The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-10

ably the Gnest ever sent Oh. No EXPENSE
was spared. aad the magnitude OF the dis
/ play was appalling. Rockets shot from
every corner OF the White Cltv. ana con-
bnuai shower o. celosed ire seal On every
side The set pieces. which were brilliant
N the extreme, included odd Fort pear-
born and The Old City Hall" Chicago
triumphant was the feature in front Of
The persstyse. The largest piece Of the
evening sas The Burning of Chicago"
whacn covered an area OF t4.0oO square
iset. IL was produced in faaT scenes. The
nrst illustrated Mrs o'Leary's COW, I" the
second Kicking over the lamp the ire
starting, then realistic and correct view
o. the burning city was depicted. and the
disnsay closed With picture OF Chicago
in ruins.
there such demand FOR transportation
facilities as today. The crowd was ham
died well, bat no human means, no sys-
TEN Of transportation, however fast. was
capable of handling such vas, crowd
without great difficulty. The accidents
were few. and only small proportion of
them fatal. A majority of those hurt were
from outside points. aud the trouble arose
from their not being as cautious as the
native Chicagoan is in navigating streets
and getting on cars.
Those killed were Charles A. Clark. Of
Buffalo, struck by q cable car. and ames
Malcolm. residence unknown. died from q
stroke OF apoplexy at the fair.
James Maicorih. who died nc the emer-
gency hospital Of apoplexy. was resident
OF San Francisco. Thomas Robertson. OF
Fremont. Minn., was struck BY q cable car
and fatally hurt. dying in a short time.
John Dryden, an employee of James Pain
4 Sons. was fatally injured by premature
explosion Of a bomb. He died shortly
after reaching the hospital. Mrs. John
Tucker, OF Red Bud. ILL.,, had hardly
passed through the gates today when she
called for aid. She was assisted by women
until an ambulance took her to q hospital.
where she gave birth to n son.
Among those injured on cable trains.
in the crush at the Illinois Central and
elevated stations, etc, were: Mrs. Louisa
Rhodex, Gilman. H.: Andrew Wells,
Waupaca, Wis; William J. Burr, Hop
ksns, KY: o. +. Reynolds. Matoon, Ill:
Miss Nettie Rogers, Columbus. Ohio; Mrs.
Matilda Stewart. Fond du Lac, Wis;
Charles Long, Cincinrati: Toby Lansen,
Chicago; Policeman Patrick Clifford.
None of those are thought to be fatally
hurt, but they. as we'll as many others
whose names we're not learned, will have
painful reminders of the day for some
time to come. The greatest rush occurred
&C the Congress street depot of the ele-
waited railroad. 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 the
serious injury Of many people.
There were number of distressing acci.
dents on the fair grounds proper tonight
owing 10 the awful crush. The hospital
record at Q o'clock showed less than forty
slight casualties. Two hours later the
number had increased 10 Us. or these
most were women who had tainted and
fallen in heap in the rushing and surg
ing mass that seemed to have lost ali
power of reason. The worst crush of all
was IN the early evening at the east side OF
the Transportation building. where tho
people became wed9ed in great
mass and panic commenced.
Men shouted themselves hoarss
TO still the resistless 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
carelessness, wound around the Mining
building 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
at the Sixty-ihird street exit, W here the
people in their impatienee broke down the
fence. At IL 80 o. IN. thousands of people
were waiting for the trains. and 10 looked
as II IL would be early morning before all
of them could get down town.
The total attendance at the fair today
was 75i, ,02d OF which 1885 paid.
The indebtedness of the Worlds Colum-
bian exposition has been wiped out. A
check calling for 81, Sc. $40 has been made
out payable TO President Mitchell, of the
Illinois Trust q Savings bank, which is
the trustee of the exposition bond-holders.