New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-28
A GRAND-STAND FALLS.
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE IN DANGER.
SEVERAL INJURED 1T THE YALE-PRINCEToN
FOOTBALL GAME-LUCKILY no ONE is
KILLED-IT WAS A TEMPORARY

FOOTBALL GAME-LUCKILY no ONE is
KILLED-IT WAS A TEMPORARY
STRUCTURE.
The serious part of yesterdays football game
between the Yale and Princeton elevens, at Fast
ern Park, Brooklyn, occurred when one Of the
temporary stands tumbled down. Fortunately
nobody was killed, but nearly 1000 people were
badly shaken up, and nearly fifty of that number
were painfully injured. II was a miracle that
nobody was killed The stand was temporary
affair, erected early In the week. but it was
rather finsy structure when the number Of peo-
pie it was expected to accommodate is taken into
consideration.
A permit for the erection of the stand was
granted by Buildings Commissioner Platt on
Tuesday.
The stand was movable one, and was taken
TO Brooklyn from Philadelphia to supply the ad-
ditional need for seats at the great match.
1t was constructed Of iron supports and planks
for seats.
JUMPING on THE STRUCTURE.
1t is supposed that the jumping up and down
Of the few hundreds upon one end caused
raclSing motion. which broke the seats from the
fas;enings. Persons who saw the broken timbers
say that they were not sound. Buildings Com
inquire into the failure of Inspector Vaudeville
to report upon the condition of the structure.
The gates had hardly been opened when the
crowd began TO rush into the grounds, and by
noon most of the available free seats were Occu-
pied The temporary structure was just south OF
the left field blcacherics" and offered adj
vantageOus position from which to the game
At l2:1O the rev stand was we'll crowded with
men women and young girls and boys. Sud
IDENTIFY the whole north end gave way with
terrible crash and roar, carrying most Of the re-
naming seats with it. Only the southern part
of the structure remained upright. The shouts
Of the men and screams of the women were not
wholly drowned by the crash.
IMPRISONED IN THE wRECKAGE.
Women aud children were imprisoned under
the wreckage, while the more fortunate crawled
out of the ruins with fear and horror on their
faces. The crowd in the other parts of the
grounds dashed 10 the rescne, and willing hands
were soon working hard to extricate the unfort-
innate sufferers. 1t required nearly half an hour
to lift the Imprisoned out and carry them
away. A score of women and yOunG girls were
carried out fainting.
The scene coming amid the cheers and songs
and the din of trumpets of the students made
striking contrast 1t effectively silenced the
crowd and it was nearly an hour before the noise
was resumed
The stand belonged to the Wagner brothers,
the owners of the Philadelphia Brotherhood base
ball club. II is portable affair, and was moved
TO this city last week. Employees of the Wagner
brothers put the stand in position. saying that It
was thoroughly safe. and that it had held large
crowds at the baseball games at Philadelphia last
summer. The manager Of Eastern Park, however,
deemed it advisable TO add few braces here and
there and did 50. When examined after the
crash yesterday some of the timbers seemed de-
cayed and in anything but good condition. The
iron work seemed rather fragile for such struct.
ure.
SOME OF THE INJURED.
The injured according to Ambulance Surgeon
Parker of St. Marys Hospital, were:
f. b. Pennington. twenty years old, OF NO. 3oS
Clnton-st., Brooklyn; fracture of the leg. lie
was taken home.
d. S. Dunning twenty-tliTee years old, OF Prince
ton confusion of the leg sent away in cab.
John Aquillar, eighteen years old. of Peekskill,
sprained leg Taken to st. Mary's Hospital.
Perrine Barney, fifteen years old. of PeeksEill.
spraincd lanee. Taken to St. Mary's Hospital
H. w. Fuller twenty y-three years DID, of Bayonne,
n. J student in Rutgers College, scalp wound;
George 4. Johnson twenty-five years old, Hotel
NOrnandia \. Y, conclusion Of the spine. taken
to st. Marys Hospital: o
James McGlove, thirteen years DID, 40. loo
Stone-ave. confusion Of the leg Taken home.
d. Turner, twenty-five years old, student In
Troy Polytechnic Institute, fracture OF the arm.
Put in cab and went to his home on Staten
Island. ,,,
Others who were injured were: Charles Wilson,
twenty three years old, of No. 06 Bowery, New
York, bruise of the leg; A. Wiel, twenty-three
wears old, No. 326 East One-hundred and, ,thir-
teenth-st., New-YorlS, fracture of the colarbone,
East Thirty -eighth-st., New-iork, sprained leg.
Young Aquilar and Barney, who were taken
to ST. Marys Hospital We're met by Major Watkins.
the head Of the seke aH tary We're oa no
a carriage and taken to the Grand Central Station
and then to Pcekslill. Neither of them was
much hurt. Barney is a son OF the proprietor
of the Barney Car Works. in Virginia
Mr. johnson is the most seriously injured No
one was allowed to see him last night. lie Is IN
no immediate danger, however ..,.
Others who were injured went away without
assistance from any of the ambulance surgeons.
BOUND TO SEE THE GAME.
After the crash well-dressed man, probably
fifty years old, crawled out of the wreck In
rather battered condition. His silk hat was
smashed down over his ears. his face was bruised
and bleeding, his clothing torn, while he grasped
the remnants of an ebony cane in his hands.
His friends advised him to 90 home, but he shook
his head as he said No. my boy is going TO play.
and | must see him. Ny cane is broken. my hat
smashed and my backbone twisted, but L am
The crowd respectfully made way for the man
as he hobbled painfully into position III the
front row
CHANCE AVERTS Il BIG DISASTER.