The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-10
the wall of the lagoon to the side of the

the wall of the lagoon to the side OF 1he
transportation building.
After the dozen ambnlances that theil
sction had necessitated had driven away
the crowd began TO find its way out, wheh;
much TO their disgust, the hussars anu
two or three floats turned and came pack;
Again there was confusion, panic an'i
taintinc. The avenue was finally cleared
by throwing open the doors OF tue t1anS-
2ortation building and letting the people
pass through
Soon after this a similar scene occurred
at the Sixty-tbird street exit. The terIni-
nal stations OF the Illinois Central ana the
elevated roads, ut this hour Ql:50 o CLOCK
%. M have thousands of people crowding
their platforms and approaches. women
are being constantly brought out OF tne
crush and carried to the hospital III
looks as if it will be daylight before ehe
last of the Chicago day visitors Will get
aboard train or a street car for home.
At IL o'clock tonight the worlds falr
officials estimate the attendance at "a, UUo
The official count will not be completed
until 2 O'Clock in the morning.
Laser-Attendance at the fair TO-DAY:
Paid admissions, 7l3,646; passes, 3I,5oO;
total, 751 OPS.
The Indebtedness of the worlds Colum-
bian exposition has beet wiped out. A
check calling for 81, ,J65, 80 has oeen
signed OF the amount called Tor oy me
check S23l. 800 is for interest and 81 ,ooo
tor the last installment due on the issue
of So, 1000, 600 in bonds to insure the compie-
Iion of the fair.
VICTIMS OF THE CRUSH.
Never in the history of Chicago was
shere such demand on its transportation
facilities as today. The crowd was handled
well, but no human means-no system ot
Observation-Disclosures is capable OF
handling A vast crowd without great diff
Guilty. Accidents were few and!only small
proportion of them fatal Following Is
a list of the dead and injured:
Clark. Charles A, Buffalo, n. Y, struck
by grip car; died two hours later
NIateola, James, (resldence unknown);
fell on steps of intramuTal station: died an
an hour later at hospital Of apoplexy
caused by the fall.
Rhode, Mrs. Louisa, Gilman, H.; struck
by buggy, slightly injured.
Wells, Andrew, Wapause, Kan. knock
ed down by grip car.
Burr, William j., Hopkinsyille. KY,
struck by grip car: badly injured.
REYNOLDS. o., Mattoon. H., face and
hands bruised in crush at Congress street
alley L depot.
Rogers. Miss Nettie Columbus, O.; face
ana arms bruised in crush at Congress
street alley l. depot.
Stewart, Mrs Mary, Fon du Lac, Wis;
right arm aud hand bruised N crush at
Congress street alley l. depot
Long, Charles, Cincinnati; face cut and
severe internal injuries in crush at Con-
gress alley l. depot.
Lansena, LOBBY, Chicago; knocked down
by street car; slight injuries,
Clifford, Patrick H., police officer; run
over by grip car; bruised and left leg frac-
cured.
Youmans, Richard, I Chicago; thrown
from cable car.
Allen, Harry, 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 III
jured.
Gross, Mrs. Scott, Battle Creek. Mich;
thrown from cable train; badly bruised.
Murphy, Minnie, Chicago; fell of cable
train.
The greatest crush of the day on any of 1
the lines was at the Congress street depot |
Of the elevated road. At this place in the |
morning there was ii fearful jam. Women |
and little children were Knocked down |
and tramped upon and were carried faint |
ing to where breath of fresh air could /!
be had.
John Melcolm, who died at Emergency |
hospital, was resident of San Francisco. |
Thomas Robertson of Fremont, Minn.,
was struck bv Il cable car and killed.
John Dryden. an employe of James |
Paine's sons, was killed by the premature +.
eXDlOsiOu OI a bomb.