Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-06-28
A HORROR IT A CIRCUS.
Mammoth Tent at Sioux City, Ia,
Blown Down Upon Three
Thousand People.
THREE KILLED AND SCORES INJURED.

Men. Women md Children Are
Crushed and Trnmpled Upon In the
Mad Scramble for Safety-StOrms
Cause Damage and Death ~
other Points.
| Sioux City, Ia, June 25.-This is a
record of death and disaster inflicted
| by wndstorm which Frustrated the
mammoth tent of the Forepaugh-Sells
| Brothers combination circus, engulf,
ing the audience in the smothering bill
lows of the canvas and pummeling men,
women and children with swaying tent
poles and tangling them in labyrinth
of ropes and cables while the elements
deiugna the surging and paralyzed
masses. Instantaneous havoc seemed to
be looseued. Three thousand people IN
\ the circus tent were caught in the hur-
| ricane, but not a single one of them
4 WAS instantly killed, although four died
from injuries FeeelyeI and a number are
seriously hurt and scores bruised That
the record Of casualties could be so
small is something which almost passes
belief. The premiere equestriennes had
just completed their act in the three
rings, and Instead of the usual applause
| there brpke from the audience smoth-
cred cry Of terror and dismay, as the
| canvas on the northwestern side of the
tent was lifted and riddled by the storm,
| land the exterior poles were pulled from
/ the ground and their lashings snapped
with reports like guns, and support
| poles were whisked to and fire. among
| the l,srrified audience.
Pinned Down by Canvas.
Up over the reserved seats the great
balloon was lifted, its trailing poles
and ropes dragging whatsoever they
! found. and upon the spectators On the
opposite side of the arena the mountain
of pillows and tangies fell, swathing
them in leviathan shroud. AS II smit-
ten with palsy some of those sat or
1 stood who had been left uncovered by
the tempest,while Others were stricken
with a spirit OF stampede. On the OPP
posite side upon which the wreck of the
tent had aiighted, no stampede Mas
| possible. More than 1000 men and
| children were Rugged tight to their
seats by the enveloping canvas. Scores
of knives cnt the tent in pieces, through
which the escape 81 many was made
Others crept through under The wall
curtains. Innumerable families We're
sanaroted and coon tbara ,vere cr;er
of parents hallooing, III the bedlam, for
! thelf children and friends shouting for
each elher. 4 torrent of rain followed
,.s.l III. ~ a. I'LL ~ ,,,.a, ~
IN .'ic " ''s ~. 81" -
fire.
The Dead and IDiured.
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1 r.,ls.. i'A
city 80 y..ors Of ae,o shal st Tn SIOUX eE
merly of Canton. 5. D.. attorney at In w
unknown infant found near Floyd river
mad !, been 1e e., trampled TO death.
hrnised. A " FIR, no,,t,s sus ea tns
head and hurt Internally, not serious;
Frank Reynolds, circus clown. two ribs
psefsa ana t e.,, knoeked out; J. d. Car
arm dislocatea: WILLIAM sinnson circus
employe, two ribs broken ana Internally in
Jurea, neeer wilson. r,sht shoulder disto-
ana ier bruised Iohn Naefz.ser MN f a.
bruised: Wilbur Bailey, broken nose Mrs
J; y. Farr' bad Ell on forehead and nose:
I.uchan Of sa,,tb us s,a sag az ~, Maua
dislocated: Henry Newmire. internal in
jlfy. probably serious: DR.. Harveyw. Mar
pln' soaea ,'r, o1 tne heaa; Ralph Shull,
leg seriousIy c,f w cnn axA r 70 tS IAN
arm fractured and bruised ola head and
back; Jack Ryan; internal injuries not ex-
S edieu hurt bv f min Asne, steiner back
George Lyon, arms bruised: ]. v. Hcwden.
circus employe hurt by falling pole;
Charles A h,l a leg bruised by being
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fno1o tho nortbuast ~ n,;d,ia.,,t ' e.
ano1 harns ana othar l,,,;I,1;I - oe''
wrecked trees brolsen alaatn;a ~; 80
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tiuen o'heiy' oh hiehiiiohd street.
~. =, niis III portlons OF the building.
I've pstsohs nave peen taken OUT IN
Jue eu' wv supposed y. 10 De iataiiy.
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