The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-06-04
TRAMPLED TO DEATH
AN APPALLING DISASTER AT THE
czARiS CORONATION.

sand-Pitiful Scenes In Connection With
Rescue of the Injured and Removal OF
the Dead.
MOSCOW, June 1.-The disaster on the
Hodynsky plain, caused by panic among
the vast crowd in attendance at the free
feast given by the czar, is constantly gain
ing in proportions as the Investigations
bv the authorities continue. These are
made under difficulties, as the recovery of
the victims was conducted by hundreds Of
volunteers, and many were carried away
before they were enumerated Many ad-
ditional deaths of the injured who were
carried away are occurring, which are only
added to the enumeration after some time.
It is now said that the fatalities will
amount to between 1000 and 5000. but
il is impossible to ascertain accurately
the extent of the disaster. An official
statement places the number OF dead re-
covered at 1886 and the seriously or IA
tally injured at 286. But in contrast with
this official statement there are 1,sSs
corpses lying at the cemetery, besides the
many dead and dying that are known to
have been removed from the Ill fated Held
by friends.
Mass For the Dead.
A rsouiem mass was said ON Sunday in
a chapel of the Kremlin, at which the czar
and czarina and all the members OF the
imperial family attended.
The city is filled with grief stricken
crowds 1t is striking evidence of the
vast multitude who took part in the fetes
that there were large numbers who were
totally unaware of the number of lives
among them that had been crushed out
and who proceeded with their merry max
ing throughout the day without having
grasped the fearful proportions of the dis
aster.
Thousands of persons are providing to
the Hodynsky plain searching for rela-
tives and friends. The work Of identified
tion is most difficult, both on account of
the large number of victims and the tram
pied, torn and mutiiated condition OF
many of the corpses, some OF which are
crushed quite beyond the possibility of
recognition and almost beyond semblancs
to humanity. The majority of killed were
persons from outlying villages, though
the clothing of some indicated that they
were persons of wealth and distinction.
The bodies of a number of women Glad in
silks and fine liqen we're among those
found.
The full force of police and flremen are
caring for the dead, pulling bodies from
heaps of the killed and injured and rang
ing them on the ground, which is covered
for hundreds Of yards with groups of 10
and 20 begrimed, blooastained and diffig-
ured corpses, among which the agonized
friends Of the missing wander in painful
effort to identity them. The injured who
were mixed with the daad suffered terribly
from thirst and the fever caused by theif
unattended Injuries.
The forces at work on the plain discov-
cred the mouth of disused we'll in. the
middle of the field. the plank covering OF
which had given way in the mad rush Of
yesterday morning In the we'll there
were 80 dead bodies, and wedged In among
them and held down by their weight were
found two men alive and comparatively
uninjured physically. But the terror and
the hideous surroundings OF the night had
proved too great strain on their minds,
and they were raving maniacs.
Origin of the Disaster.
Various versions as to the origin of the
stampede and crush are current, but the
one to which most credence is attached is to
the effect that the wagons laden with the
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