The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-09-19
MANY ARE MANNED.
ANOTHER BAD ACCIDENT AT THE
LOUISVILLE ENCAMPMENT.
While Watching a Display of Fire.
works Ten Thousand People Are
Prccipitafed to the Ground by the
Sudden Collapse of the Grand stand

Louisville. Sept. 1i.-Whiie 100000
people were watching the fireworks
along the river front at ~ O'Clock last
night Il portion Of the grand stand,
about 400 feet long and go feet wide,
on which We're seated at least 10000
people, gave way and many were in
jured. No fatalities have been re-
ported.
The portion Of the grand stand that
fell "a the lower part, and was only
elevated about two feet. That no n
was killed is one of the marvels. Had
the seats been elevated TO any great
distance from the pavement many
deaths must have resulted. AS it was
the platform on which the seats We're
placed sWerved TO the rear and then
settled to the ground with a crash.
The planks of which the seats were
made were forced together, and the
feet and legs of hundreds of the spec
tatorS were caught as in a huge trap.
The noise of the exploding bombs ana
the fireworks was so great that only
those adjacent 10 the scene OF the ac-
cident could hear the noise of the fall
ing of the staging. AS to the exact
number of people injured it will prob
ably never be known. -Four policemen
| who We're standing at that part of the
grand stand say that they saw from
30 TO 10 persons taken away by friends
in vehicles. They assisted at least as
many more to get back on the street
behind the grand stand. All the am
balances and patrol wagons in the city
| were summoned, and those only slight
ly injured were taken to the hotels at
which they were stopping or TO their
homes.
Mr.. Nreeland, assistant city editor Of
the Cour~ier-Journal, was present when
the accident occurred.
at was awful" he said. Il saw men
and women falling everywhere.
Whether they were fainting from pain
or fright / could not say. Then a
panic followed. Those who escaped
being caught in the trap made a mad
rush for the entrance, trampling over
those who had fallen, while those who
had been caught screamed for aid.
Meanwhile the vast multitude on all
sides continued 10 applaud the grand
fireworks that continued TO explode
and light up the sky"
A number of Grand Army veterans
who were witnesses of the accident
said they aided a large number of peo-
pie who had been bruised and injured
to carriages and sent them to their
hotels and homes. They did not stop
in their excitement to get their names
or addresses.
The Injured.
A partial list of the injured follows,
The injuries consist principally of bro
ken legs and crushed feet: Miss Mat
tie Morgne, J~effersonville. IND; Miss
FEDORA Stard, Louisville: Il. j. Burkes.
veteran from Springfield, Mass: John
Ferris. farmer of Brookline, Mo-; Mrs.
Harschfield, Louisville; Mrs. J. V. Rec
land, Louisville; Miss Eva Willis, OF
Morning Sun. Ohio, Miss Freda Sem,
Louisville: Mrs. Julia Adkins, Louis
Vile; Mrs. w. c.. Nooness, Louisville;
Mrs. Maggie Ferris, Louisville; a p
year-old son of DR.. Peter Guntherman,
Louisville; Miss Bennett. Evansville,
Ind: Col. Joseph Packard, editor OF
the New Albany Gnd.) Tribune; w. III.
Gregg. Bluffton, Ind George belong,
Button. Ind: Minnie Hays, Louis
Vile; Rider Stein, Louisville; #. d.
Overton, Louisville; Henry Hart, Of
Louisville; Kate Hines, daughter Of
Aid. Hines, Louisville; William Wal
tiers, Louisville: Mrs. A. ]. Thurber, OF
Moorehead. Ky; Ben Scroggin, Bag
dad, Ky; Mrs. Mcmillan, Chicago; r.
X. Glover, Louisville; Mark Walden,
Steve Guttman, South Louisville; Car
RE D~onnelly, P%ittsburg.