St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-10
HUMAN BEINGS CRUSHED.
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE M
JURED nv THE JAN
ATT THE BIG WORLDS FAIR.

ton building scene OF Con-
fusion and Panic-Partial List
of the Killed and Wounded
A Minnesota Man Killed.
CHICAGO. Oct. 9.-There were num-
Der of distressing accidents, owing to
the great crush of people tonight. The
hospital record at o'clock showed a
total of less than forty slight casualties.
Two hours later the number had IN
creased TO 125. OF these the principal
were women who had fallen i'll
a heap in the crushing and surging
mass that seemed to have lost all pow
ers of reason. The worst crush of the
early evening was at the east side of
the transportation building. This was
due more to the stupidity of those
in charge of fragments of the pa
rade than anything else. Streams
of people came east down the
avenue fronting the mining
building, attracted thence by the parade,
which at s O'Clock was passing south in
front of the transportation building.
These were met by a crush of people
llloI lllQ llllCO up lOl IiC pal ltlC dIlll
tens of thousands more that were fol-
lowing in the wake of the Illuminated
floats, and jam of human beings fol-
lowed. They were wedged into an in
eXtricable mass, and soon what might
be called panic commenced, and for
an hour the scene was one of the wild
est excitement. Men shouted them
selves hoarse to still the restless throng.
Women screamed faanticaIly, aud scores
of them lost consciousness. Ambu-
lances were summoned, and these in
trying to wedge their way to the
sufferers caused other stampedes. and
injuries. To make matters worse, at
this point the parade, with ineXcuSable
carelessness, wound around the mining
building and down to Transportation
avenue. which it just traversed, aud,
headed by the Chicago Hussars, forced
its way once more through that dense
mass of people that were already packed
like SardineS in a can from the wall of
the lagoon to the side of the transporta-
tion building. After they got through,
and the half-doZen ambulanceS that
their action had necessitated, the crowd
began TO find its way out. when, much
to their disgust, the Hussars and two or
three floats turned and came back. In
stead of taking the clear road to the
north of Transportation building, they
chose, for some reason known to them
selves, to come back the same way, and
again there was confusion. panic and
fainting. The avenue was finally
cleared by throwing open the doors of
the transportation building and letting
the people pass through.
Soon after this similar scene oc-
Cured at the Sixty-third street exit.
The crowds seeking to get out the reg
ular exits lost patience. Some tore a
portion of the fence down, and into the
narrow aperture people squeezed. The
crowd outside was SO dense that prog
reSs was slow and for minutes retarded,
while those pushing from behind pre-
vented retreat. The clash OF the am
bulance wagons that were coming and
going all the time filled nervous people
with terror.
The terminal stations of the Illinois
Central and the elevated roads at this
hour Q1:30 p. m.) have thousands of
people crowdlng their platforms, steps
and approaches. Women are being
constantly taken out of the crush and
carried to the hospital. 1t looks as if it
will be daylight before the last of Chi
cago day visitors will get aboard train
or street car for home.
Never in the history of Chicago was
there such demand on its transporta-
tion facilities as today. The crowd was
handled and handled well, but no hu-
man means, TO system of transporta-
ton however vast, was capable of
handling the vast GRO wd without great
difficulty. The accidents were few and
only small proportion of them fatal.
The majority of the crowd came from
points outside Chicago, and as people
from outside points were not as eau
tious as the residents of the city the
bulk of the accidents were among
them. Following is list of the dead
and injured, while going to and coming
from the fair:
Clark, Charles A., Buffalo, n. Y,
struck by grip car, died two hours
after.
Malcolm, James, residence unknown,
fell on steps of Intermural station and
died an hour later a: Emergency hos
pital of apoplexy. induced by excite
ment.
Injured:
struck by buggy; slightly injured.
knocked down by grip ear.
Rurr William i HOnkiuq oouOtv
Kentucky, struck by grip car; severely
injured.
Reynolds, O. F., Mattoon, ILL.,, face
and hands bruised in crush at Congress
street alley LIP depot.
Rogers, Miss Nettie, Columbus, O.,
face and arms bruised in crush at Con-
gress Street Alley al" depot.
Stewart, Mrs. Matilda, Fon du Lac,
right arm and bands bruised in crush at
Congress street alley al" depot.
Long, Charles. Cincinnati, o., face cut
Congress street alley al" depot.
Lansen, Tobey, Chicago, knockd down
and slightly injured by street car.
Clifford, Patrick H., police officer: run
over by grip car; bruised and left leg
fractured.
Youman. Richard, Chicago; thrown
from cable car.
Allen, Mary. seven years old, Chicago,
struck by Michigan Central train at
Seventy-Sixth street; spine injured.
Adams. Mrs. John, Chicago, thrown
from cable car; left leg and right hip
injured.
Gross, Mrs. Scott, Battle Creek, Mich.
thrown from cable train: badly bruised
Murphy, Minnie, Chicago, fell off a
cable train.
James Malcolm, who died at the
Emergency hospital of apoplexy, was
resident of San Francisco. Cal.
Thomas Robertson, of Fremont,
Minn., was struck by cable car and
fatally hurt. dying in short time.
John Dryden, an employe of James
Pain & Sons, was fatally injured by the
premature explosion Of bomb. He was
taken to the hospital where he died
shortly after,
Mrs. John Tucker, of Red Bud, ILL.,,
hid hos I1rr, r.