The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-02
THIN MOSCOW DISASTER
Deaths Now Placed Between
Two and Three Thousand.
TRAMPLED BY THE GREAT CROWD.

A Handful Of Souvenirs Was Thrown
Into the Multitude and Then the
Work Of Death Began-Many Of the
Bodies Were Crushed beyond Human
scmblancc-Dlmcult 60 Identify.
Moscow, June THE disaster ON
the Kohodijnskoje plain Saturday is
constantly gaining in proportions as tho
Investigations by the authorities con-
time. These are made under difficult
ties, as the recovery Of tho victims was
conducted by hundreds Of volunteers,
and many were carried away before
they were enumerated. Many addi-
tional deaths Of the injured whG were
carried away are occurring, which are
only added TO the enumeration after
sometime. II Is now said that the IA
talities win amount to between 1000 and
5000, but II is impossible yet TO ascer.
tain accurately the extent Of the disas.
ter, An official statement issued yes.
terday places the dead at 1853 and the
fatally injured at 2s6, but In contrast
with this official statement there were
1889 corpses lying yesterday afternoon
at one cemetery. besides the many dead
and dying that are known TO have been
recovered from the Inflated field by their
friends.
Yesterday evening after receiving
deputations the car and czarina attend.
cd and danced at the brilliant ball No
the French embassy. Preparations had
been made ON a most elaborate scale for
this ball and Il Is asserted that 5000
was expended ON the supper alone. The
czarina was not informed Saturday Of
the disaster, owing TO her delicate con.
dition. While the dance within the
French embassy continued amid all the
Accomplishments Of luxury and gaitey
disconsolate friends and relatives wan.
dored over the dosolate plain among the
dead and the suffering dying looking,
often In vain. for their missing.
The city is filed with griefstricken
crowds. II is a striking evidence Of the
vast multitude who took part in Satur.
days fotos that there were large num-
bcrs who were totally unaware Of the
number Of lives among them that had
been crushed out and who proceeded
with their merrymaking throughout
the day without having grasped the
fearful proportions Of the disaster.
Tho work Of identifying the dead ia
most difficult, both ON account Of the
large number Of victims and the tram.
pied, torn and mutilatcd condition OF
many Of the corpsos, some Of whom are
crushed beyond the possibility Of recog.
milton and almost beyond semblance to
humanity. The majority Of the killed
were peasants from the outlying vii.
lagos, though the clothing Of some in.
dicated that they were persons Of
wealth
Various versions as 20 the origin Of
the stampede and crush are current. but
the account 90 which the most crodenco
is attached is 20 the effect that the
wagons laden with the 100000 souvcn.
in to be distributed among the people
were proceeding 20 the Kohodijnskoje
plain. followed by a multitude Of eager
peasants when the attendants with a
view Of pleasing the people, threw a
number Of souvenirs among the crowd.
There was a wild scramble towards
the point where these FELL and the news
spread like wild fire down the throngs
Of expoctant peasants that the distribu.
ton had commenced. This resulted in
a hcadlong, pell.mell rush for the booths
where tho distribution Of souvenirs
was to have been made later.
What added greatly TO the gravity OF
the disaster were the circumstances that
these booths were surrundod by bitches
The foremost persons in the crowd fol
prostrute IN these bitches and the people
7. following speedily, trampled them 3,
, death. Others stumbled over Their
bodies and met the same fate And D,
the horror grew. The pressure was =,
great ON the sides OF the booths from Oh,
struggles Of the mass Of mad humanity
that they gave way and hundreds o.
D people were forced into them through
. the walls. There were no English o.
4 Americans people among the victims.
nurying the Dead Night aud bay.
n Moscow, June THE burial OF tn
I victims OF the disaster ON Kohodijnskoj
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