The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-09-20
MANY ARE MANNED,
ANOTHER BAD ACCIDENT AT THE
LOUISVILLE ENCAMPMENT.
While Watching n Display of Fire.
works Ten Thousand People Are
Precipitated to the Ground by the
Sudden Collapse Of the Grand stand

Louisville, Sept. 14.-While 100000
people were watching the fireworks
along the river front ut ~ o'clock last
night portion of the grand stand,
about 400 feet long and 60 feet wide,
OH which were seated at least 10000
people, gave way anl many were in-
jured. No fatalities have been re-
ported.
The portion Of the grand stand that
fell WIS the lower lmrt, and was only
elevated about two feet. That no one
was killed is one of the nnlrvcls. IIud
the seats been elevated to any great
distance from the pavement many
deaths must have resulted. AS 1t was
the platform on which the seats were
placed swcrvcd to the rear and then
settled to the ground with a crash.
The plnnks of which the seats were
made were forced together, and the
feet and legs Of hundreds Of the spec
tators We're caught ns In u huge trap.
The noise of the exploding bombs and
the fireworks was NO great that only
those adjacent to the scene CT the ac-
ci.lent could hear the noi;c Of the fall
Ing of the staging. AS to the exact
number of people injured 1t will prob
ably never he known. -Four policemen
who We're standing at that part of the
grand stand say that they saw from
10 to Is persons taken away by friends
In vehicles. They assisted ut least as
many more to get buck OH the street
behind the grand stand. All the am
balances ard patrol wagons in the city
We're summoned, and those only slight
ly injured We're taken to the hotels ut
which they were stopping or to their
homes.
Mr.. Vreeland, assistant city editor of
the Courier-JOurnal. was present when
the accident occurred.
ut was awful" he said. Il saw men
and women falling everywhere.
Whether they were flinting from N.in
or fright could not say. Then Il
panic followed. Those who escaped
being caught in the trap made mad
rush for the entrance, trNmpling over
those who had fallen. while those who
had been caught screamed for aid.
Meanwhile the vast multitude on all
sides continued tu applaud the grand
fireworks that continued to explode
and light up the sky
4
who were witnesses Of the accident
said they aided n large number of pro-
pie who had bec:l 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
tic Morgne. JcfTersonville Ind: Miss
Fctioria Startl, Louisville: T.. j. Rurkcs.
veteran from Springfield. Mass; John
| Ferris. farmer Of Hruokline, Mo-: Mrs
Harscllticld. 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. y. Nooncss. Louisville;
Mrs. Maggie Ferris. Louisville: a II.
yc:li-old son 0f Dr. Peter Gunthcrn,n,
Louisville; Miss Bennett. Evansville.
Ind: Col. Joseph Packard. cditcr If
the New Albany (Ind.) Tribune: w. IL,
Gregg. Bluffton. Ind: George belong.
Blufrton. Ind: Minnie HAYS. Louis
Vile: Rider Stein. Louisville; Il, II.
Ovcrton. Louisville: Henry Hart, of
Louisville; Kate Hines. daughter Of
Aid. Hines. Louisville; William Wal
iers, Louisville: Mrs. A. j. Thurber, of
Moorellcad. Ky; Ben Scroggin. Bag
dad. Ky; Mrs. Mcmillan. Chicago; IL.
X. Glover. Louisville: Mark Walden.
Steve Guttman. South Louisville; Car.
rlc Donnelly, Pittsburs.