Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-28
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
CROWDED "BLeAcHING-BoARDS" GO
DOWN WITH A CRASH.
The YaIe-Princeton Football Game Has a
Painful Prelude-Many Seriously
Injured-None Killed.
fBr telegraph to .he pispssch.l

BROOKLYN. n. Y, November IA
terrible accident occurred on the loot
ball grounds at Eastern Park, Brooklyn,
a few minutes after II o'clock, and before
the Yale Princeton game began. Ihe
big free stand on the eastern side OF the
grounds, farthest from the grand-stand,
suddenly collapsed. carrying down with
it its entire load of human beings.
1T CANE WITHOUT WARNING.
The crash came without any warning
whatever. and at the time the long rows
Of benches we're closely packed with
spectators. II is estimated that there
were more than 1900 people on the
structure Mt the time. A scene OF indie
scribable confusion and panic followed
the crash. which was heard in all parts
OF the grounds. The occupants were
mostly men, q great majority OF them
students from Yale and Princeton.
There were also many women in the
crowd.
A CONFUSED AND STRUGGLING MASS.
They all lay in o confused and
struggling mass upon the ground, many
OF them completely buried under the
wreckage OF the planks and ioists of
which the rickety structure was built.
The screams and shrleks and groans
which came from the unfortunates were
heartrending to hear. Many tainted
from the injuries they received.
RUSH TO THg RESCUE.
In an instant there was general
rush for that part OF the field and
score or more policemen we're soon en-
gagged in pulling the manned and wound
ed from the wreck. Others lent their
assistance, and within ten minutes the
whole place had been cleared.
NONE KILLED.
At first it was feared that some might
have been killed. but this fear proved
unfounded. A great many persons, how
ever. were severely hurt and broken
limbs and bruised heads and bodies were
numerous. Many friends OF wounded
people had the latter carried at once out
of the grounds and placed in hacks,
which took them away before their
names could be learned. In this way a
great many cases were not reported to
the police. The big dressiug-room under
the grand-stand was turned into hospi-
tai. and the surgeons from the Brooklyn
Hospital had their hands full with the
patients.
TIE INJURED.
Among those who were treated on the
grounds and afterward taken away
were Charles Wilson, 403 Downey
street, Brooklyn, ankle dislocated Ca.
diets John Aquillar and Perrin Dalney, Of
the Military Institute, Peekskill, two
young lads. backs badly sprained and
bruised; Emery b. Remington, 30S
Clinton street Brooklyn princeton,
'93), leg broken Yale man, name not
learned, suffering from conclusion OF
the spine two Rutgers College stu
dents. heads bruised and cut; John
Monroe, Princeton, broken ankle ;
George A. Wylie, Hotel Nor
mandie, thigh broken; James Nc
Clone, Brooklyn, internal injuries;
+. $. Keller Columbia, 81, broken wrist;
John Weed, a Yale student, injuries
internally and taken out uncon-
scious s. +. Spear, Yale student, arm
broken: John Carruthers, Wesleyan
student, badly cut about the head -
Eldridge Princeton, '9i) both legs badly
tanned - Curley, another C9f
Princeton student), knocked unconscious
by blow on the head, case deemed very
serious -- Leonard, a resident OF
Fifth avenue, New York, a middle-aged
man, right leg broken; Edward Morgan,
Yale student, leg broken - Mexican,
Princeton, theological student, com
pound fracture of left leg; - Bradley
I'92. Princeton, both legs badly hurt
A. We'll. 32G east Notwithstanding
teenth street, New York, fracture OF the
collar-bone c. Turner, Troy, leg hurt
II. W. Fuller, BayoDne, n. j., scalp
wound George A. Johnson, Hotel Nor.
mandie, confusion of the spine. A lot OF
bows. a dozen or more. names not learn.
ed. who stood upon the top row OF
bleachers, were badly bruised and cut,
THE LADIES HURT.
The only ladies who were hurt were
two Brooklyn women, one OF whom had
foot crushed and the other her leg
bruised. They were first taken TO the
managers Office, near the main entrance,
and were afterwards taken from the
grounds by their friends. Some OF
those who we're buried beneath the
wreckago and who were taken out I'M
conscious afterwards recovered and de-
clined TO be treated. They went on the
field again and found other places to
view the game. The lowest estimate puts
the number Of people injured at fifty,
while others place 1t as high as sixty or
more.
THE STAND WAS MOST UNSAFE.