Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-04
DOWN WITH A CRASH.

Causing the Serious Injury of Fifty Per-
sons. while Many More Received Lesser
Hurts-The Result of a Parsimoni"us
Attempt to Save u Few Doliars-PartAaI
List of the Victims.
New YORK. Nov 2S.-At noon yester-
day when the newly-erected open stand
was crowded with men, women and
young girls to witness the Iaie-Prlnce-
| ton football match, the whole north
end gave way with a terrible crash ana
roar. carrying the rest of the stand with
it instantly, and with a noise that
sounded like til under. The cries of the
men and the shrieks of the women were
wholly drowned by the crash, and the
rest OF the spectators sprang to their
feet with shouts Of fear and horror
When the wreck lay still the crowd
dashed in to rescue those imprisoned
under the rafters, and for over half
hour the wounded were being lifted out
| and carried away
No one was killed, which was nothing
less than miraculous, but great num-
| Der of women and young girls were car
ried out fainting. The scene and the
shock OF it. coming in the midst of the
cheers and songs and din of trumpets
of the students, made horrible con-
trast, and for some time, at least, 81
fenced the great crowd.
The stand that fell was the one
erected for this game and was occupied
by those having admission tickets.
Only one of the stands, which held two
thousand people, remained standing,
with the boards upon which the people
had sat sIoping down to the ground
Among those hurt, and who were not
at once taken from the grounds before
their names were learned We're:
J. S. G. Cunning, Princeton 80,
whose foot was broken at the instep
John Monroe, another Princeton I'M
dergraduate, whose leg was injured so
that he had to be carried from the
grounds.
John Weed, of Yale; injured inter-
nally, and unconscious.
Stephen 2. Spear. of Yale: arm broken.
John Carruthers, a Wesleyan student;
badly cut about the head.
Eldrdge, a Princeton '94; both legs
badly iammed at the ankle.
Curley, Princeton "a, was knocked
unconscious and his injuries are seri-
Gus.
Mr.. Leonard, OF Fifth avenue, New
vi IA, il1i1luI tu Ildll. It3 DEohcu
Edward Morgan, of Yale; leg hurt.
A Yale man, name not learned; con-
fusion of the spine.
George A. Wylie, Normandie Hotel;
thigh broken.
James McGlone, No PCS Stone avenue,
Brooklyn; internal injuries.
L. S. I<eelcr, a Columbia '91; wrist
broken.
A. We'll, No $40 East One Hundred
and Thirteenth street; fracture Of the
collar bone.
C. Turner, Troy. n. Y; leg hurt.
II. w Fuller, Bay n. j.; scalp
wounded.
George A. johnson, Hotel Normandie;
confusion Of the spine.
A lot of boys, names not learned, who
stood up on the top row of the bleach
ers, were badly bruised and cut. The
only ladies who were hurt were two
Brooklyn women, one of whom had a
crushed foot and the other her leg
bruised.
This accident is in keeping with the
entire mismanagement of the park com
mittee. The sale of their tickets to
spectators became a trivial. silly mat
quence of this latest example of their
careless disregard for the public COM
fort and their desire to have money at
any cost, A few dollars more might
have saved the broken arms and I'M
known and, perhaps, fatal injuries of
the holiday crowd and ambulances
would not have been grazing wheels
with the gaily dra ped coaches.
The lowest estimate puts the nun Der
injured at fifty. This does not take ac-
count of those who were merely !
bruised, but includes those whose limbs /
were broken and who were wounded
internally.
1t was a noticeable fact that not a
horn was blown or d cheer given for
over three-quartors OF an hour after the
accident occurred.
Mexican, of the Theological Society of
Princeton, and Bradley, q Princeton
'92, were both seriously hurt abort
the legs. Five women were badly
injured but their names were not |
given out. Charles Wilson, of No
40 Downing street, Brooklyn, sprained !
his leg. Two cadets of the Peekskill |
Military Academy were badly shaken
up, and sustained internal in iuries |
Their names were John Aquila and |
Perry Barney. Emery d. Reming ton,
Brooklyn, sustained the fracture of |
leg Two Rutger students who refused to |
give their names were carried off the !
grounds insensible. They had received
severe cuts in the head. Ambulances
carried three of the injured to the City
Hospital. A room under the grand stand
was turned to a temporary hospital,
where the injured were taken and at
tended by doctors who happened to be
on tho grounds, assisted by surgeons
from the hospitals.
Many of the friends Of the injured
people had them carried away at once
before their names could be learned
In this way u great many cases were
not reported to the police Some of
those who were buried beneath the
wreckage and were taken out uncon-
scious afterwards recovered and de-
clined to be treated. They went on the
field again and found other places from
which to view the game
A Patriots Plea.
LONDON. Nov. 27.-Mr Michael Dav-
tits paper. the Labor World, in its is