The record-union., 1893-10-10
Largest Crowd of a Like Gathering
in the Worlds History.
SEVERAL ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY
THE JAM-SOME FATAL
Brilliant Scenes at the Grounds at
Night-The Wind City Depicted In
Every Phase, Winding Up With a
Realistic Scene of the Great Fire
and the City in Ruins.
Special to the RECoRD-US1oS.

history combined with all other features
to make Chicago Day" at the Worlds
Fair an unprecedented success. Every
thing on the programme went off with
perfect success, and the only thing to mar
the day or evening was number of little
accidents inseparable from the crushing
and jamming of such mass of people as
congested the Worlds Fair district. Hap
PLY there were but few very serious acci-
dents, although a great many people
were painfully bruised in the different
crushes. The crowd was larger than that
at the banner day of the Paris Exposition.
Every part of the grounds was crowded,
and Midway Plaisance was almost i'm
passible.
Never before was a holiday so generally
observed in Chicago. Every business
house of any consequence was closed, and
small stores of all descriptions followed
suit. In all sections OF the city these
stores were closed, and even the thou
sands of milkmen caught the infection
and notified patrons several days ago that
they would make but one delivery to-
day. Many large firms, in addition to
their employees with tickets of admission
TO the fair. With all these people turned
loose, and added to by the tremendous
influx of outsiders during the past forty
eight hours, it is not to be wondered at
that such crowd was never seen before
At the downtown terminals all morn
ing the crush was appalling. At the
steamboat landing, the Illinois Central
and elevated stations there was jam the
like of which has never before been seen
here, while along the line of the cable
roads people were packed in a black
mass for blocks. AT the grounds the
steady stream seemed to increase rather
than diminish toward dark, as thousands
of additional people began to make their
way in to see the night display.
Never iii the history of Chicago was
there such a demand on the transporta-
tion facilities as to-day. 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 fatal. The majority of those hurt
were from outside points, and the
troubles arose from their not being as
cautions as the native Chicagoan is in the
navigation of streets and getting on cars.
The killed were: Charles a. Clark, Buff
ialo, n. y, struck by cable car; James
Al aicolm, residence unknown, died from
stroke OF apopleXy at the fair. Among
those injured on the cable trains, in crush
at the Illinois Central and elevated sta
tiOns, ETC., we've: Mrs. Louisa Rhode, Gil
Ian, H.; Andrew Wells, Waspaca, Wis;
William J. Burr, Hopkins, KY; o. +.
Reynolds, Nation, ILL.,; Miss Nettie
Rogers, Columbus, o.; Mrs. Matilda
Stewart, Fond du Lac, Wis; Charles Long,
Cincinnati; Toby Lanson, Chicago; Po-
liceman Patrick Clifford. None OF these
are thought to be fatally hurt, but they,
as we'll as many othere whose names
were not learned, will have painful re-
minders OF the day for some time to
come.
James Malcolm, who died at the Emer-
gency Hospital of apoplexy, was resi-
dent of San Francisco.
Thomas Robertson of Freeport, Mimi,
was struck by cable car and fatally
hurt, dying in a short time.
John Dryden, an employe of James
Pain IL Sons, was fatally injured by the
premature explosion of a bomb. He
died shortly after reaching the hospital.
Mrs. JohE Tucker Of Redbud, ILL.,, had
hardly passed through the gates to-day
when she called for aid. She was assisted
by women until an ambulance took her
to the hospital, where she gave birth to a
son.
The greatest crush occurred at the 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 were a number of
distressing accidents on the fair grounds
proper tonight, owing to the awful
crush. The hospital record at o'clock
e-1.. Tclfr hf
Two hours later the number had increased
to 125. Of these the most were women,
who had tainted or fallen in heap in the
rushing and surging mass that seemed to
have lost all powers of reason.
The worst crush of all was in the early
evening at the east side of the transporta-
tiou building, where the people became
wedged in great mass and panic COM
menceds Men shouted themselves
hoarse to still the restless throng.
Women screamed frantically, and dozens
tainted. Ambulances were summoned,
and these, in trying to wedge their way
through to the sufferers, caused other
stampedes.
To make matters worse at this point,
the parade, with inexcusable careless
ness, wound around the mining building
and forced its way once more through
the dense mass of people. An avenue
was finally cleared by throwing open the
doors of the transportation building.
There was another terrible jam at the
Slxty-thlrd-street exit, where the people,
in impatience, broke down the fence.
Al 1880 P. NJ. thousands of people were
waiting for trains, and it looked as if it
would be early morning before all of
them would get down town.
The day opened with the ringing of the
Liberty Bell by Simon Pokagon, the Pot
tawatomie Chief, who sold the site on
which Chicago is situated, and John
Young, son of the Indian who named
Chicago.
Following this, in rapid succession,
came parade Of the Chicago Hussars,
fanfare of universal peace by herald,s
stationed on The top of buildings around
the Court Of Honor, overture of all the
nations by United States bands. and the
chorus, ''Star-Spangled Banner,n by
1000 voices, followed by other patriotic
airs, by the bands and voices, including
the national airs of foreign nations. the
ringing of the Liberty Bell at noon by
Mayor Harrison, the reunion and review
of States in the Court of Honor, all max
ing beautiful pageant.
The exposition was transferred into
fairyIand tonight. Bright lights flashed
from every nook and crevice in the build
ings. Search lights cut wide swaths in
the sky, Multi-eolored rockets shot
heayenwards, and showers of fire rained
about the grand basin and on the lake
front. Through it all floats representing
Chicago's progress were hauled. This
1vas the grand climax of the chief festal
day of the fair. The floats were marvels
OF beauty.