New-York tribune., 1895-07-11
THE FLOOR COLLAPSED.
A DISASTER AT A SOCIAL SESSION OF THE
EAKS.


ING GAVE WAY UNDER THEM-MANY
PERSONS INJURED. SOME OF
THEM PROBABLY FATALLY.
Atlantic City. ~ j.. July lO.--A friGhtful ac-
cidcnt terminated the Elk festivities at the
Inlet Casino tonight large number of per-
sons sustained terrible injuries, from which
some will die
AT 9:30 o'clock. when the Grand Exalted Ruler
OF the Buffalo body. Meade d. Detweiler. of
Harrisburg. had finished his address at the
opening Of the social session OF the Elks and
was about to introduce James J. Armstrong,
of New-York. a cracking sound was heard.
moment later the floor. upon which were al
most n thousand people slowly opened. and
the mass OF human beings was precipitated TO
the first floor. distance of twenty-five feet.
Men. women and children were plunged into the
hole upon one another. Their shrieks and
groans were deafening. and the direst confusion
regncd.
An alarm was Immediately sent out. and all
the physicians In town responded. The work Of
extrcating the injured proceeded rapidly. and
by l2 O'Clock they had all been removed to the
hospital or their hotels
SOME OF THE INJURED.
Among the injured the following:
AT the United States Hotcl-H C.. NJ Foote Of
Minneapolis collar bone and arm broken C. r.
Lombard. u Boston. feet crushed and arm fract-
ured: j. r. Duke Of Joliet. H. badly cut on the
head and about the face
At Schauillers Hote-.James Long OF the In
ternal Revenue Service. Philadelphia injured
about the face and nose broken; Title Lee. Of
Camden internally hurt; Charles Folwell, OF No
22l Penn-st. Camden. left leg broken; George J.
Pechlis. Of Camden. log crushed.
At the Majcstic-Jamcs j. Armstrong. Exalted
Ruler Of the New-York Lodge OF Elks. internal
injuries: also his little ten-year-old daughter;
Mrs Japha and her niece. Miss G. Friedenthan.
Of NewYork. suffering from slight Internal in
jurier
At the Albemarle-Mrs c. b Myers. Of Phil
aielpha. leg fractured. Mrs. r. A. Livesley. Of
East Liverpool Ohio. leg crushed VI. f. Wells
Of East Liverpool. spine Injured
Prescott Alderman. Of Mount Holly y. j.. leg
broken.
Frederick Laproth. Of Camden. internally IN
jured probably fatally.
!. Melville Janson u Carncross Theatre, Phil
adciphia eye cut and leg badly cut
Mr. Janson. compound fracture Of leg.
Mr. Anton Weber. If Brooklyn back injured
Mr. Hcnney. bruised about legs and teeth
knocked out
John Throun. of Baltimore. severe cut in head
James Long. Of Camden. a revenue officer. nose
broken.
Mrs William W Mines Of Camden. fractured
elbow and badly bruised
Frank Wllzman. ankle fractured.
J. l.. T. Eokman. Mount Holly, y. j., ankle
fractured.
Genie /. ] Guis,. rib broken
r. Demonl Internally injured.
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Mrs Flcischman. Of Ncw-York fractured knee
Leopold Frye Of Philadelphia. leg broken
Antonio Dunon Camden leg broken.
Ilnrac. Grant Of Orange y j. leg broken
head cut and badly bruised about the body
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a pleasant evening The bands attached I" the
whiting lodges had given 4 fine concert and cap
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had Just begun Inc prehmindri'S " s'"i''s INC
so .al session. The night was lovely. ana AZ the
strains -, tho music aoat.d ont over the ocean II
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been gathered together anywhere.
some ~ the people who had noticed the v!bra-
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IN" great weight "oud Ieau ~ i'S o'o'"''n
Among those cautious people were NUMBER "t
nc,ohers -, IN. Camden lodge prominent among
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