Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-11
FIVE HUNDRED INJURED.
Five Thousand People Piled in a Strug-
Cling Heap at Quincy, Ills.

Cling Heap at Quincy, Ills.
QUINCY, Ills, Oct. u-Five hundred peo-
pie were injured, half of them seriously, last
night by the collapse of the amphitheater
erected to assist in the big annual celebra-
ton of Quincy. A seating capacity of :, 900
had been provided for those wishing to wit
ness the pyrotechnic display. At O'Clock,
when the first rocket was fired, the supports
at the west end give way, and the en-
tire structure, 100 feet long, wav-
cred and fell to the ground, CARRYING
with it its mass of living freight The night
was very dark, and through it all arose the
groans and cries of the imprisoned multi
tude Those who bad presence of mind at
once set about extricating those who were
secured by the debris, and stretchers were
procured as quickly ms possible and the
wounded conveyed from the scene to the adj
jacent houses, which were changed into i'm
prOmptu hospitals
As far as could be learned there were not
less than $40 injured, and half of that num-
Der sustained serious wounds The only
fatal injury reported was that of Albert W.
Wells, an attorney of this city and candi.
date for the Legislature No hope is enter
tanned for his recovery The excitement
was so great all night that the streets re
manned crowded Newspaper officers were
beseigsd by anxious people who sought the
names of friends or relatives who might
have been injured There is no doubt that
number of those injured will die
Following is partial list of the wounded:
Maggie klarney, ankle hurt; Mamie Wald-
house, toe broken and foot mashed; Zeke
! Cloves, feet bruised; Robert Stewart, spine
injured; Arthur Pitney, arm hurt; Mrs Girls
void, slightly injured; Mrs, Taylor, injured
on left leg Mrs Zimmerman, slightly hurt
| Mrs Joseph Esterly, seriously hurt; Mrs.
| Adair, sprained ankle: Ed Whitmore. ankle
| spraiued; Walt Hudnall, Times correspond.
ent, hurt; Ed Gray, ankle broken; Dr. E
H, Bowman, of Rock Island county, inter
naily injured, supposed to be seriously hurt;
Rose jameson, arm broken; Jacob Ureck,
scalp wound; Mrs A. D. Wharton, scalp
wound; 7, R. Davis, of Missouri, leg broken;
| Ella Vandenboom, leg broken; Mrs Fred o.
Reed, leg broken; #. o. Reed, ankle broken
Fl. e. Wells, of Massachusetts, injured on
head and leg; Hon. A. W. Wells, member Of
the legislature, injured internally, probably
fatally; Florence Neal, shoulder dslocated
Mrs. Albert Schmidt, leg broken, DIR. Al
bert Schmidt, severely hurt; Mrs. Huffman,
bruised and sprained ankle; Charles King
ankle broken; George Armour, foot and
ankle injured; Hiram Zeltzer, of Missouri,
leg broken and seriously injured; Mrs A
NJ. Warner, ankle spraned; C. s. Nichols
head and leg injured; May Hortz, ANKLE
sprained; DR.. l. I. Wilson, injured spine; E
Il. Todd, scalp wound; Mrs. T. D. Wood
ruff, leg broken; Mrs. John Bolt, leg hurt
j. F. Wemhoener, leg hurt; Charles Halcer
injured in leg; j. W. Hutchinson, shoulder
dislocated; F. Thurman, serious scalp wound
Al Ashman, injured in the spine, seriously
W. L. Anderson, seriously injured; J. E
F'field. leg hurt and scalp wound; Miss Eff
Reed, injured in side; Matte Williams, lie,
broken; Frank Bishop, scalp wound AM
ankle injured; H. Brown, head smashed
Rose Harper, spine injured; Judge John A
Allen, seriously hurt.
At midnight reports were coming in tina
many more are injured 1t is expected tina
several of the injured will die,