Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-10

ever congregsted at like gatherings in
the worlds history. These are two Of
the elements that helped TO make
Chicago Day at tho Worlds Fair an
unprecedented success; that went TO
make It the biggss, day OF the Fair;
that made the heart Of every Chicagoan
swell with pride, and filed the souls OF
all Ilinoisans and all Americans with
JOY.
The crowd was bigger than that
which assembled at tho Paris EIposI-
tion on the banner day Of that fair.
The crush through the grounds was
simply indescribable. Around the Ad-
ministration building on the grand
plaza the people we're simply packed
together in one immovable mass
In its portions Of the grounds II was
the same story. The Midway PIaisance
presented q scene OF animation unusual
even for that attractive feature Of the
Fair. Il was crowd covering 1000
acres Of ground as compactly, almost,
as it had been moulded.
Paris on its banner day passed
through the gates Of its Exposition
397 $50 people, aud the crowd az the
Fair to-day was double that number
without a doubt. As is usual on such
occasions rumors were circulated Of
alarming riots and serious
ACCIDENTS DURING THE DAY.
Never before has a holiday been so
generally observed in Chicago. Every
business house Of any consequence was
closed, and small stores OF all descrip-
A tions followed suit.
Al the down town terminals the crush
al mOrning was appalling. AT the
steamboat landing, the Illinois Central,
and the elevated stations there was a
Jam the like of which has never before
been here, while along the line OF the
cable cars the people were packed
in black mass for blocks. At the
grounds the steady stream seemed 20
increase rather than diminish towards
dark, as thousands OF people who had
not thought OF going out during the
day were Fastening 90 the grounds TO
see the night display.
Never In the history OF Chicago was
there such a demand on It's transpOrta-
lion facilities as to-day. The crowd
WAS handled, and handled well, but no
human means, no system OF JranSpor-
tatiOn however vast, WAS capable OF
handling the vast crowd without great
difficulty.
The accidents we're few and only a
small proportion Of OF them fatal The
u. majority OF the crowd came from points
outside Of Chicago, and as people FROM
outside points we're not as cautious as
she residents OF the city, the bulk Of the
accidents were among them. Follow
Ing Is thest3st OF
THE DEAD AND INJURED,
while going TO and coming from the
Fair:
clark, Charles A., Buffalo, n. Y,
struck by grip car,died Two hours later.
Malcolm, James, residence unknown,
fell on steps Of Terminal Station and
did an hour later az Emergency Hos
pital OF apOpleXy, induced by excite
ment.
The Injured are Rhode, Mrs Louisa,
\ Gilman, H.. struck by = buggy, slight
~ injured. Wells, Andrew, Wampacs,
Wis, knocked down by grip car. Burr,
William J., Hopkins county,
Kansas, struck by grip car,
severely Injured. Reynolds, o., Mat
tOon. H., lace aud hands bruised
in crush At Congress street, Alley
"L" depot. Rogers, Miss Nettie, Col
umbus, Ohio, face and arms bruised In
crush at Congress street, Alley IL de-
pot. Long, Charles, Cincinnati, Ohio,
face cut aud severe interna. injuries Ia
crush az Congress street, Alley - de-
7 pot, and q number OF others slightly in
tjured.
There we're a number OF distressing
accidents owing TO the great crush Of
people tonight. The hospital record
a six O'Clock showed a total Of less
thau forty slight casualties. Two
hours later the lumber had increased
so 1875 OF these the principal number
were women who had tainted aud fallen
in heap in the crushing and surging
mass that seemed 90 have lost all the
N powers Of reason.
TIE WORST CRUSH
Of the early evening was az the east
side OF the Transportation building.
This was due more 20 the stupidity Of
those 10 charge Of fragments Of the pa
rade than anything else. streams or
peoDle came east down the avenue
froating the Mining building, attracted
y thence by the parade, which az s
o'clock was passing south 10 front Of
the Trans sportatiOn building. These
were met By crush of people that had
lined up for the parade and tens Of
thousands more that we're following in
the wake Of the illuminated floats and
jara OF human beings followed. They
ssre Wedged into an inextricable mass
and soon what might be called 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
Afrantlcally and scores lost conscious
mess. Ambulances were summoned
snd these 10 trying to wedge their way
to the sufferers caused other stampedes
and Injuries To make matters
worse at this point the parade with
insxcusabls earslesSness wound roqad