The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-04-12
TWENTY ONE PEOPLE KILLED
HUNDREDS WERE INJURED
DsrIas n Football Game nj Glasgow
Part OF the Granastand Collapsed
People Fell 90 Feet-Piiea STA
Feet Deep-7s.OOO People sew the
Cane.

Glasgow. April G.-The struggle -ol I
tbs crowds at IbeK park Saturday TO 4
witness the last international assOcia-
ton football contest between teams /
from England and Scotland. caused the |
collapse OF a portion OF one OF the |
spectators terraces. resulting In the
death OF Eve persons and the injury
OF i25 others. 20 Of whom viii prob
ably die.
When the game began 5000 specta
tors were on the ground, and the i'm
mense crowd had gathered outside
Being unable 10 obtain admittance.
this crowd broke down some of the
barriers and swarmed upon the field
whereupon the police charged and
drove the intruders back upon the ter
races and seats. with the result that
the ratings dividing the crowds were
broken and people were thrown over
each other
In the frantic struggle toward the
exits the pressure toward the upper
portion OF the westerly terrace was so
great that hundred feet OF the high
the weight Of the crowd driven upon
il. precipitAting the mass Of people 10
the ground. 90 feet below. The in.
iured were piled in heaps. wedged in
with broken wood.
I The onlookers hesitated 20 approach
I the dangling structure at FIRST, but
I finally began 10 utilize portions OF the
9 - s.k A ktsp
I dred Of the more seriously injured
were carried 10 the pavilion and 20
Z spaces clear OF the stands.
A majority OF the victims are suffer
/ ing from broken ribs and fractured
limbs. while some sustained internal
injuries. Those most severely hurt
were later removed In ambulAnces &C
inhrmsries aud the lesser sufferers
were sent in cabs 20 surEeries,
A few persons were trampled upon
IN trying 30 escape from the crush
when the police charged. Blu: most
OF the victims sustained thes. injuries
In the fail OF the stand
Up 20 midnight Eve deaths had been
reported as q result Of the accident
while Ia the case Of 20 OF the other
victims all hope Of recovery has been
abandoned
An Investigation into the causes Of
the disaster shows that the breakdown
Of the structure had begun before 81
was sub jected 10 it's seVerest strain.
! aud IL Is now believed that the final
collapse was caused more directly by
! ihs efforts OF those nearest the first
J break TO escape than by the additional
. weight o; those who rushed upon the
stand from below. The terrace. al
: though supported by iron girders
swaycd and cracked ominously under
I the movements Of its frantic Occn
! pants.
. The fallen portion is 100 feet long
. 80 feet vide and contained ~ tiers OF
seats The injured. in many cases
were lying Eve or six deep, and Il ii
considered marvellous that there Wer'
no, more fatalities, One man hung by
his boot, which had caught In a splint
: cred beam. head downward. about 81
feet from the ground Finally his boo
; rave way and the man dropped into 1
, sheet held below.
>. The stranFest feature Of the anal
is that the crowd in the other part o
, the grounds failed entirely 10 realig'
!, the extent Of the disaster. and tn
/. came Was played 20 \ hnish. rssultint
a in draw. Even the management ar
!, pearcd TO he unaware Of the serious
! uess Of the accident until II was ar
|. nounced after the conclusion Of tn
Tame.
!. The disaster has resulted in tn
"A death Of 81 persons and the injury @
u $50. Nearly 900 OF the latter are s
/, seriously hurt that they were take
y to lnfirmaries for operation and tres
!. mcnt. one hundred and fifty OF ther
~ still remain in the inarmaries.
Al large proportion Of the injured ha
4 limbs broken. bodies crushed an
10 manEled and heads will undoubtedl
rr result from the critical cases Of fra
40 tured skulls.
Today the infrmaries were besiege
A by friends and relatives Of the victim
he ~ the disaster, and heartrendin
h, scenes were witnessed when Il
"A names Of those who died today wei
"A posted outside the buildings. II
ne actions OF the authorities at IbrC
m park in avertinE a panic by permittiT
m the game TO proceed while they e
couraged the impression Of the CROW
within the enclosure that the accide
was not so direful Is now general
m, commended,
- The incongruity Of the yells OF a
!. piause mingling with the groans Of q
). struggling sufferers will never he 4
ata.n hv ehnen uhn Witnessed n