The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-30
AN UGLY CRUSH IN LONDON.
More Casualties In Welcoming Im-
pcriaI Volunteers Than the
Corps HAD In south Africa.


London. oct. es-The city Imperial Vol
untecrs. who arrived az Southampton
from South Africa. saturday on the Brit
ish transport Aurania. reached here by
train this morning. marched through Lon
don along streets packed by thousands.
and received q tumultuous greeting. such
a demonstration was probably never be-
fore evoked for such a small body OF vol
untecrs.
Tho postponernent OF London's welcome
until to-day diminished the number OF
spectators but the enthusiasm could
scarcely have been more general or gem
ulne. Early IN the day Queen Victoria
sent a message 20 tho returning troops.
welcoming them and inquiring as TO their
health. The Prince OF Wales came to
town and viewed the procession from
Marlborough House The other royal
personAges watching che i'se band OF men
IN khaki uniforms were Princess Louise
and Duchess Of Argyle and Prince Edward
of SaNe-Weimar who with many other
distinguished people had taken up posi-
uous OF vantage early In the morning
ageabic and the police and soldiers were
quite unable 20 stem che ugly rushes The
crush OF tho p0pulace becamc so terrible
AZ the Marble arch that the people broke
through the Gordon, and when the field
was aEaln cleared forty persons requiring
the aid of ambulance surgeons were left
lying on the ground. several Of them sur
fetiug from serious injuries.
lu narrow Fleet street the crowds
Il. ssH
seers solIiers police and city imperial
volunteers were mixed up in confused
mass from which the volunteers had TO
be- finally eNtricascd in single dle
A fractious cavalry horse stampeded tho
crowd at Ludgate circus and nfty per
sons who were injured had 60 be attended
20 by the ambulance corps
BcnNy Ltst Of Casualties.
The list OF casualties among tho well
coming multitude was longer than that
81 tine whole corps IN SIS tweuty-six On
gngements in South Africa Partial re-
turns from the hospitals and police sta
tions indicate that more than NJ were
badly hurt. eight and POSSIBLY ten being
killed outright
Along the whole length 81 Fleet street
the scenes could be only llkenei 10 a con
tinual football scrimmage but Il was even
more exciting. Shrieks ami groans nllei
the air people were hurled to the ground
and trampled upon I.lfo guards. IN
horseback. were swept on and lost in the
ltruEglug mass Of humanity after lmro-
tent struegles 10 stem the pressur, ~ the
semi-pauic stricken mob Some II the iu-
jurics sustained are 30 severe that II is
feared they will prove fatal
Field Marshal Lord Wolseiey comman-
der IN chief Of tho forces. issued spc-
cial army order. expressing the high ap-
probation which the patriotic services %
the CITY Imperial Volunteers and the gal
iantry ana soldierly qualities OF al ranks
had afforded him and Offering the volun-
tecrs 30 behalf of the British army q cor
dat welcome home.
Tho night was a repetition Of "Mafeking
night" without the redeeming excuses
or that celebrated Orgy. London was
turned over 20 the worst clements Of iis
population Women were insulfed. kissed
or thrown down with impuuity BOO street
hghts Pursued at the sweet viii OF in
cbritte brawiers from the sidewalks they
streamed along historic thoroughfares
shouting sohains and @randishing pc4cock
feathers with inaue depfavity Many OF
them offered no exception 90 the rule Of
drunkcnucss Babes tn arms could fire.
quently be seen