Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-02

A Mad Rush to Death After NilssOn's
Happy Home Welcome.
ErVHTEEN PERSONS KILLED AND HUNDREDS
INJURED IN THE PANIC.


INJURED IN THE PANIC.
Aspecial cable dispatch to the N. Y. World
from Stockholm, Sept. 80, says: No event in
many years has SO profoundly agitated the
venice of the North as the calamity follow
ing Nine. Missions enthusiastic reception by
her countrymen here on Thursday last. Since
the occurrence Mime. Nilsson has been so com
pletely Frustrated that she has felt obliged to
cancel many engagements King Oscar, who
has taken a very deep interest in the matter,
has been active in extending sympathy and
relief To the afflicted families Owing probably
TO the fact that Mime. Nilsson had recently
bought handsome house In London and an
nounced her intention of making her home In
England permanently hereafter, the great sing
er's visit to the beautiful capital of her native
land was regarded as q farewell one, and the
popular excitement attending her arrival was
intense. Deafening cheers greeted the diva's
arrival. Unable to reach the principal door OF
the hotel, she with some difficulty managed tC
gain admittance at side entrance, and pre-
sently was bowling to probably the largest and
most excited audience she has ever looked
upon. After she had sung two songs, "Vier.
zehn Yiehre" and "Wermland Weiser," the
crowd began TO diSperSe homeward.
A FRIGHTFCL CRUSH.
The first movement of the living mass caused
frightful crush which was horribly intensified
by the pressure OF a number of fresh arrivals
on the outskirts of the crowd. A rascally gang
of roughs helped still further to precipitate the
the confused and chaotic multitude. With a
rush like the flow of IA mighty river the excited
mass of people directed itself towards some
newly-built houses ON the site of the old
Mindre theater. The pavement i'm front of the
house had been torn up and the ground was
strewed with building stone, lime and sand
just before this uneven place was reached the
stone pavement ended at an aprupt descent i'm
the grade of the street Here those in advance
forward by the thousands behind, they STUN
bled and fell.
A SCENE OF HORROR.
The crowd, swarming on with the entire alb.
sence of reason or control characteristic of such
crowd in an emergency, men, women and chill.
one great crushed, bleeding, shrieking and un-
dlstlnguishab1e mass of humanity. The horror
of the scene was increased by the demoniac
yells of the rOughs, who took advantage of the
moment to attack and plumber people right
and left. To add to the confusion the only lamp
that illuminated that part of the street was
self by climbing the post. Many others saved
themselves by breaking the windows and en-
tering the new houses, though they were Sc
Verely cut by the broken glass.
EIGHTEEN PEOPLE KILLED.
When the police finally forced passage and
removed the dead and injured it was found
that eighteen persons had been killed in the
mad rush. Most of these were women. Many
people are believed to have been seriously in
jured early in the panic by being trampled I'M
der the feet of a horse which, with light wagon
at his heels, tore through the crowd. Others
were pushed from the quay into the NOrr-Strom
outlet of the Malaren into the Saltsjon and
drowned. prominent citizen was separated
from his two daughters one ten and the other
twelve years DID, he afterwards found their
dead bodies trampled almost beyond recogni-
ton Heaps of torn clothing, hats, umbrellas,
shoes and mantles were taken to the police sta
ton. hatless woman, eXcitediy searching
for her child broke into loud cries on seeing the
row OF corpses, and it was found that she had
suddenly gone mad. The police, numbering
200, were utterly powerlesS to prevent the acct
dent or govern the crowd.