The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-10-16
4 TERRIBLE DISASTER.

4 TERRIBLE DISASTER.
The Grand stand ut che Adrian
(Mlich.) Fair Grounds Gives Way
OF the Two Thousand People Pro.
cipitated into the Ruins Nearly One
Hundred are Fatally or Seriously
Hurt-E.ist Of the Killed and Injured.
ADRIAN, Mich, October2
, This was the great day Of the Lem
awee County Fair. The weather was
all that could have been desired, and
the city. was early crOwded with q
greater number of visitors than ever;
assembled here before. This after
noon at three clock the grounds were q
perfect jam, and the grand stand, new
fy erected, was packed with people to
witness the exercises on the track. A
class of gentlemen's driving horses,
double teams, had just been sent around
the track, and the band, occupying the
front and center Of the grand stand,
had just begun to play, while the judges
were affixing premium ribbons, when,
with terrible crash, the stand broke
down. It gave way first in the
center, then the front fell outward to
the track, and the back fell into the
river. At once ensued scene of indie
scribable confusion. Buggies were
overturned, horses dashed frantically
up the track, only to meet a crowd of
people flocking to the scene OF the dis
aster. Those who were only slightly
injured came crawling out OF the mass
of ruins, showing numerous Commissions,
and then began the work of dragging
from the debris those who were more
severely injured. There were in the
neighborhood of 1900 people on the
grand stand, and large crowd were in
the space beneath.
As soon as possible the Opera House
was opened, and many of the dead and
wounded taken there. The following is
q list of the casualties as far as can be as
certained, but many of the injured were
taken directly to their homes:
M. M. Merck, German, city; Mrs. John Hub
bard, of Jasper; Hyde, boy about twelve
age; David Plumadore, Petersburg, aged
eighteen; VIM. Mule, city, aged about twelve.
WOUNDED.
Laura Lambkin, Franklin, badly hurt in both
arm, not fatally; Mrs. Veider, living five miles
north of the city, leg broken; Justus Wright,
Fairfield, badly bruised; J. B. .Goheen, leg
bruises; jerome Camp, Fairfield, back in.
jured; Walter Merritt, Franklin, badly bruised
on left temple and internal injuries; Lewis
sas Sa o %ss city,
broken; James Hyde, Palmyra, toes broken and
hurt on chest; John Hurlbut, lower part of leg
crushed; Mr.; Hunt, Fairfield, hurt about the the
nature and extent of injuries not known; Mrs:
Robert Carpenter, Madison, arm broken; Ed
Hume, Medina, hurt in hip; his wife was
Medina, hurt badly in shoulder; Henry Hart,
city, left shoulder believed to be broken, head
bruised, and thought to be badly injured in
ternally; Miss Stuart, aged fifteen, severely
give residence; Unknown, man about thirty
five, terribly wounded internally; Frances
Gimbert, city, injured about head severely;
head and body; Robert McWilliam, Ridgeway,
leg broken, injured internally and about head;
Jesse Warren, city, leg broken; daughter OF
and her son, seriously injured; Mr.: Frank
Chamberlain, city, leg badly hurt; q daughter
Of Martin Holloway, city, badly injured; Mr..
oask
Burdan, Nichols, Russell and Snow. of the
band, more or less injured; Mrs. Hiram Burt,
Medina, and daughter, badly hurt; s Bradncr;
across the chest; Miss Rachel Moshcr, Spring
field, badly bruised; Joseph H. Claysen, Cam
bridge, hurt badly on knee; H: 5. Cole, Mo
Perkins, Rollins, hurt badly across lungs;
Charles Smith, Fairfield, dangerous scalp
wound: two painters engaged in lettering the
bris and badly injured; Miss Lille Orendorf,
hurt on the back and shoulders; Mrs.
]. H. Gates, Morenci, limb dislocatcd;
j. H. Gates, slight bruises on head; Maggie
Cicotte, Raisin, shoulder and back bruised:
George Hirsch, city, hurt inwardly; Colonel
French, hurt across the chest; Mrs. Hoyt, city,
head; Woolston Comfort, Rasin, arm broken;
w. S. Stow, city, arms and legs bruised; Will
lam Kcdzie, son and two daughters, Deerficld,
broken: Miss Kcdicd. Cambridge, leg broken.
This does not comprise over cne-half
the casualties, as many wounded were
carried off by their frantic friends as
soon as could be, and until nightfall
carriages containing injured men, wom-
en- and children were noted passing out
into the country.
The excitement in the city Immediate
" succeeding the accident was indie
scribable. Parents were frantically
looking for their children, and children
looking for their parents; women went
into Mysteries, and strong men cried on
the streets as they heard the terrible
news. Many OF the injured are among
our best citizens.
A grand concert was to have been
given at Floral Hall this evening, but
that, of course, is abandoned, and the
gloom cast over the city by the sad oc-
currence is heightened by heavy storm
which has set in since dark.
Up to this hour, eight p. M. drug
stores have been busy with all available
volunteer help filling prescriptions and
meeting the wants of the wounded,
without question or compensation.
Rumors are rife as to the insecurity of
the structure, and rigid investigation
will ho IoroorIol