St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-13
THOUSANDS IN A GRAND STAND
WRECK AT LOUIS
VILE.
SCORES OF BROKEN LIMBS.
CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BY
/ FALLING TIMBER.
10 FATALITIES REPORTED.
Disaster Occurs While an Enor-
nous Assemblage Is Watching
q Fireworks Display.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 12.-while
100000 people were watching the fire
works along the river front at 10
o'clock tonight a portion of the grand
stand, 400 feet long and 60 feet wide,
on which were seated at least TO-
900 people, gave way, and many were
injured. No fatalities have been re-
ported. Among those injured were:
John Ferris, farmer, of Brooklyn.
Mo-, Post No. 209, foot crushed and
!amputation necessary; Mrs. Harsch-
field, Louisville, foot crushed and leg
ankle crushed; Miss Matte Morgne,
Jeffersonville, Ind, foot crushed; Miss
FEDORA Stard, Louisville, foot crushed
and ankle sprafned; e. ]. BurKes, vet
crushed, toes amputated: Miss Eva
Willis, Morning Sun, o.. foot crushed;
Miss Freda Soor, Louisville, ankle
broken; Mrs. w. c. Nooness, badly in
gle Ferris. Louisville left foot and
ankle crushed; Miss Bennett Evans
vile, Ind, foot badly crushed; Col.
Joseph Packard, editor New Albany
Tribune, foot crushed and ankle badly
George De Long, Bluffton, Ind, foot
crushed: Minnie. Hayes, daughter of
John Hayes, Louisville, left foot
knee crushed; F. D. Overton, Louis
Vile, ankle crushed; Henry Hart,
Louisville, leg broken; Kate Hines,
daughter of Aid. Hines, right leg
broken; William Walters, Louisville,
head, KY, left knee crushed; Benjamin
Scroggin, Bagdad. KY, instep frac-
tured; Mrs. Mcmillan, Chicago, inter
natly injured, and both legs badly
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crushed and head bruised; Mark Wal
don, South Louisville, leg crushed;
Steve Guttman. South Louisville, leg
broken; Carrie Donnelly, Pittsburg, in
ternal hemOrrhage.
UNNUMBERED VICTIMS.
The portion of the grand stand which
fell was the lower part, which was
elevated only about two feet. The
platform on which the seats were
placed swerved to the rear and then
settled to the ground with a crash.
Ihe planks were forced together and
the feet and legs of hundreds of spec
tafors were caught as in a great trap
The noise of the exploding bombs and
hreworkS was so great that only those
adJacent to the scene of the accident
could near the noise of the, falling
staging Policemen say that they saw
from fifty to Seventy-five injured per-
sons taken away by friends in vehicles
They assisted at least as many more
70 get back on the street behind the
stand. Mr.. Vreeland, of the Courier
journal, who was present when the
accident occurred, says: "It was aw-
tu. l saw men and women falling
everywhere. Whether they were faint
Ing from fright or pain could not say.
Then a panic followed Those who
escaped being caught in the trap made
a mad rush for the entrance, tramp
ing over those who had fallen, while
those who had been caught screamed
Tor aid. Meanwhile the vast multitude
on all sides continued to applaud the
grand fireworks, that continued to ex-
aiode and light up the sky"
number of Grand Army veterans
Who were witnesses of the accident
salc they aided large number of
people. who had been bruised and
injured, to carriages, and sent them
to their hotels and homes.