The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-28
Distressing iiiIg Accident at a Foot.
Ball Game.
=THa Thousand People Buried Beneath a
: .>:::.::.. 3: ~. Collapsed Grand Stand.
Many o. tie Unfortunates Sustain Severe
=. !. /. Injuries The Match Won by The
.~:.-::: =: t. Yale College Team.
=: Special TO THE MORNING CALL

= NEW FORK, Nov. PA terrible accident
occurred at Eastern Park, Brooklyn, before
:. the. Yaie-Princetor football game to-day
The big: free grand stand on the eastern
:. side OF the grounds suddenly collapsed, car
rying dGwi1the entire load of human beings
: 1t is estimated that there were more than
: :2OOo;pe6plein the structure at the time.
g A scene of . indesciibable confusion and
panic followed the crash. The occupants
were mostly men, great majority of them
befftg students from Yale and Princeton.
There were also many women. They all
lay in a'confused and struggling mass upon
tie ground. many being completely buried
under thewreckage. The screams, shrieks
and grGans were awful and many tainted
away from the injuries they received.
-. r. AIDING THE INJURED.
-; In an instant there was general rush for
that part of the field, and score of police
men We're soon engaged in pulling the
manned and wounded from the wreck.
Others lent assistance and within ten min
ules the whole place was cleared.
At first it was feared that some were
killed, but this proved unfounded. A great
: many PERSONS, however, were very severely
hurt. and br oxen limbs and bruised heads
: and bodies are numerous. Friends of many
of the people had them carried away before
their names could be learned. Among those
2 whose names were learned are:
p. CHARLES WILSON. ankle diSloeated.
JOHN A. QUILLAR, Peekskill Military In
stitute, back injured.
PERM DARNEY, PeekskIl Military In
stitute, back badly sprained.
: EMERY B. REMINGToN,. Princeton, '93,
leg broken.
A YALE MAN, whose name was not
learned, conclusion of the spine.
Two RUTGER COLLEGE STUDENTS, heads
bruised and cut.
JOHN MONROE, Princeton, confusion Of
the legs.
S. G. DrSN1Se, Princeton, 81, broken
ankle.
" GEORGE a. WYLIE. thigh broken.
= JAMES .MCGLoNE, internal injuries.
F. S. KELLER, Columbia, 81, broken
wrist. .
: JOHN WEED, Yale, injured internally.
STEPHEN P. Spear, Yale, arm broken.
= JOHN CARRUTHERs, Wesleyan University,
badly cut on the head.
= EIDRIDGE, Princeton, '94, both legs badly
injured.
CURLEY, Princeton, '94, conclusion of the
brain, very serious.
- EDWARD MORGAN, Yale, leg broken.
.MCKEAN, Princeton, fractured leg.
-. BRADLEY, Princeton, 80, both legs badly
hurt.
: ii. ". FULLER, scalp wound. -
S.. GEORGE A. JOHNSON, confusion of the
spine.
A lot of boys, whose names were not
learned, who stood upon the top row of the
bleachers, were badly bruised and cut: The
only ladies that were hurt were two Brook
lyn women. The lowest estimate puts the
number of people injured at fifty, while
Others place it as high as sixty. or more
:: AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE.
=. The stand was evidently in most unsafe
condition, for the broken timbers showed
: that many of them were nearly rotted in
two. while the whole structure was the most
fimsy affair Imaginable. Every one claimed
that very superficial examination of the
! structure would have shown it to be utterly
:: Insufficient to support the crowd which
would occupy it.
: The accident produced great sensation
j: In the city. The Sun says the lowest esti-
mate of the injured is fifty. The Park
Committee is roundly denounced for the
sale of their tickets to spectators and the
desire to save money. The Sun says A
few dollars more might have prevented the
accident and ambulanceS. would not, have
been grazing their wheels with gaily draped
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