The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-05-31

certainly have no idea what caused
the horrible tragedy as various accounts
have reached me from four distinct
sources. | hear, however, that the panic
was brought bout by a gang of pick
pockets. New York policemen had
warned US that thiets and bunko men
were working on the bridge, bat
as none of them were identified we
could do nothing. As soon as l heard
Of the crush l ordered the roadways
thrown open, and people are going acruss
that way now.o
From the Sun extra: s'There was q
crush at the steps at the New York ay.
approach OF the Brooklyn bridge this af-
teTnoon. A panic followed, and at le8st
fourteen people we're killed and many
wounded. The crush began shortly be-
fore 4. At that hour there we're thousands
OF people on the bridge, mostly coming
from Brooklyn. The air was clear and
briss, and the people were %apidly walk
ing. &c the crowd approached the short
highf OF steps, those in front pushed
back for fear they would be precpitated
over the steps, a distance of about six
feet. These people in drawing back
from the steps made the nucleus for a
jam. for the thousands behind them
pushed on unheeding. Almost instantly
beople began to shout "Stand back" and
"Give us room" Meanwhile the crowd
from New York, which was at the foot
of the steps, got blocked. The men at
the head Of the New York crowd
fought their Way back, leaving e clear
space atthe foot Of the steps. The shout
ing and crowding fion the Brooklyn side
increased. 1t was utterly inexplics BILE.
People in the advance guard ofthe Brook
! Ign crowd were pushed toward the
, steps, but they appeared to have horror
of going over the steps, although
the Fights only five sto six feet high
They locked arms and pushed furiousIy
back against the thousands coming stead
lily over from Brooklyr. In few min
utes at the five steps there was SLOW
yielding to the frightful pressure from
behind, and the from; OF the crowd wa
forced nearer and nearer the edge OF thu
steps. Women and children we're
scres ming for help, and men were shout
ing confusedly. Umberellas parcels anG
canes we're thrown over the rails By
people who needed their hands to fgh
their way out Of the desperate crowd
At last with 8 single shock that Gu
Through the clamor OF the Thousand
voices, yOrag girl who Lost her footini
on the perilous edge fell hee dong. Sh
struck the betchWsy at the foot Of tn
steps and lay for moment; she raiset
herself on har hands and would have go
up, but in moment she was buried fou
deep under the bodies Of others who fel
over the steps after her. She was dest
when 9hey got her out, more than hal
an hour after wards The men sprsn
upon the rails at the sides and waive,
1.-The crowds back from New York an
Brooklyn sides, but the people continue
to crowd on toward the steps. No polio
were within sight. The very great ex
citement grew worse; men in the crow
lifted their children above their heads {
save thom from the crush; people wer
still paying their pennies st both gate
sud squeezing in; at last people at tn
Ne" York end of the bridge undeFsLoo
what was happening, the gat,
were closed, and word WAs ser
to Brooklyn to close the gates Their
Messenfers were sent to the police st,
ton in Oak street, but before any outsiC
help came the bridge police, assisted b
, citizens, impressed two grocers' Wagon
into the am bulsnce service. They we
: ilosded up with the dead and dying, al
driven eff the bridge followed By crowC
of distracted men and women. As tt
!, wagons came out on the street they we
obliged to stop to allow q brilliant
q uniformed band playing gay music
3 pass up Chatham street. Twelve des
o bodies had bsen laid in the bas
ment Of Chambers street hospital
: 6 o'clock. Two Of the dead we
) identified as George Smith ar
;, Ellen Riordan. Among the wound(
were F. E. Dale, Wilhelmen
= Lowe, Thomas Reardon, Mrs. Cha
i Vogeler, Minnie Smith, Ellie
), Requa and Frank Barnet. Amor
b The unconscious were two uniden
E fed men and a woman, boy and gi
h 1t was not until the dead WACO
t. came out that the public kne
> anything Of the catastrophe. T.
u wagons were followed off the brid
- by women crying for their childre
d and by men crying for their wive
,e Several Of the women were hS
Y naked; many had on only rags; OF
:. woman had both her shoes torn O.
g almost all were bareheaded; the
l. were hundreds of them di
J. heYelIed and crying. Their fac
Or were white, and in many
It stances were covered with du
4 and dirt. Mrs. Edward 0. Colour
"a of Brooklyn, come into Chatha
n street leading a little boy with ed
r hand. She had lost her husband
Ct the throng. He had taken the
IN youngest child with him. VIII
re she was talking with a reporter
Chatham street, her oldest daught
D. a girl of Is, ran up to her crylr
a where is father?" The moth
T answered that she did not kpo
" Mrs. Colburn said it was an awt
q. experience. l saw one woman f
ID backward from the steps, and
So soon as she fell she was jump
l upon by the men who were fore
re after her. They trampelled her
y death. / was pushed up against
9, railing and turned around; I
t clothing was torn, and | was e
+ hausted. When L last saw L
at husband he was holding O
k youngest child up in the a
os and being carried towards t
% edge of the steps by the crow
| chung to the railing, At last sol
es one grasped my wrist, and haul
a. me up out of the crush. A few n
10 10 ments later they got my two be