The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-06-09
A pnr,prrL gasm.



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There wna crush a Ne uapa a The aew
Yofh appfoaoh N The nfooklyn iIfides this
afternoon, panic followed and a. laast
ioaftren persons wefe Killed and many wers
wounded The crush bugan shortly befets
four o'cloet. Az that hour there wsfs
thousands " people on me bridge, tne=l u
lhem coming from lifooklyn. The slf vas
clear AMI brisk and people wefe walking
rapidly, A. the crowd approached the
short nlght NJ stops those IN front pushed
hack for fear they wouhI 10 precIpitassd
over tho steps distance Of about sis feet.
These people In drawing back from The
steps made the nucleus of jam. for the
thousands behind them pushed on unhssd.
Ing. Almost Instantly people began te
shout "stand back and 'give us ROOM"
Meanwhile the crowd from New York
which was At tho foot Of tho steps got
blocked. Tbs men Al Tho head Of the New
York crowd fought their way back, leaving
clear space ai the foot OF the steps.
The shouting and crowding from the
Brooklyn side Increased. II was utterly In.
applicable. People In thu advance guard Of
the brooklyn throng were pushed In spite Of
themselves toward the steps. They secmcd
to have a horror Of going over the steps
although the flight Il only i've or SIX feet
high. They locked arms and pushed
iurioualy back against the thousands
cunning steadily over from brooklyn. In .
Few minutes, al a point Just above tho
steps, there was slow yielding 70 tie
frighfful pressure from behind, and Che
front OF the crowd was forced nearer and
nearer 70 the edge Of the steps. Women
and children were screaming Tor help, and
men were shouting confusedly. Umbrellas,
parasols and canes were thrown over tho
rails at the side by the people who needed
their hands 10 nght thur way out Of the
desperate crowd. ban
AZ last, with q single shrisk that cut
through the clamor OF thousands OF volces,
yodng girl, who lost her footing on the
perilous edge, fell hssdIong. bhs struck
The pathway at tho foot q the steps, and
her hands, and would have got up. but ih
another moment she was buried four deep
under tho bodies OF others who fell ovbr
the steps after her. Hhe was dad whsn
they got her out, more than half hour IT.
trrward. The men sprang upon he rails
II tho side and waved the crowds 6oek from !.
both tho New York and tho brooklyn stdss,
but the peopls continued 70 crowd On 10
ward tho steps. No police were IN sight
Every minute the sxcitemsnt grow wore.
Mon In the crowd lifted their children
crush. People were paying their pennies
AZ both rates snd .swarT,InS I'm Al Yane tka
peopis q the New York md of The bsidgs
understood what wae happsuing. he
gates were closed and word was sene 70
Brooklyn 10 close the ggtcs thsre.
Messcngers vsrc sent 70 the police station
In Oak street, but bsfors any o1D1ido belp
came the bridge police, assisted by citl.
ksns, impressed two grocers wagons Into
ambulance service. They wsre loadee up
with tho dead and dying and drivsa 90 the
men and women. AZ The Wagons oanns out
ON the street they wore obneed 10 top 10
allow brilliant uniformed band playing
gay music 10 pass up Chatham street.
| Il was not until fhs dead wagons cana
out that the public knew anything Of tho
catastrophe. The wagons we're followed %
The bridge by womsn crying fre 1hels chil'
dren, and by men crying TOR ehelr wives.
Several women were half naked, oed many
asa On only raka- Vu9 Wyu48 uEu ia
both her .shoes torn ofs and almoqt ~ vsre
bareheadcd. There wers hnndrods ok 1hsm
dlshsvclled and crying. Thar faoeo wers
white, and IN many instances wsre eovsrsd
with dust and dirt
Tho list Of the dead and infufed ot)alnsd
shortly befofs midnigkt fruu1 hospilnls and
stations smbraccd twelve dead, sIsvsn o1
whom had bstn Identified, and tvsnty.
eight injured, sons badly, sehsrs isss ~
It1s reported that nspy u lhs xcsndsd.
driven slyslstt 70 lhslr henm ykiD ny
reached Ch6lhsm atFDe4 lng)oo6 - = ~
City Hall 0o11loa. IrQoig11g ~ unklng
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accident.
When he approach was elearsd q last Il
was literally covered with ay>icDos Of
clothing and psrsgnal propsr1Ys Abandoned
In the struggle. Thsy wsre vtsweA With
snaaxe9nsnt By people coqing ovsr frOm
Brooklyn Who h6d npt heosd of ~ dfme1es.,
In tbs sxcitsmenl o. ~ esnsA ; dFunkea
man deliberately jumvsd I'm - gi1ge
approach into William sirsee, receiving
severs inssrnsl injuriss en1 ozternai
bruises. The place on De bridEs uhers
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