Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-10-12
MANY PEOPLE HURT.
An Amphitheatre Containing 1000
Persons Falls with a Crash.
A LONG LIST OF INJURED.
AZ Least 800 Were Wounded More or
Less Severely, Twenty-Five Fatally.
A Member of the Legislature
Among the Dying.

QUINCY, Ills, Oct 12.-At Pains fireworks
display here last night the ampitheater, con-
tanning nearly 1000 people, fell at o'clock,
carrying with it men, women and children.
Fully 300 persons were seriously injured. 1t
was the occasion Of the merchants trade dis
play, and 5000 people were gathered on
stand TO see the fireworks.
The crash came with the very opening OF
the display, and hundreds went down with
the falling stand. 1t was at first thought
that 800 persons were injured, but when the
stand had been cleared the disaster was seen
to be less serious than first fears had pic
tured it.
A. w. Wells, "A prominent attorney and
member Of the legislature, is fatally injured.
Among those seriously wounded are j. w.
Stewart, secretary and treasurer OF the Com
stock Castle stove works, who received very
serious internal injuries.
1t is said that ut least twenty five of the
injured will die, but no authentic informa-
ton regarding tbs report can be obtained.
Following is a partial list of those seriously
injured:
Maggie Klarney, ankle hurt; Mamie Wald-
house, toe broken and foot mashed; Keke
Cloves, foot bruised; Robert Stewart, in
iured in spine; Arthur Pitney, arm hurt;
Mrs. Griswold slightly injured; Mrs Taylor,
injured on left leg Mrs Zimmerman, slightly
hurt; Mrs. Joseph Esterly, seriously hurt;
Mrs Adair, sprained ankle; Ed Whitmore,
sprained ankle; Walt Hunnall, Times CORE
spondent, slightly hurt; DIR. i. II. Bow
man, Rock Island county, internally in
jured, supposed to be seriously hurt;
Rose jameson, arm broken; Jacob Ureck,
scalp wound; Mrs A. ID. Wharton, scalp
wound, I. r. Davis, of Missouri, leg broken;
Ella Vandenboom, leg broken; Mrs. Fred 0.
Reid, leg broken; +. o. Reid, ankle broken;
H. J. Ewells, of Massachusetts,, injured on
head and leg; Hon. A. Wells, member legis-
lature, injured internally; Florence Neal,
shoulder dislocated Mrs. Albert Schmidt,
leg broken; DIR. Albert Schmidt, severely
hurt; Mrs Huffman, bruised and ankle
sprained; Charles King, ankle broken;
George Armour, foot and ankle injured;
Hiram Zeltzer, of Missouri, leg broken and
seriously injured; Mrs. A. NJ Warner, ankle
sprained; c. s. Nichols, head and leg in
jured; May Kartz, ankle sprained; DIR. /. T.
Wilson, injured in spine; +. II. Todd, scalp
wound; Mrs L. ID. Woodruff, leg broken;
Mrs. j. Bolt, leg hurt; J. +. Wemhoener, leg
hurt; Charles Haleer, injured in leg; j. w.
Hutchinson, shoulder dislocated; +. Thur
man, serious scalp wound; A. l.. Ashman,
spine injured seriously; w. l.. Anderson,
seriously injured; ]. f. Fifeld, leg
hurt and scalp wound; Miss Ellie
Reid injured internally; Matte Will
liams, leg broken; Frank Bishop, scalp
wound and ankle injured; II. Brown, head
smashed; Rose Harper. spine injured; Judge
John A. Allen, seriously hurt; c. NJ Levey,
of Keokuk, superintendent of the St Louis,
Keokuk and Northwestern railway, injured
internally; J. W. Stewart, injured inter
nally.
The following persons were all more or less
seriously injured
Joseph Carr, Henry JONES' Kate Wolf,
William hickman, Miss Cora Clement, q. ID.
Killar, Miss Nellie Reue, Miss Bella Clara,
Mrs. Erich, +. b. Gaul - Farra, - Nc
Fall, Miss II. Harrison, ID. Wellman, Mrs. w.
II. Hall, Miss Baker, Harry Lawrence, James
Boyd, c. s. Wycoff, z, j. Franks, Edward
Gay, of St Louis, Miss Bernard, j. +. Nor
ris, George Killar, Freddie Jones, Theodore
Herr, Miss Hall, A. McMurray, Miss Win
free, II. w. King, Charles Colburn, Mrs.
Soupan, of Angola, Mrs. Gum, Ida Woodson,
Mrs Hutton.