Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-31

were wounded. The crush began shortly be-
fore 4 o'clock. At that hour there we're
thousands of people on the bridge, most Of
them coming from Brooklyn. The air was
clear and brisk, and the people were walking
rapidly. AZ the crowd approached the short
fight Of steps those 10 front pushed bsck for
fear they would be precipitsted over the
steps, distance Of about six feet. These
people in drawing back from the STEPS 10 ade
| the nucleus Of the an, for those behind
| them pushed on uaheeding. Almost instant
| ly the people began to shout, island back"
and ''Give us room" Mesuwh,le, the crowd
! from New York, which was al the foot of the
| steps, got blocked. The men at the head of
the New York crowd fought their way back,
leaving q clesr spEcs al the foot Of the steps
! This shouting and erowdirg from the
Brooklyn eide increased. ], was utterly
| infxplicable. People in the advance guard
of the Brooklyn throng we're pushed in spite
OF themselves toward the steps. They seemed
10 have horror OF going over the steps,
| slthou:h the flight is only FIVE or six feet
| high. They locked arms and pushed furi-
OGsly back against the Thousands coming
steadily over from B,ooklyn. In few min
utes, q, point just above the steps, there
slow yielding TO Inc frighifuI pressure
| from behind, and tue front OF the crowd was
/ forced nearer and nearer TO the edge oil tae
| ing tor help, and men were shouting con.
| fuse ly. Umbrellas parasols and canes were
thrown over the rails at the sides by the
| people who needed their hands to fight their
way out OF the desperate crowd. At last,
with single sbrek that pierced through
| the olsmor OF thousands of voices, a young
| girl who Loaf her footing on the psrilous
| hight fell headlong. She struck the path,
way at the foot of The steps, and lay for
moment. She raised herself on her hands and
would have got up, but 10 another moment she
WAS buried four deep under the bodies OF 9th
ers who fell o. er the steps after her. She was
dead when they got her out more than half
an hour aiierWsrd. Men sprsng upon the
| rails at the side and waved tee crowd back
| from the New York and Brooklyn sides, but
| the people continued To crowd toward the
steps. No police we're in sight. Every min
ute the excitement grew worse. The men in
the crowd lifted the children above their
| heads to save them from the crush. The
people were still paying their pennies at
both gates and swarmiug 10. At last the
| people at the New York end of the bridge
understood VIVA was happening. The gates
| were closed and word was sent TO Brooklyn
| 10 close the gates there. Messengers we're
sent to the police station in Oak street, but
| before any outside help came the bridge po.
| lice, assisted by citizans, impressed two
grocer wagons into the ambulance service.
| They were loaded with the dead aud dying
and driven of the bridge, followed By crowds
/ of distracted men and women. As the
wagon came ont On the street they were
Obliged TO stop 10 allow bril-
music to pass up Chatham street. Twelve
dead bodies had been laid in the basement
Of the Chambers street Hospital at 6 o'clock
| Two Of the dead were identified as Geo.
Smith, OF AZ Water street, and Ellen Rior-
| dan, OF Sc Montgomery street. Among the
| injured were 4. E. Dale, Of Is Henry street ;
Wilhelmina Loew, 8 Monroe atreet; Thos
Riordan, SO Montgomery street; Mrs. Chas,
Vogler, IS West Twenty sixth street; Minnie
Smith, 25S Houston street; Ella Rolqua, 62
Horato street; Frank Barnett, 10 Mott
street. Amoog the unconscious are
two unidentified men, a woman,
boy, and girl. 1t Was not I'm.
til the dead-Wagon came out that the
public knew anything Of the catastrophe.
The wagons we're followed of the bridge by
women crying for their children and By men
crying for their wives. Several OF the
women were half naked ard many had on
only rags. One woman had both her shoes
torn off, and almost all we're bar,headed.
There we're hundreds OF them disheveied and
crying Their faces we're white, and in many
| lnBi dDCsS were tOV6Ecu WIN uust ACC OITl .
Mrs. Edward o. Colburn, of 1S7
South Eighth street, Brooklyn came out into
Chatham street, leading little boy with
each hand. She had lost her husband n the
throng. BE rad taken their youngest child
with him. While she was talking with a
reporter OF the Sun on Chatham street her
oldest daughter, girl of nineteen, ran up to
her crying, "Where is father?' The mother
answered that she did not know. Mrs. Col.
burn said: "It was an awful expert.
euce. 1 saw one woman fall back.
ward from the steps. As soon as abe fell
she was Jumped upon by rnea who wer.
forced aIler her. They trampled her ta
death. / was pushed up sgsiust The railing
asd turned around and around where the
crush occurred. After buying a medal
walked along. / was twenty five yards from
the steps, and walked toward them. no
ticed the sm on the steps, and stood watch
ing the Immense ihrong. A man got on the
iron.work aud beckoned the crowd &c
go back. Hs was not a policsm an
1 saw no policeman there; 1 heard a scream
aad several other screams followed. The
crowd surged back, and jumped over tht
fence. The Jam entered on the steps. l wen
along the stone sides and walked along, ant
hung on 10 the railing with one hand. Jus
SIS ] got up to the north side fence the Grove
sWayed toward New York and threw a CIR
down on the right hand corner. She went oye
the sidewise and forward and fell ON her face
Then four mea and a woman felI On her
Corrected Atst Oft Dead and W eundet
NEW YORK, May 80, l sm.-The follow
ing is a revised list OF the dead aud Injured
obtained shortly before midnight from tn
hospitals and stations. 1t then embraced
twelve dead, eleven of whom have been ijen
tilted, and twenty six injured, some badly
others less seriously.
DEAD.
JERUsHE BAZZERIANo, forty-five years, 80
| Plymouth street, Brooklyn.
WIN. Ii. CROFrAGE, sixty years, $50 Gran,
street, New York; leaves wife and four children
MAUD CRAWFORD, thirty five years, Yves
Thirty-ssventh street, near Broadway.
SARAH HENNESSY, twenty-five years, 10
Washington avenue.
ELIZA KARTEN, sixty-six years. Jersey City.
All Ia LING, sixty years, Brooklyn.
leaves a wife and four children.
ELLEN RIoRDAN, sixty years, SOC Montsomer
GEORGE SMITH, forty-four years, a. Watt
MRS. EMMA SHERWOOD, thirty-hve years
, MARGARET SULLIVAN, thirteen years. IL
, MonTos street.
Unknown boy, about fourteen years, light hair
THH INJURED.
FRANK BASSErT, age fifteen years, of 70 Mot
street, left leg and arm broken.
| ~ street,
GLBERTENI BONNET, age ten years, OF 1879 Di
, | vision street. crushed and bruised.
SAMUEL DALTON age thirty three years wild
! over, $50 West and Twenty-ninth street, contu
sions on back and loins
DAVID DELN0NTE, ,age thirty-one years, 10
Avenue b. Commissions
EDWARD DOHEBTY, age fifty, of ls2 Ferr
street, spine broken.
MARY DEIsTLER, age eighteen, of Second ave
nue. and One Hundred and Third street, fatal
i CHARLES EBERLEIN. age eleven, of Ssi
Fourth street, right leg broken:
| CATHA RINE JONES, age sixty-fve, 90 GRAY
street. head and chest injured.
MRS. MARGARET GALLAGHER. thirty year.
Madison street, sufocation and bruises.
: wILbELMIHA L0EW. sixty 1.-TWO years, 100 MOE
? roe street, sufocstion and bruises.
/ LIZZIE O'BR1EN, eleven years, IS Light stree
BARBARA OTTINGER. age twenty-five year,
443 Seventh street, eye and hesd hurt.
t WIN. OXFORD, age twenty-five years, 90 Cherr
. street. confusion.
F.E. DALE, age twenty-six years, % Henri
street, severe scalp wound
. | ELLA REGINA, 81 Horatio street.
P. REICHER, ThOs. Rordan, Margaret RyaI
, Minnie Smith, Matte stiles, Mrs. Lizzie Terry
: | Andrew Tardy, Mary Thompson, Mrs Charles VI
: geler, Edward Elret, and an unknown man, badl
/. | hurt.
, The following additional list OF injure
: were reported at the New York HospIts
! after midnight: Peter R.gsn, aged thirty
; four, No. Al Park street, lacerated seal
I. wound; unknown man, ribs and aims broker
. When the approach was cleared st last
a was literally covered wiih articles
: clothing aud personal property sbandone