The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-06-19
SLAUGHTERED INNOCENCE
RlVALLlNG KING HER0D MAS
SACRE OF OLD.
Two Hundred English Children the
Victims of Criminal Carelcssness
Heart Rending Scenes.
TIM DISASTER AT SUNDERLAND.

day 10y distressed ana excited crowds
The stairway from the gallery at the top
landing, ON which occurred the pressure
which led to the accident, was from five
To ak feet wide, aud the gallery door,
through which the children were allowed
to pass only one ut u time, which cIrcum
stance IL regarded Hs the direct cause NJ
the calamity, WIS fitted with bolt which
lodged IN ~ hole III the iluur. thus mar
moving the passing way Tor the purpuge
VI facilitating ticket taking when the
ulience WAS entering the hall. The .
Iuntur says the scene behind the gallery /.
door WAS fearful. Some children were
fixed upright IN u heap and actually
gasping Tor breath, 80 great WAS the
pressure ~ the crowd behind them I
The majority Of the children IN the hall /.
were uud II Years uf ngc. When the /.
disaster happened, the lanitur and wife /
aud several others were hastily sum /
mnncd. The by-stnudcrs went to work /.
immediately to give TIE sufferers rcirt /
They first sent ont 81 the building 10y /.
other eNit-wuys the little ones who were
still in the hall. This was the means
~ uyctuug fears uf further crush.
Those Who went to the scur ~ the
sufferers found The work " removing
the heap ~ bruised. crushed aud sutIu.
=
drcd children were res urd from the pile
who were practically uululurcd Many
others were found ia an unconscious
condition, hut Ot these number Wcr"
restored and immediately taken to their
holmes. Nearly all thusu who were dead.
/ With number whu~r wounds were re-.
/ ghricd ia fatal, Wvlu Aid out In the main
/ hall. where the local doctors In Attendance
used every cilplt to restore thusrin whom
b J.. a.
/ witness states he saw lying on the nag
! stone, a shot distance IRON the bottom
/ al the slair- the dead bodies ut seven
/ cnildlun. Many OF those who came To a.
| si5t IN removing the dead and rescue the
/ living were utterly overcome by the dis
/ tr,H.rng light OF ~ many
DEAD ANp mI>u cuupm|N.
\ number OF death, have
occurred since the Inst rc-
uort, and the mnl lit is now placed at
/ ISIS. one oi the persons who rrspond' d
Immediately to I q call Tor help, saN'
many vito volunteered to assist In rcs'".
lag the rnl,licn, ,lckcned nj the 7pr't ,cic
and lied Mortified from the distressing
accn,. lhr r'.cucrs' hr-t efforts were til
lrrtcI toward reaching the children vino
were apparently alive, but 50 lghlly were
the victims damned tOg thrr II was re-
! ghfuCl u rigorous 70 hlhH ll."' ""' ",
the helpless mass. ne lraHl ,l"'t Wouiu
result IN pu ing "h Tue '!''u" "' "''"S
uhiIuicu ~ well ~ mulilttlnR lhr dtrl
p Thry uurlirr proceeded steadily and
-ybtcmnll,uly tn liz oil the topmurI \
, few ut th ~ who were beneath had SUI
vlyCl and their meanings AMI low criC
ui min could be- distinctly beard
umii thcrNcil, mcnt and cries al hcr'nVrd
, mrcntr uud trends who were thinnEln@
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A ~ wa '"' u"
p IN sunni ll1hd' SUNDAY, "N" ny many 4"
. the pie''hti1 III l'"h''u' 'uH pray"
p N'l' nUrI'u loI WV p'''''H n"' "''''' "
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p w. sun "' 'H'I .'',,,Ii,,,,. and u,,
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~, liz l'I ,in,. of Tho tnrr,hI~ trnprIv heinz
. ,,,',',,,J ~, ,l,, Innr Tn,y ,y,r, moi In.
r,t,,rrgd urtil Graham. lie hnl..hr, Der
,,,n y1. srruIIin, mar by the seen,
, nt tbr r.llmity. wa. attracted by tn
A grnnu, and rave tn uhum Nj Fay
. Who gayr the uAtttuum Mt, wa, bu.,
=. packing up his apparatus to depart, she
N a man IA, he'd mp him and informed ldu
n I the disaster and he Immediately TEL
r. down sucochls- IN a it, one man lu,
n llir vic pa htd lhtll way 'll" Tue nan u
Z which lay the bodies oi the W'iun' AM
e. without beiu1i my IA lilnlh h'G"il 10 So"
v the twc, oi the dead he'"Rn'NuH IN
a.c oi one OF III, chl!d'cn' inc lalh'i
Il itn,,gfN ,,,. no..in,, an 1g,in he rrro .,
Ianorhcr and then % third Staggrrin
IN agony he cried.
= ..,,,.,.,, .,,.v,. ,.,,uIy ,nyy'r
/. and overwhelmed WIN Hrltl -hh
4 to tie moor IN some h1m'
a there hr" I'VE Gnu men ~ "u''
" The Quecn seut u telegram to the m 20
r " Sunderland exp easing her grlet Il
3, the disaster. Children OF various SUI
Ii day schools also sont tcleg ans OF syn
At p thy Flags were at half mast on "A
IA huildiuga, aud some Sunday .chO'