The herald., 1893-10-10
CHICAGO DAY AT THE FAIR
The CrOwning Success of the
Exposition.
A Terrible Crush of People on
the Grounds.
Over Three-Quarters Of a Million
in Attendance.
Many Injured in the jam at tho Gates
and transportation TerminaIs-The
Most Gorgeous Pageant and
Pyrotechnios.
Ru the Associated press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. "a perfect autumn
day and the largest crowd that ever
gathered at a like gathering in the
worlds history, combined with all the
other features to make Chicago day ct
the worlds fair an unprecedented sue
cess. Everything on the programme
went off with perfect success, and the
only thing to mar the day or evening
was number Of little accidents, in
aeparable from, the crushing and JAM
ming of such mass of people as con-
gested the worlds fair district. Happily
there were but few very serious acci.
dents, although great many people
were painfully bruised in different
crushes. The crowd was larger than
that at the banner day OF the Paris ex-
position. Every part OF the ground was
crowded and the midway plaisance was
almost impassable.
A GENERAL HOLIDAY.
Never before was holiday 30 gener-
ally observed in Chicago. Every BUSH
ness house of any consequence was
closed, and small stores of all descrip-
tions followed suit. In all sections of
the city these stores were closed. and
even the thousands OF milkmen caught
the injection and notified their patrons
several days ago that they would make
but one delivery today. Many large
firms, in addition to closing their places
of business, furnished their employees
with tickets of admission to the fair.
With all these people turned loose and
added to by the tremendous influx from
outside during the pact 48 hours, 1t is
not to be wondered at that such crowd
was never seen before.
WENT OFF LIKE HOT CAKES.
Among the most notable features Of
the day were memorial editions Of the
Inter Ocean, the Record and the Times.
newspapers Of this city. These papers
were profusely illustrated, contained
elaborate reviews of Chicago and es-
pecially descriptions of the great fire.
So unprecedented was the. donand for
these papers that from an 9arly hour in
the morning they sold at premium,
and by afternoon people were paying as
high as 30 cents a copy for them.
AN APPALLING CRUSH.
At the downtown terminals all the
morning the crush was appalling. At
the steamboat landing. the IllinoiH Gem
trail and the elevated stations. there
was jam the like of which had never
before been seen here, while along the
line of the cable roads people were
packed in black mass for blocks. At
the grounds the steady stream seemed
to increase, rather than diminish,
towards dark, as thousands of additional
people began to make their way in to see
the night display.
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES TAXED.
Never in the history Of Chicago was
there such demand on the transporta-
tion facilities as today. The crowd was
handled well, but no human means. no
system of transportation however vast,
was capable Of handling such a vast
crowd without difficulty. Accidents
were few and only small proportion of
them we're fatal. The majority Of those
hurt were from outside points, and the
trouble arose from their not being as
cautious as the native Chicagoans in the
navigation OF the streets and in getting
on the cars.
VICTIMS OF THE CRUSH.
Those killed were:
Charles A. Clark of Buffalo. struck hy
cable car.
James Malcolm, residence unknown,
died from a stroke OF apoplexy at the
fair.
Among those injured on cable trains
in the crush at the Illinois Central and
elevated stations. etc., were: Mrs.
Louise Rhode OF Gilman, I'LL; Andrew
Wells of Waupaca, Wis.,; William J.
Burr, Hopkins, KY; 0. +, Reylands,
Mattoon, Ill. Miss Nettie Rogerss Co
lumbus. o.; Mrs. Matilda Stewart,
Fend du Lac, Wis.,; Charles Long,
Cincinnati; Toby Lanson, Chicago
Policeman Patrick Clifford.
None Of these are thought to be fa-
tally hurt, but they, as we'll as many
others whose names are not learned,
will have painful reminders of the day
for come time to come.
THE GREATEST CRUSH.
The greatest crush occurred at Con-
gress street depot OF the elevated road.
The crowd there was simply terrific,
and despite the utmost efforts of the
police to keep them back, the jam was
such that women began to faint and
then panic followed, resulting in serious
injury to many people. There we're
number OF distressing incidents on the
fair ground proper tonight owing to the
awful crush. The hospital record at q
O'Clock showed less than 40 slight casu-
alities. Two hours later the number
had increased to 125. OF these most
were women who had tainted and fallen
in q heap in the rushing and surgipg
mass that seemed to have lost all the
powers OF reason.
THE WORST OF ALL.
The worst crush of all was inthe early
evening at the east side of the transport
tation building, whore the people be-
came wedged in great mass and a panic
commenced. Men shouted themselves
hoarse to still the restless throng. Wo-
men screamed frantically and cozens