Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-11
ELK MEETING nUDEL7 ENDED,
The Members Of the Order, However,
MOrk BTaVely as ReSCuerS.
No nrcpMoxDER AMONG INJURED.
u Is Feared That Many Deaths WI"
Result from The Accidcnt-Iherc
Was - warning. Nhieh 'o"'
Needed.

ATLANTIC CITY. y. j., Jily L.
frirbtf,d accident terminated The Elk fes-
tf,,ties AZ the Inlet Casino tonight. in
(which large number Of persona srs-
tanned terrible injuries, from which some
viii die
n was ~ $50 o'clock. WHEN the Grand
Txalted Ruler Of the Buffalo body. Meade
- Detwiler OF Harrisburg, had finished
h his address at the opening Of the scnai
rcsslon OK the Eiks. and vas about u
introduce James g. Armstrong, OF New
York, when a crashing sound was heard.
A moment later the noos, upon which
there were almost a tho1sand reoI'e.
slowly opened. and the mass of humanity
was precipltated TO the first floor U.s.
lance of q feet. Men, women. and
Children were plunged into TIE hole and
mon one another. The cries shTieks, ana
gtoans were deafcnng, ana the diresi
confusion rcgued. An a,arm was IN
t.o.iatc'v sent out. and al the physicians
q An town responded. the work Of ,x-
Treating the injured proceeded rap.Giy,
& and by y O'Clock they hal al beCh re-
4 moved 20 The hospitals or thei' hoteis.
n PLEASANT ANTICtpA"JON5.
81 Ey o'clock more than 200 people Lad
gathered on the GeC)nd fOor VI The pa
lil'on anticipating pleasant evening"
enjoyment. The bands attached to fhe
Nis ing lodges had given fine concert
4 aud Captain Samuel Perry, of nc At
i lanfic city Lodge, had lust begun TIE
UIeilmlnares Of starting the % al session.
The night was u lovely one, and as
the struins Of the music lowed out over
the ocean II seemed that more JOY Gus
tfrtHr.
t9ecthor anywhere. iut there we're seVe-
I'll hundred OF the peODle VINO hat noticed
the vibration Of The floor and lelt the
pavilion. fearing that d.. great weight
would lead 10 rs destruction ana The
consequent Injury of the mefry-makeis'
Among these cautious p-JDle were
number OF memb OF the Camlen l1'fe.
81 prominent among whom were eX-As-
semhgman William J. Thomas ana CoLp-
81 ty-Clerk Robert j. Barber Of Cdmdcn.
VI Fearing 10 create a Janic, they quietly
~ approached some memD"rs Of he visiting
81 odges and scussed with then Tic add
81 Instability Of brinsns me affair .
ga ,iose, SO MS 10 relieve the 1loor Ct roT-
81 ion of the weight
q THE CRASH.
II While they were set taking the CIash
81 came. a portion OF 5he floor, some thirty
Isl eet square. located ABOUT the middle OF
~ the pavilion, and near .Ae railing OF the
<fbOaTd-Wak side. clme tumn.ing down,
81 bringing eioTN probably 100 PEOPLE.
~ ln a. second The electric lights on the
'&second foor were exiting i'sbe I, Tut ilci-
'H.ly Those on the .o@cr locr kept bum ne
fMiong enough to permit some OF the pane
{&strickcn people 10 get 10 the stitir"ay,
81 (Which remained int1ct. ana reached me
#b0aId walk Men, women ana children
X we've iammed together trying - escape
Il by tle stairway. white the victims Of the
crash were screaming Tor aid 70 extficate
them from the fallen beams ard tlmbsrs.
ELKS TO THE RESCUE.
When the first feeling of p3n.c h0d -.
4 sided the surviving Eiks saliihily rushed
4 10 Che rescue of their injured broinefs and
friends indifferent the danger thu. con
fronted item, as IN " die not kEow ne
instant tn remain i-r OF tie lav.iiCh
d mieht bury them beGea "a is ruins.
While tne work ci r,Scu' was going en-
4 tho fights on tn first iloor became eN-
tueu.shcl and plnaG zoe Place into
darkness. Ailn ran - me "ar barn 81 The
trolley road near By ana obtained > Um-
Der OF headlights from ,he ctrs. These
were most ugefIl ia assisting the work Of
the rcacuers.
IN the mean time the people who were
seated in me vi-irity of the break found
themselves in imminent danger OF falling
inr0urh the hole. Indeed, some Ntre
Keep Themselves from going though.
Maurice 8. lsogers. eX-president OF the
Senate Of New Jersey, and member Of
The Camden Lodge, was seated by the
side Of his wife I'm the section that fell.
Mrs. Rogers was pTecipitatcd TO the
ground. sustaining only a nervous shock
Senator Rogers had. both hands between
two BEAMS ana huns suspended in the
air until released by some one unknown.
An alarm of fire was turned In, but
when the aremcn arrived all the victims
had been released from the wreck. Be
fore the arrival of ambuiances num-
hcr of omnibuscs were pressed into ser
1ico 10 carry away the wounded 10 their
hotels or 20 the city hospital
Among the injured are the following;
"a tho United states i),el-
q NJ. Foote. of Minneapolis. collar Tone
and arm broken.
G.. i. Lombard. OF Boston, feet mashed
and arm fractured.
j. Il. Duke. OF Joliet. H., badly cut on the
head ana about the face.
At Schauncr's Hotel.
james Long of the internal Revenue
Service, Philadelphia. injured about the
i1ce. ANA nose broken
tlio Leo. of Camden, internally hurt.
Charles Fclweu OF 81 Penn street
Camden. left leg broken.
George !. Pcchliu. OF Camden, leg
At the Majestic:
James @. Armstrong. exalter ruler Of
the New York ledge of E.ks; internal in
)uries, and bis little lO-ycar-old daughter
Mrs Jaupha and her niece. Miss c.
Fredenthaii. Of New York; suffering from
slight internal injuries.
At the Albemaile:
Mrs. Myers, OF Philadelphia, leg frac-
tured.
Mr.. r. A. Idveslcy, Of East Liverpool
O, leg mashed.
NJ. 4. Wells. Of East Liverpool. O.,
Bpine injured.
ADDITIONAL LIST.
In addition to the above the following
II other hotels:
prescott Eckerman Of Mount Holly. n.
j., leg broken
Frederick Raproth. OF Camden. cf Jen-
niues's Band, internally injured. probably
fatally hurt.
81. j. Jansen, of Philadelphia, eye cat
and leg badly cut
Mrs. Janson, compound fracture Of lie
ieg
Mrs. Anton Webber. OF Brooklyn. back
injured.
Ars. Henney. bruised about limbs, and
teeth knocked cut.
John Throne. Of Baltimore. severe cut
In head
James Long. revenue officer of Cam
den: nose broken.
Mrs. William Mines. OF Camden, frac-
tured elbow and badly bruised.