedder, leg broken;
Justice Wright Fairfield, Mich, badly
Camp, back niured Walter Merritt, internal
injuries and badly bruised about the head;
Louis Adams, leg broken; Will Cramer, head
cut badly; Miss Callahan, leg broken; James
Hyde, foot smashed and badly bruised about
the head; John Hurlbut leg crushed; Mr..
+. Reynolds, badly hurt, but the nature and
extent of injuries not known; Mrs. Robert
Carpenter, arm broken; Ed. Hume, hip
crushed; Henry Hart, Adrian, shoulder broken,
head bruised, and it is also thought sustained
serious internal injuries; Miss Stuart, severe
internal injuries and unconscious; a man
about thirty-hve, name unknown, terribly
bruised and also injured internally; Francis
Gimbert, severely injured about the head; B.
Morris, head and body badly bruised; Robert
No Willfan,o
head bruised and internal injuries; Jesse War
rem, Adrian, leg broken, daughter also badly in
1ured; Mrs. William Gilbert and son seriously
injured; Frank Chamberlain, leg badly
bruised; Mr.. Crossier, badly hurt in the back
and injured internally; Mrs. Hiram Burt and
daughter, badly bruised; Superintendent
Brauer was under the stand and was injured
in the shoulder and across the chest; 8. Cole,
arm broken and leg bruised; Mrs. Mary Per-
kins, badly hurt across the chest; two paint
ers, engaged in lettering the back of the
stand, buried In the debris and badly injured;
Lille Orendorf, badly injured in the back
and shoulder; Mrs. j. h. Gates, limb dislo-
Gated Maggie Cicotte, bruised on back and
shoulder George Hirsch, severe internal in
juries, unconscious; Chinese washerman Sc
verely injured, will probably die; Mrs. Hoyt,
severely injured in the back and internally;
w. r. layer, head badly cut; W. Comfort,
arm broken; w. s. Stowe, arms and legs
bruised; VIM. Kebsie, son and two daughters,
severely injured d. w. WeSUerman, SnOuluer
broken; Miss Redfeld, leg broken. Every
thing possible is being done for the relief of
the wounded.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 8.
Further particulars from Adrian, where a
terrible disaster on the County Fair Grounds
occurred yesterday, state that the total num-
Der of deaths from the accident SO far are six
teen.
The following persons have died from in
iuries since the time of sending last nights
report: Henry Hart, Secretary of the Michi-
gan State Insurance Company; Axtel
Henderson, Willie Hall and a Chinese
washerman, Adrian; Daniel johnson,
Dover, Mich; Peter Eagen, Marchen,
Mich. Mr.. Hume of Medina, Mich, and Eva
Sherrard of Tecumseh, Mich. The seriously
injured number seventy-five, some of whom
the physicians say cannot live the day through.
The architect OF the grand stand structure is
the person blamed for the occurrence of the
fatal casualty. The stand was built unusually
high, to admit of space for the exhibition Of
wagons and carriages underneath, and the
timbers were simply spiked together, instead
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