Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-04-22
Second Dispatch.

NEW loRK, April 2l.-An accident
Of fatal character, and which caused
intense excitement, occurred ut Madison
Square Garden tonight. The llahne-
mann hospital fair, which opened week
ago, was III progress, and there were
about
EiEht Hundred People in the Building,
At half past nine O'Clock the front OF
the building, facing on Madison avenue,
gave way, the wall falling outwards.
4 part OF the roof also fell with crash.
This portion Of the building was used
a. Il dancing hall and the picture hall Ui
the fair Ii is not at th!s time known
how many persons were killed, but one
lady has So tar been taken out Oi the
debris dead, aud one wounded. Two
horses in the street were instantly
killed, and one was so badly injured
that hc had To be shot. Several hack
drivers were injured. Commissioners
GOrman, with a large detachment al the
fire department and police were prompt
ly on the spot
Mrs. HCgcmann, who was IN the Art
Gallery, was killed instantly, and three
others wounded. Rumor gives the IN
iured at from SIX H. twelve. The killed
and wounded number at least ten. Three
killed and seven wounded have already
been found. Mrs. W. 4. Ogden Hege-
mann, Il prominent lady manager ui the
fair. and vile Ol one ui the directors ui
the United States Life Insurance Com
pany, was the first person taken out OF
the debris. She was supposed to be dead,
- .ltgsnynFnI
she was taken 10 the Bellevue Hospital.
VIM. +. TylcStone, ui New York, had
his leg broken.
The part of the building which iell
was mainly occupied rs an art gallery.
The pictures were loaned and were IN
insured sor Sl50. 600 against fire alone,
but as tar as known not against other
accidents. 1t is likely the pictures are
81 much injured rs to he entirely worth
less.
Full Particulars.
New York, April 2l.-An alarm went
through the city shortly before ten
O'Clock tonight that the ROOT OF the
Madison Square Garden had fallen, aud
several persons had been killed or in
jurcd bv the accident. IL was soon
learned that the entire wall fronting on
Madison avenue, which Is the front
part of the Garden, had fallen outward,
covering several persons on the side
walk. 4 part ui the ROOF had also
fallen in. huyyiug beneath II Il num-
her ui persons. The Garden was
crowded tonight with the visitors oi the
grand fair in aid ui tile llahvCmann
Hospital. The fair had already been in
prusrcss several days and the building
VA, filled with costly works OF art, and
with articles ui various sorts which hai
been donated for sale. The front part
of the garden where the accident oc-
CURED had been greatly changed in ap-
pearanCe, on account OF the ialr. A
space more than fifty feet IN width had
been partitioned oil, and by means OF
the floor having been made into two
stories, the lower one was uSca Tor OIL
fees, reception hall and rcSiauran, ami
the upper story iur dining hati amt art
gallery. The cause OF the accident Was
supposed tn be the pressure OF the floor
of the dancing hail and art galley
upOn the wall which supported IT,.
Both these rooms were filled with pcO-
ple at an early hour this evening. Sud
denly IL was noticed that the floor OF the
Art gallery Was cracking, and Albert
Mckay. manager Of the fair, was sum
moned To- the place. Tie mounted the
italrs leading To- the art gallery and no.
ticrd that the room was filled with la
dies and gentlemen. Detective Fllley,
who had been employed to watch the
valuable pictures IN the room, informed
Il. i'm
some plareS. aud that there Was danger
of the floor giving away. Mckay sent
man 10 turn oil the pas IN that part ol
the building and told those near To leave
the gallery rs quickly as possible. His
manner Of speaking caused most ot the
persons in the room To step out on
broad landing which overl0pks the main
mari of the garden. The dancing hall on
ibr Same floor Was still full ui people,
and before they could hc warned OF the
appTaaching danger successian OF loud
rrports were heard and the front wall
suddenly fell cut into the street large
part oi the root, which had been sup
portci bv the wall, Immediately iell in
Upon the Heads Of the Frightened
Dancers,
burying many OF them ont oi sight.
screams and groans we're heard on every
sij, ami a panic followed. \ moment
after the accident, the floor OF the dane
inc room settled. aud there Was a gen
erll stampede out upon the landing and
I,vu the stair case to the main part OF
the rtTticn. Those who were cut ol
danger vince the ROOT iell, rushed Tor
ward toward the front oil the building,
and seriously impeded those who were
irving To escape outside ct tie building.
The widest Excitement
nreyailel. aud the streets were soon
6ned with excited people eagerly lnqulr-
inc the extent OF the dISaSter. IL was
me time before it could be learned how
n,anv persons had been injured. A large
Dn:ira force soon cleared the street IN
Ir,,t oi The garden. Alarms OF hre were
sept bringing several companies oi hre-
,,,sn N assist in the work Of reScuing the
wounded Calls were sent To Bellevue
ami to New York hospitals and num-
her oi ambulances in charge ot surgeons
were promptly on hand frc Com,
missioners GOrman ana Ming arrlNei
almost Immediately and SUPERVISED
the work Of th. .hremen. several per-
s,ns were rescued from the RUNS IN
fa;ntiny condition and carried 10 the
ne;ybboring houses before the police
conld learn their names or the extent OF
! their iuinries. Almost the first person
| tskan out was Mrs. VIM. A. Ogden
Ue,pmann, Of No. 3 West Thirteenth
street. wife OF a prominent lawyer, and
a iady we'll known in New YORK society.
She was believed 10 be dead. but the
Chief surgeon OF the Police Department
nronounced her still alive. She was
carried away in the Bellevue Hospital
| ambulance. Another woman, whose
name could not be learned, and two o'
| thras men whose names could not bS