The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-13
A Crash and n PnnIc-More than n score OF
Persons Hurt.

At o'clock in the evening the throng at
the Madison avenue entrance began to increase.
and the line Of ticket buyers began to form at
each window. Gradually it ran back one turn
ing down aud the other up Madison avenue
then 1t reached the corners Of the build
ing and was turned east by the police.
and by o'clock there were two un-
broken lines from the windows through
the avenue. and west to Fourth avenue. At the
same time a steady strain OF humanity. who had
tickets poured into the lobby between these
lines. Capt. Williams. with strong force Of
officers was there to keep back the mob. which
filled Madison avenue from curb to curb and
from Twenty-sixth 10 Twenty seventh streets.
Well dressed women and gentlemen struggled
through this mass and reached the lobby
breathless and dishevelled. Often the women's
faces were white with fear. or the exertion Of
reaching the doors. The ticket sellers could
not begin to supply the demand. and at one
time the north Office ran out ~ tickets. ms
lobby. and heiprd dispose oi the tbrong by re-
ceiving their money and passing them in with
such was the scene outside the Garden NJ 25
minutes of Q. Two streams OF human beings
pouring into the building, the lobby crowded
lnl and solid wall Of humanity blocking
Within was AN immense throng variously es-
| tima,cd at from 5000 % 10000 people. IL did
not seem rs II the garden would hold another
! person. The centre ~ the building WAS black
] with men. the seats on the side were crowded,
/ every available space Of stan ling room was
! taken, and the gallery ~ the Madison avenue
! end OF the garden WAS tlll"d. THIS gallery was
temporary aifair, pui, up for the iArion h'lli
and divided roughly Of into boxes, II stretched
| nearly across the whole end OF the building.
| directly over the rustic houses each side Of the
! main entrance, ana was about SIX teet deep. A
| great many ladies were in the gallery. Ennis
had come on the track again. md all three men
| were waking well amid constant cheering.
SnNlnulV "A =
| arose above the uproar. II came from this gnl-
lery. Those who looked saw the south end o,
! this gallery slowly settle. and saw lts occupants
| arise 10 their feet Then. amid the crack ing
Of timbers and cries Of people about forty feet
Of this gallery seemed 10 collapse. The front
gave way first. and bending downward. shot its
| occupants hcadiorcmOst fifteen feet upon the
heads OF the people below, Then the timbers
gave way NJ the rear. and the whole section OF
| forty feet fell
4 cloud OF dust arose. and for an instant en-
Then followed whnt bid fair to be fearful
! panic. From the adjoining sections Of the gal
! lrrY the people rushed Ike sheep aud those le-
! low. under. and around the gallery with them
! l"aped for the entrances through which the
| steady stream WIS pouring into the Garden.
! ing eyes from out those entrances poured the
human stream, now an ungovernable torrent
For az instant it. w"NGEred rs il met net
tyes HSi9r' and nd pdii.'Yh pSi it RaTrIdd ts~t % against
! the wall OF men in Madison avenue. Men and
! women rushed out OF those two doors like wild
| beasts. trampling shouting groaning cursing
| praying, while from within came the great roar
! II the thousands. Women faintcd. and cow
| ards trampled upon them. Some cried nre. "
and in tha galleries on the Sides OF the building
| men threw open the windows and. 1t is said.
| one in his fright Jumped out 10 the sidewalk
below.
squad Of special police officers and detec-
! tives stationed near ihe entrance were the list
/ To stop the panic. Aided 10y the location OF the
! accident they succeeded in stopping the rush.
! for the broken gallery being near the entrance,
! almost every person in the Garden could see
! Just what had happened. Then rush WAS made
! for the scene OF the accident; but Can't Will
ytri.ati,,s, bir's,if ron, H., RING tb at
! had carried him bodily out of the
! building. marshaled his forces and pressed
! Chief Fisher Of the Eighth Battalion. who were
| detailed IN the Gnr1rn, were in their places as
soon as they could press through the mass oi
people and IN less tim" than It takes 10 tell II
| the rubbish was cleared away, the wounded
taken out. and either carried outside ot the
building or made as comfortable as possible
From under the ruins was taken John Foley,
n young man who was sitting directly under tho
gallery. He was UNCONSCIOUS, and Tor mo-
| mrnt Or two lay uncared for DR.. Nandersmith
SAW him. tore of his collar cut open his shirt
! collar. got brandy, ana soon revived the boy.
who was evidently injured internally as well rs
| cut about the head.
porter. standing IN the rustic house, heard a
! feeble cry above him. Looklng up he saw a
! young man sitting upon the, TOP ran OF the
| house and bent double, the end Of that section
II the gallery next to the one that tell resting
| upon his hack. He bad crawled ny there to see,
aud when the gallery fell was caught and there
he remained. unable to stir and unable 10 make
himself heard The end Of the gallery was
raised and he was liberatrd, but he WIS evident
ly seriously Injured about the spine for his legs
were perfectly pOwrrl"ss. This was Daniel
Ring Of $40 First avenue.
John Mahlor sat under the gallery, His right
arm was broken, and he was Otherwise Injured.
One Of the most seriously injured was T.. +.
Dyzeng Of S4 State street Brooklyn. He, too.
Us were most OF the injured, was sitting below
the gallery, and received Il severe blow In the
back. rendering him powerless, and not un-
Frank AIoeschorn OF 2l3 East Thirty-eighth
street WAS injured in much the snmr way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark BHtes OF 2i7 East Twenty
NTH street were sitting together. She was
slightly hurt, Hs WAS he. ana IN the confusion
they were separated. II was half an hour before
tire husband found his wife, she sitting in the
centre Of tho hall during that time, very quiet
but very pale.
Frank \. Fassitt OF Eighth avenue and
Tw nty- eighth street was ting ia the ga lery
with his wife. 1t was Mrs. Fassilt whose
screams was FIRST heard, and then tho two went
down together W. aipt hurt much, thank
God" SAID lie. but I'd lis" 10 know what be-
Cn 'of Il wun''n nnd her % d ,hat were near
vs.. Mhvn Tue woman felt the gallery going