Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-09-06

give way there was imminent danger q
panic, and had II not been for til
p Coo!ness and determination Of some O
4 the Grand Army men, the result woul'
nave been terrible. In minute o
=. 80 from tie time the first cracking wa
. heard the stand was down, and in it
9 place was struggling mass of fhuman.
. ity, half buried beneath the timbers
each one trying TO save themselves. A
, rush was Immediately made for the
+ scene by those on the ground, and there
was every probability of some of the
nnfortunates being trampled to death,
when guard was formed, that kept all
back except those who could work to
advantage by rescuin the others from
the ruins.
Ina short time all were taken out,
and although many were scratched and
bruised only three persons were serious
ly injured; among these was Mrs. Hall,
or Havre de Grace, who was badly hurt
in the back and had to he taken home
in a carriage
The seat occupied by Department
Commander Ross was o3e of the rst TO
give way, but he escaped uninjured.
Past Department Commander VAIN
right went down in the wreck, and al
though he was badly shaken up and
received several bruises was not seri-
ously injured. Mrs. Sumrsion, wife
or the postmaster at Havre de Grace,
had her leg hurt, and Miss Lydia
Whitaker's foot was crushed by the
falling timbers.
The accident caused an hours delay
after which the tournament co,nmenc.
ei, and out of possible fifteen rings
the following scores were made:
Wilton Greenway, of Havre de Grace
and ). j. Payhill, of Churchill, 13
each; Lewis Michael and w. II. Raw
houser, II each. Both ties were re. con.
tested and resulted az follows:
First prize Of a set of harness to Pay
hill second prize of a saddle and bri-
die TO Greenway third prize ola pair
OF silver spurs to Michael fourth prize
Of riding whip to Rawhouser. vii.
liam Cook was awarded O prize of a
sil yer ice pitcher as the best equipped
Of the Twelve knights.
Miss Sallie Kennedy, of Churchill,
was then escorted to the stand by s. j.
Payhill and crowned as Queen. Wilton
q Greenuay escorted Miss I.idie Lyon, of
Havre de Grace Lewis Michael, Miss
Sailie Summers, of Baltimore, and w.
n. Rawhouser, Miss Ida Moreau, of
terryman's, an maids of honor.
AT the conclusion of the crownihg a
address was delivered
by the Rev. Mr.. Dean of the Episcopal &
Church. The greater number of per- y
IONS then repaired to the camp ground u
where dress parade, under command
# General Suter, was held at sun II
Town. After supper the music started d
'p on the pavilion, and grand ball y
vas inaugurated that was still in pro- it
,ress when Smyth Post started for !,
'ome. They reached this city about u
u O'Clock and were met at the station u
" delegation of Grand Army men, !,
'ho escorted them to their hea,luuay 81
err.
Among the distinguished guests pres u
mt at the encalnpment were Mayor l
'reas of Havre de Grace, Senior Vice "
commander. in Chief William f.. w. ~
toss and General Daniel l.. Stanton of X
baltimore, John I. Wilson, Esq, Of n
,lkton; Colonel Wilson, collector of re
'lls on the Tidewater canal at Havre ~
Q Grace; Commander dodgers of the re re
I. s. Navy, and many others. Among ~
le newspapers represented were the .,
EPUBLICAN and Morning News of pl
lis city, Record and Press Of Philadel liz
hia, Sun, American, Herald, News, of
altimOre, Star of North East, Repub. IN
can of Havre de Grace. az
The ball continued un'il a late hour, II"
nd was a grand success, there being IN
,out 200 couples on the fl or. The w
oyal party came on at . o'clock, and NJ
lnced the lancers, after which the M
neral hop again went on. The camp "E
@ was kept burning nearly all night, an
ID with the 1900 people on the ground,
'erything was lively around Camp
saith. ,