Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-31

very great excitement grew worse. Ne
IA the crowd lifted their children abf,s
their heads to save them from tn
crush. People we're still paving thei
| pennies at both gates. and squeezing In
AT last the people at the New York en-,
OF the bridge understood wha was han
penin9. The gates then closed. Wcr,
vas sent to Brooklyn 70 close the cate
there. Messengers we're sen. to the no
lice station on Oak street, but befor,
any outside help came the bridge police
assisted by citizens. impressed two gro
GERS wagons into the ambulanoe ser
VICE. They were loaded up with dead
and dying driven of the bridge. fol.
lowed by crowds of distracted people
AS the wagons came out on the street
they were OBLIGED to stop to allow !
brilliantly uniformed band playing cav
music to pass up Chatham street
Twelve dead bodies have been laid in the
basement Of Chambers Street Hospital.
At six O'Clock two OF the dead were
identified as George Smith aud Ellen
Rior1an- Among the wounded were +.
r. Dale, Wilhemina Lowe, Hrs. Charles
FoRler. Minnie Smith, Ellen R0uua
and Frank Barnett. Among the uucon-
scious were two unidentified men a NO
man boy and girl. II was not until
the dead wagon came ont that the pnb-
lie knew anything of the catastrophe.
The wagons were followed off the bridge
by women crying for their children,
and men crying for their wives. Sew
ersl of the women were half naked.
many h. d only ra9s. One woman had
both her shoes torn of. Amos. all
were b ileheaded; there were hundreds
OF them dIsteyeled and crying, their
faces white and In many instances COW
cred with dust and dirt.
Mrs. Edward Colburn, of Brooklyn,
came into Chatham street leading lit
tie boy with each hand. She had lost
her husband in the throng. " lille she
was talking 10 a reporter on Chatham
street, the Oldest daughter, aged fifteen
years, ran up to her crying: where is
fatherF' The mother answered that she
did not know. Mrs. Colburn said il was
an awful experience. II saw one wo-
maa fall backward from the steps. As
soon AZ she fell she vas jumped upon
by men who were forced after her.
They trampled her to death. I was
pushed up against the railing and
turned around. My clothing WAS torn
and | was exhausted. When last saw
my husband he was holding our young
est child up in the air and WAS carried
toward the edge of the steps by the
crowd. clung to the railing. At last
some one grasped my wrist and hauled
the up out of the crush. a few minutes
later they got my two boys up. At the
foot of the steps was one man who was
white "a sheet. He struggled out of
the mass with his child held over his
head. He was screaming. | stood by
the rail looking for my husband and
our other child. | do not yet know
whether they are slfe."
Mr.. III. Abercombie, of Skaneatles,
said: AFTER seeing the parade | went
on the bridge at $50 p. M. was TWEEN
ty-five yards from the steps. and walked
toward them. noticed the jam on the
step, and stood Watching the immense
throng. A man got on the iron work
and beckoned the crowd To go back.
He was not policeman. ! saw no po-
licemen there. heard screams, and
other screams followed. The crowd
surged back and | jumped over the
fence. The jam conferred on the steps.
went alongside. and walked along and
hung to the railing with one hand.
just az got up on the north side of the
fence the crowd swayed toward New
York, throwing girl down at the right
hand coraer. She went over sidewise
aud forward. She fell on her face, and
four men and n woman fell on her.
The crowd cried: EVERYBODY come over
and get away, for Gods sake have
been used to handling small gangs of
men. yelled for them to get ever the
n
over and the woman next to BIN, and
after hard struggle got them SO they
stood along the iron work. Meantime
tho crowd was wed2ed al the scene of
the accident. Tha tide was from Brook
Ign, as the New York entrance was
closed to all but reporters and those en-
gagged in carrying of the dead and
wounded. Ii was not until quarter of
six that squad of police were sent on
the bridge, and the crowd was thinned
out"
In New York hospitals the list will vet
be extended. Il is reported that many
are wounded, and perhaps some of the
dead were driven straight 10 their homes
when they reached Chatham street, in
stead of to the city hall station. Inqui-
ries are making for many persons miss
ing, who were supposed to have been on
the bridge Mt the time of the accident.
Among these were Edward Il. Caiborn,
age -, of Williamsburg, who got sepa-
rated from his father and brother in the
crush on the bridge. He had not terned
mp at midnight. but his hat was found in
the Oak street station. j. L. smith, OF
VanBrandt street, Brooklyn; nj. Carly.
aged -. Of No. 80 Henry street; L. Fin
nsgan, aged IL, No. Ia West Eleventh
street, all of whom left their homes
half an hour before the accident to GO
ON the bridge. Rev. VIM. IL. Reed, of
l56 Washington street, Brooklyn, re-
covered his valise with sermons at Oak
street station. He lost them in the
crush while trying To help man with
child. Both escaped. Following is n
list of the injured reported at the New
York hospital at midnight: =. Regain,
age 80. AZ Park street. laoerated SCALP
wound; unknown man, ribs and arms
broken. When the approach was
cleared at last il was literally covered
with articles OF clothing and personal
property abandoned in the struggle.
They were viewed with amazement by
people coming over from Brooklyn, who
heard of tina disaster. In the excite
ment of the crush WIN. Oxford, age Is,
drunken man. deliberately jumped
from the bridge approach into William
street, and received severe internal
injuries and external bruises. The
place on the bridge where the accident
occurred Is the danger spot" III the
structure.
society Meetings.
BosroS. May 3o.--Importsnt meetings
OF Congregational societies were held
today. The American College and Edu-
cation Society reported Si3S,oo0 given
TO the college and $50, 900 added to the
permanent fund.
A meeting of the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions to.
day announced that the fund had come
10 an end and $4,000 had been asked
for the years missionary work more
than could he procured. The receipts
from donations and legscies during the
pass nine months amounted To $3t3.uD
aud In the next three months il will be
necessary to have $4,000 more.
The annual meeting of the Universal
isl Publishing Society today reported
the business of their house for the pas;
year had been the largest OF any year
since its organization.
Mesmettxed Tor Coed.
PfrrsHusa, May So.--Daring the per
s,ruaug,,. a. tha Aeatiany OF Music to-