Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-08-21
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The Ouemtne Ceremonies Of the
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. W;rIne 70.
iigious ceremony OF haights Iempiar ~
the Pavilion yesterday afternoon was =
terrific crush to many Almost iunerai
service. Although IT was announced 70
begin az 2 o'clock. as ea'ly as midday
crowds began gathering within the pre-
cincts OF the new City Hall and PAVILION
to see the procession OF knights arrive.
BY | o'clock the crowd OF people mad as
sumed formidable proportions, compris.
ing the arrival OF those VINO possessed
tickets OF admission and those who were
Obliged 70 content themselves with an
outside view. FROM that time up to =
o'clock the crowd became denser and
denser. until both On iarkIn and Mar
ket streets Tor distance OF
quarter Of a. mile nothing
could pass except the street cars
each provided with double dummies,
loaded down with new arrivals. When
the doors Of the Pavilion were thrown
open, already over five thousand persons
having tickets were massed together
awaiting entrance Thee moisent the
doors were opened a rush was made and
only by superhuman efforts on the part
Of u strong body OF police were serious
accidents prevented. Had the rush
continued many young girls and even
grown up people would have been
crushed to death. The crowd was made
to understand through violent bowling
BY police officers that If they would only
take things quietly there was plenty Of
time to get in before the Knights ar
rived From that time things
went more smoothly, even too
slowly to suit the crowd The
interior arrangements of the Pa
vilion were necessarily such, through
the raised seats At the eastern end, as to
render the entrance to the building
slow, 40 that by the time the procession
arrived thsfe were still outside between
5000 and 1000. persons still to go in.
When the head OF the column of
knights reached the entrance OF the
door, visitors were Obliged to give way
to permit the knights to pass IN, and
when they had all done SO it was
found that the enormous building was
then apparently filled as closely az i
could be packed. Orders were immedi-
ately issued to allow none but ladies in
This was only the signal for greater
trs~y cusrs,,ts- ,.anv lad;a. rafus;ng a.
90 in alone without their escorts.
Others pushed forward with all their
strength Then tho crowd was every
few minutes jostIed to its center in the
endeavors to carry out fainting women
through the dense living mass and in
every case only accomplished with
the greatest effort When the fact was.
make known that many women had
tainted the crowd seemed to sober up
and conclude il would be useless to
make anv further attempt 10 gain en-.
trance and 80 ouietly dispersed. While
"a roanv were Attempting to gain en-
trance there were many who were only
too olad IN Get ont Nv The exit door.
beinc overcome with the heat inside. Ii
i, esf;msted that there were In the pa.
yilion nearly 5000 persons, including
about oOOO k nights while there re.
manned outside between 5000 and 1000
provided with tickets unable to Get in.
II ia TIA first evidence Of mis.nanaoetos.nt
an the mart az ths committee. fbev nav.
ing GOOD natnredlv issued about twice as
NAM ;nyitat;ons as tbe building conld
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