The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-10-10
GREAT WAS CHICAGO DAY
The Biggest Crush Of People Tho Worlds
Fair City BYsl Saw.
MAJESTY OF THE PAGEANT
Beautiful and impressive Floats
illustrative Of the Towns Histo-
tory - Unpreosdsnted Bril-.
lance OF the FireWorlke.

CHICAGO, Oct. "a perfect autumn day
and the largest crowd that ever congre-
gated at q like gathering In the worlds
history, combined With all the other fea-
tures to mako Chicago day ct the worlds
fair an unprecedented success. Every
thing on the programme went on with
perfect success and the only thing to mar
the day or the evening was Q number Of
little accidents inseparable from the
crushing and jamming Of such q mass OF
people as congested the worlds far dis
trict. Happily there were but very few
serious accidents. although Q great many
people were painfully bruised In the diff
iorent crushes. The crowd was larger
than that at the banner day of the Paris
exposition. Every part OF the grounds was
crowded and tho Midway Plaisance was
almost impassable.
Never before has q holiday been 20 gen.
orally observed In Chicago. Every busi-
iiess house of any consequence was closed
and the small stores OF all descriptions
followed suit. In all sections OF the city
the stores were closed aud oven the thou.
sands of milkmen caught the infection
and notified their patrons several days
ago that they would make but one delivery
to-day. Many large firms, In addition to
closing their places of business, furnished
their employees with tickets Of admission
TO the fair. With oil these people turned
loose and added to by the tremendous in
fiux OF outsiders during the past 48 hours,
il 10 not to he wondered at that such q
crowd was never seen before. Among the
more notable features Of the day were
memorial editions OF tho Inter Ocean, Rec
ord and Times, newspapers of this city.
These papers, which were profusely illus
trated, contained elaborate reviews Of
Chicago, especially descriptions of the
great fire. So unprecedented was the de-
inand for these papers that from an early
hour Ia tho morning they were sold on the
streets at premium aud by afternoon
people were paying as high rs so cents .
q copy for them. At the down town term
inals all tho morning the crush was APP
palling. At tho steamboat landing, the
Illinois Central aud elevated stations
there was q jam the like Of which was
never before 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, %
thousands Of additional people began to
make their way In to see the night display.
Never in the history OF Chicago was
there such q demand for transportation
facilities as to-day. The crowd was handled
well, but no human means. no system of
transportation, however fast, was capable
Of handling such vast crowd without
great difficulty. Accidents were few and
only small proportion of them fatal. The
majority of thoe hurt were from outside
points, and troubles arose from their not
being as cautious as tue native Chicagoan
in navigating the streets and getting on
cars. Those killed were Charles A. Clark
of Buffalo, n. Y, struck by cable car
Games Malcolm, residence unknown, who
died from n stroke of apoplexy at the
fair. Among those injured on
cable trains, In the rush
at tho Illinois Central and elevated
stations, and tho like, were Mrs. Louisa
Rhode of Gilman. ILL.,; Andrew Wells,
Laupauca, Wis.,; William ]. Burr of Hop
kins, KY; %. T. Reynolds Of Matoon, Ill.
Miss Nettie Rogers of Colum bus. Ohio
Mrs. Matilda Stewart of Fon Du Lac, Wis.
Charles Long OF Cincinnati; Toby Lansen
Of hicago; Policeman Patrick Clifford.
None OF those injured arc thought to be
fatally hurt. But they as well as many
others, whose names were not learned,
will have painful reminders of the day for
some time to come.
The greatest crush occurred at the Con.
Gress street depot Of tho 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 o panic
followed. resulting in serious injury to
distressing accidents on tho fair ground
proper tonight, owing to tho awful crowd.
The hospital record at . o'clock showed
less than 10 slight casualties. Two hours
later the number had increased to 125.
Of these most we're women who had
tainted and fallen in the heap In the
rushing and surging mass, which
seemed to have lost oil powers
of reason. The worst crush of all was in
the early evening at the cost side Of the
transportation building, where the people
became wedeed in o great mass and q
panic commenced. Men shouted them
selves hoarse TO still the restless thronR.
Women screamed frantically and dozens
tainted. Ambulances were summoned
and these In trying to wedge their way
through to the sufferers caused other STAN.
pedes. To make matters worse, /, at this
point the parade with inexcusable care
lessncss wound around the mining build
ing and forced its way once more through
the dense mass OF people. The avenue
was finally cleared by throwing open the
doors Of the transportation building.
There was another terrific jam ut the
Sixty-third street exit, where the impa.
tient people broke down the fence. Al
ii no p. m. thousands Of people were wait
ing for the trains and Il looks as 10 Il will
he early morning before all Of them ge,
down town.
At II 30 D. m. the bureau of admissions
OF the worlds fair announces that the
count pf to-day's admissions cannot be
finished before early in the morning, bu,
they estimate the attendance at abou,
7.5,OOo.
II is estimated that barring
London. Chicago 10 the most pop
ulous city in the world to-day. Within
the past Is hours the railroads brough,
in 10000 strangers. Chicago has been
called on to take care Of some large crowds