The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-04

Disastrous Result 0f tlse Fall Of Staad
FILLED with Spect ators st . FOot-ISsu
Game In Brooklyn.

Disastrous Result of the Fall Of . stand
FILLED with Spectator ut . Football
Game In BROOKLYN.
New York, Nov 2a-A terrible acci-
dent occurred on the grounds at Eastern
Park, Brooklyn, thursday before the
Yale-Princeton football game was
played. The big free stand on
the eastern side Of the grounds,
furthest from the grand stand,
suddenly collapsed 1T 1910, carrying
down with it its entire load Of human
beings The crash came without any
warning whatever and st the time the
long rows OF bleaching boards were
closely packed with spectators 1t is es-
timated that there were more than 2, 600
people on the structure at the time.
A scene Of indiscribable confusion
and panic followed the crash. which
was heard in all parts of the grounds.
The occupants were mostly men, great
majority OF them students from Yale
ana Princeton. There were also many
women in the crowd. All lay in con-
fused and struggling mass upon the
ground. many OF them being complete
~ under the wreckage Of planks and
joists Of which the rickety structure was
built Many tainted from the injuries
which they received.
In an instant there was general rush
for that part OF the field, and : score or
more Of blne-coated policemen were soon
engaged In pulling the MANNED and
wounded from the wreck. Others lent
their assistance and within ten minutes
the whole place had been cleared.
At first there we're fears that some
might have been killed, but these
proved to be unfounded. A great many
persons. however. were very severely
hurt and broken limbs and bruised
heads and bodies were numerous.
Many OF the wounded people were
carried of the grounds, placed in
hacks and taken away before their
names could be learned. In this way =
great many cases were not reported to
the police. The big dressing room
under the grand stand was rugged up AZ
q hospital, and the surgeons OF threa
ambulances from the Brooklyn hospital
we're soon 1T work.
Among those who we're treated on the
gr, unds and afterward taken away were:
Charles Wilson ankle dislocated; Cadets
John A. Quillar and Perrin Darney, Of the Mill.
tary Institute at Peekskill, backs badly
sprained and bruised; Emery B. Remington.
Princeton. '03, leg broken; . Yale man, name
uiearned, suffering from concussion OF the
spine; two Rutgers College students, heads
bruised and cut; John Monroe, OF Princeton,
confusion OF the legs; 8. G. DunninG, Prince.
ton. ~, broken ankle; George A. Wylie, thigh
bro en-: James McGlone, internal injuries; F.
S. Keller, Columbia. ~. broken wrist; John
Weed OF Yale, injured internally and taken
cut unconscious: Stephen p. Spear,
Of Yale, arm broken: John Caruth-
ers. Wesleyan University student,
badly cut about the head; Eldridge.
Of Princeton "a, both legs badly hurt about
the ankles; Curley. OF Princeton. ~,
knocked unconscious by 4 blow on the head;
his case is deemed very serious; - Leonard,
Of Fifth avenue New York. right leg broken;
Edward Morgan. Of Yale. leg broken: - Nc
kean, Princeton theological student, compound
fracture Of the left leg; - Bradley. '93, Prince.
ton, both legs badly hurt: A. We'll. fracture
collar bore. c. Turner. leg hurt: II. w. Fuller,
scalp wound; George A. johnson, confusion Of
spine.
The lowest estimate puts the number
OF injured at fifty. while others place 1t
at sixty or more.
The game resulted in . victory for
Yale by a score OF 30 to O.