Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-28
STAND GIVES WAY.
WHILE THOUSANDS WERE WAITING FOR TEE
GREAT FOOT BALL GAME
The Seats Collapse aud Above the Flare Of Trumpet:
and Shouts Of COllegians, the Screams Of
the Uniortunates are Heard-0ver
Fifty Seriously Injured.

NEW ORk, November 21.-Onc OF
the stands at Eastern Park, Brooklyn,
where the ale-Princeton foot ball
game was to be played this afternoon,
fell about noon. The stand was crowd
ed with men, women and young girls.
The whole north end gave way with a
terrific crash and roar, carrying the rest
Of the stand with it, instantly. The
cries of the men, and the shrieks of the
women were not 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 i'm
prisoned under the rafterS, and for over
Il half hour those imprisoned under the
rafters were being lifted out and carried
away. No one was killed, which was
nothing more than miracle, but any
number of women and young girls were
carried out fainting. The scene and the
shock OF it, coming in the midst of
cheers and songs and din Of trumpetS
of the students made a horrible contrast,
and for some time at least Silenced the
great crowd.
Among those who were hurt and who
before their names were called Were:
j. =. Dunning, Princeton, %, whose
foot was broken.
John Monroe, another Princeton, un
der graduate, leg injured.
John Weed of Yale, injured inter
nally and unco nSciOuS.
Stephen u. Spear, Yale, arm broken.
John CarrutherS, Wesleyan student,
badly cut about the head.
Eldridge, of Princeton, "a, both legs
badly iammed.
Curley, Princeton man, '9i, was
knocked unconscious, and his injuries
are serious.
Mr.. Leonard, middle aged man, had
his leg broken.
Edward Morgan, of Yale, had his leg
hurt.
Cadets John Auillar and Perrin Dar-
ney, OF the Military Institute, Peeks-
kill, backs badly Sprained and bruised.
A. bennington, Princeton, '93, leg
broken.
\ Yale man unknown suffering from
con cuSSion of the spine.
Two Rutgers college students heads
bruised and cut.
John Monroe, Princeton, contusions
on the legs.
). c. Dunning, Princeton, broken
ankle.
GA. Wylie, thigh broken.
James McGlone, internal injuries.
+. ). Keller, Columbia, 81, broken
wrist.
John Weed, Yale, injured internally
and taken out unconscious.
=. p. Speara, Yale, arm broken.
John Carruthers, Wesleyan UniverSi-
". badly cut about the head.
Eldridge, Princeton, legs badly
jammed about the ankles.
/ Curtley, Princeton, unconscious by 4
blow on the head case very serious.
Leonard, of New York, right leg
broken.
Edward Morgan, Yale, leg broken.
Mexican, Princeton, compound frac-
ture Of the left leg.
Bradley, Princeton, both legs badly
hurt.
\. We'll, fracture OF collar bone.
c. Turner, leg hurt.
II. w. Fuller, scalp wound.
George a. Johnson, confusion of the
spine.
\ lot Of boys. dozen or more names
not learned, who stood upon the top row
Of the beacherS, were badly bruised and
cut. The lowest estimate pntS the
number of people injured at fifty, while
Others place it as high as sixty or more.
Tie stand was evidently in a most un-
safe condition. for the broken timbers
showed that many of them were nearly
rotted in two, while the structure was
the most flimSy affair imaginable. Every
one claimed that very superficial exam
/ ination of the structure would have
shown that il was utterly insufficient to
support the crowd which would occupy
il