The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-11


duced by excitement.
Injured: Mrs. Louisa Rhode. Gilman,
ILL.,, struck by buggy; slightly injured.
Andrew Wells. Wampusa, Wis.
knocked down by grip car.
William ]. Burr, Hopkins county.
Kentucky. struck by grip car; badly
o. r. Reynolds. Nation, ILL.,, face and
hands bruised in the crush at Congress
st. depot
Miss Nettie Rogers. Columbus. o., face
and arms bruised in crush at Congress
st. alley L depot.
Mrs. Matilda Stewart, Fond du Lac,
Wis, right arm and hands bruised in
crush at Congress alley L depot.
Tobey Lansen, Chicago, knocked down
by street car; slight injuries.
Patrick II. Clifford, police officer, run
over by grip car; bruised and left leg
fractured.
Richard Youman. Chicago. thrown
from cable car.
Harry Allen. seven years old, Chicago,
struck by a Michigan Central train at
Seventy-sixth-st.; spine Injured.
Mrs. John Adams, Chicago, thrown
from cable car; left leg and right hip
injured.
Mrs. Scott Gross, Battle Creek, Mich.
thrown from cable train; badly bruised.
Minnie Murphy, Chicago, fell off cable
train.
John Malcolm, who died at the Emer-
gency hospital of apopleXy, was a resi-
dent Of San Francisco. Thomas Robert
son of Frement, MIMI, was struck by
cable car and fatally hurt, dying in
short time. John Dryden, an employe Of
James Paine's Sons, was fatally injured
by the premature explosion of a bomb.
He was taken TO the hospital where he
died shortly after. Mrs. John Tucker of
Red Bud, ILL.,, had hardly passed through
the gates today when she called for aid.
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Of women, who looked after her until
the ambulance took her 10 the hospital,
where she gave birth 10 a son.
The greatest crush Of the day on any
of the lines was at the Congress-st.
depot of the elevated road. At this place
in the morning there was a fearful jam
and women and little children were
knocked down, trampled upon and car
ried fainting TO where a fresh breath Of
air could be had. The crowds began ar
rivirg at an early hour and by o'clock
the two stairways leading to the main
platform became steady stream of
humanity. Capt. Harnell arrived With
men and for an hour kept everything
moving nicely at Congress-st. alley l.
depot.
Many Accidents Recorded.
There were a number of distressing ac-
cidents owing to the great crush of peo-
pie tonight. The hospital record at 6
o'clock showed a total of less than forty
slight casualties. Two hours later the
number had increased TO 125. OF these
the principal number were persons who
had tainted and fallen in a heap in the
crushing and surging mass that seemed
to have lost all powers of reason. The
worst crush of the early evening was at
the east side Of the transportation
building. This was due more to the stu
pidity of those in charge OF fragments
of the parade than anything else.
Streams of people came east from the
avenue fronting the mining building at
tracted thence by the parade, which at
s o'clock was passing south in front of
the transportation building. These
were met by crush of people that had
lined up for the lsfade and tens of thou
sands more that We're following in the
wake of the illuminated floats and
jam OF human beings followed They
were wedged into an ineXtricable mass
and soon a panic commenced and for an
hour the scene was one of the widest
excitement. Men shouted themselves
hoarse to still the restless throng.
Women screamed frantically and scores
of them lost consciousness.
Ambulances were summoned and these
sufferers caused other stampedes and in
juries. To make matters worse at this
point the parade with ineXcusable care
lessness wound around the mining build
ing and down to the transportation
avenue, which it had just traversed, and
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 transportation
building. After they got through, and
the half dozen ambulances that their
action had neceSsitated, the crowd began
TO find its way out
Thousands Waiting ut Midnight.
Soon after this. a similar scene oc-
Cured at the Sixty-third exit The
crowds seeking to get out of the regular
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 progress was
slow and for minutes retarded, While
those pushing from behind prevented re-
treat. The clash of the ambulance
wagons that were coming and going all
the time filled nervous people with ter
ror.
The terminal stations Of the Illinois
Central and the elevated roads at this
hour Q1:30 p. m-) have thousands of peo-
pie crowding their platforms, steps and
approaches. Women are being con-
stantly taken out of the crush and car
ried to the hospital. 1t looks as if it
will be daylight before the last Of the
crowd gets away.
Total Debt Wiped out.
The Indebtedness Of the worlds Column
bian exposition. regarding which such
dire forebodings were made at the open
ing, has been wiped out. The check call
ing for $1.565. $40 has been signed by A.
Z. Seeberger, treasurer, and counter
signed by William X. Ackerman, auditor.
1t was made payable TO President J. ].
Mitchell of the Illinois trust and savings.
bank. which is the trustee of the holders
of the exposition debenture bonds. OF
the amount called for by the check, $231,- -
last installment due on the issue of
$4,000, 900 foated to insure the completion
of the fair.
Scene at Night.
The exposition was transformed into
fairyland at night. Bright lights flashed
from every nook and crevice of the
buildings. Searchlights cut wide swaths
on the sky. Multicolored rockets shot
heavenward, showers Of fire rained about
the grand basin and on the lake front
Through it all the floats representing
Chicago's progress were hauled. 1t was
the grand climax of the festival days OF
the fair. Never before was there a sight
so inspiring at the fair. The great white
structures Of the exposition stood out
lined against the heavens and the whole
was one superb blaze of glory. The