The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-04
GROUND TO PIECES
HUMAN BEINGS IN AN AVALANCHE
CRUSH THEIR FELLOWS.
Awning Loaded With Hundreds or
People Breaks Beneath Them ana
Falls to the Crowded Walk Below
Mangled by Scores, they Lie,
O Shrieking Weltering Mass.

TERRELL. Tex, Nov 5-The most dis
.strous accident in the history OF Terrell
occurred here at 1920 o'clock this morn
Ing.
As the result of the collapse Of an avn
Jug on a crowd which had assembled 10
witness II circus parade, four persons were
fatally crushed and one hundred others
more or less seriously injured. The list OF
the injured, so far rs can be obtained at
this hour, is as follows:
Mrs. Lucinda Wright, injured on right
side and hip; Mr.. Charles Gardner left leg
broken and severely injured on the BODY;
Mrs. +. d. Armstrong, injured on arm aud
hlso about the knees; Miss BERTHE Kennedy.
severely injured about the legs;
Miss Sarah Wright, severe body bruises;
Mrs. c. o. Wightman. right arm and
spine injurded: Mrs. Ber'ie Campbell, in
iured in the side; b. +. Rhodes, injured In
shoulders and head; Mrs Florence Hut
ton. arm and leg broken, bea1 bruised and
otherwise il jured and not expected to live;
Miss Alice Torbel, hip dislocated and legs
Injured: Mrs. DIR. J. A. AMI hony, slightly
injured internally; Mrs. John Barry, back
broken and not expected to 1--we; MISS
Judy Avis, injured about face and hip;
Miss May Fife, injured about face and
neck. Mrs. Julia Roth, LETT arm broken
and her little girl badly injured;
Master Sparks Rogers, legs and head In
jur, d; Miss Ida Davis. hip injured;
Miss Ada Rogers, badly injured III feet
and arms: Mrs Mary Wadsworth, severely
Injured internally and deep cash on right
thigh; Mrs. Abe Barnes, thigh broken;
Josiah Barton, injured severely IN the side,
ankle dislocatetI: Marian Morrow, several
ribs broken and otherwise injured; Mrs.
Roberts injured internally. probably
fatally: Miss Mamie Bullock, bones in leg
fractured; l.. ID. Veach. badly injured; also
his wife, three little daughters aud
d sou, some of whom may die;
Miss Jewell Monday, leg badly injured;
Pearl Rushing, badly injured; Mrs. Rich
ardson, Garfield Robb. Mrs. Brownlee,
Miss Anna, Robert. Will and Katie Frei-
gle, all badly injured; Mrs. jeff Scott and
her baby, badly injured, may die; Miss
Maud Maxfield, face aud wrist s-riously
injured; Miss Lizzie Spencer injured IN
back, head and face; Miss Mary Dwyer,
badly bruised and was unconscious
for some time, but VIII recover;
Two little boys. bruised about the face aud
body, they Were Immediately taken home
and names not learned; Nat Latum, head
and foot niured; Bob Duncan, bone IN lett
leg splntered: Miss Susie Lyon, hip in
jured; Mrs c. J. Lyon, injured about
IL
badly iujured; DR.. >. &. burbank, severely
Injured a out the head; Miss Annie Deus
chile, Henry Rogers, Miss Rogers. and
Maggie Rogers, all injured seriously; Miss
Sarah Wade, injured in the side; John
Knox, scalp wound; Martha Monroe, COL
lar bone aud shoulder broken.
AWNING AND SIDEWALK BOTH TANNED.
With the dawn of this morning one of
the most enjoyable days of the season at
this time of year was promised.
People from miles around had gathered
to attend S-lis Brothers circus and wit
ness the parade. About half past 10
O'Clock the parade entered Moore avenue,
the principal street of the town. That
thoroughfare WAS crowded by people to see
the parade and the awnings and windows
of the second stories of the business houses
were filled with spectators.
On the awnings OF the Mississippi store
and the front of the dry goods house o.
Morrisbrin an unusually large number of
people had cougregated TO get good
view of the parade, 500 or more being on
rhe awning and the sidewalk beneath was
TANNED.
The front of the circus parade bad gone
ND Moore avenue until 1t had reached II
POINT directly in front of the Mississippi
store when the awning in front of the
building and that of MorriSbrin's collapsed
and tum bled 10 the sidewalk and on the
people beneath who mum bered at least oOO
ar 200. The awning gave way near the
building with an awful crash, the iron
columns falling inward and smashing the
Large plate glass fronts of both buildings.
AVALANCHE OF HUMAN BEINGS.
The picture presented an awful spectacle
rs the moving avalanche of human beings
was being dashed TO terrible fate below.
On either side of the street. several COL
umns OF people rushed to the scene IN Wild
excitement. Men, women and children
ran screaming and crying TO learn the
fate of their relatives and friends.
Mr. Allen Sells WAS riding In his buggy
at the head of the procession. lie ordered
It tosiop and called to those near to assist
in removing the people beneath the debris.
Different members of the circus rendered
valuable assistance. The people beneath
the gallery We're in jured worse than those
above. aud had it not been for the falling
back of the iron supports OF the building,
thus preventing the platform from falling
1at to the ground, many on the pavement
would doubtless have heen instantly killed
and the number of injured increased two
fold. The injured were Immediately car
lied to the various stores IN the city and
medical aid summoned.
Physicians from neIghborlng towns were
also summoned to assist in the work. Prl-
vate residences Were thrown open TO re-
ceive and care for the injured.