The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-23
c.varal Whites Hurt in the Panic at
Birmingham.
POLICEMAN BADLY CRUSHED IN THE JAM
0oa Negro Threw Himself Over the Heads Of
the Crowd and Dashed His Brains
Out Against The Church
Wall.
fBv the Associated Press.)

roun}ation of birmingham is in mourn
sng ami a gloom has been cast over the
entire city as the people begin to real
;a the immensely of last nights ap-
calling disaster at Shiloh Baptist church.
I'm TO ten o'clock tonight the number
If dead had reached 40 and ninety OF
these have been identified, A large
noiaritv Of the victims of the stampede
p4r, resident of Birmingham and as
fast as the undertakers can prepare their
bodies for inspection they are being iden-
titled.
Among he dead are:
REV. /. r. PRICE, New Orleans.
REV. p. II. JOHNSON, Weir City, Kan.
REV. FORD. Pratt City, Ala.
JOHN HOUSTON, Pittsburg, Kan.
REV. WILLIAM STONE, G~reenville.
REV. JAMES KELLY, Birmingham,
Alabama.
Ok. a. l.. HILL, Birmingham, Ala.
of the Identified dead sixty-iye were
Cunningham people. most of them women.
Investigation today shows that no white
people We're killed in the panic. A num-
her of white visitors were in the church
at the time and several of them were
hurt in the wild scramble, but none will
die.
Policeman Elledge, who was standing
al the exit, e~ndeaVOring to quiet the mad
thr0ng. was caught between the moving
multitude and the wall in the narrow,
tassagoWay leading down to the stairs
and nearly all his clothing was torn from
his body. His legs We're also mashed.
but he viii recover. His efforts to quiet
the crowd were utterly futile, and not
until the fire department and a large
number of officers arrived on the scene
was anything like order restored. Then
il was found that practically everybody
1a! gotten out of the building.
Those nearest the speakers stand
seemed to quickly realize that there W.
no fire and no occasion for a panic. and
The speaker and leaders passed outside
through a door TO the rear of the pulpit.
where they addressed the wild mob Of
struggling humanity in an earnest effort
to restore order.
Booker Washington was among the
number, but even his words fell upon
deaf ears.
An examination of the bodies of the
VICTIMS shows that very many of them
4.ed OF sutOcatiOn, the congestion of hu-
manly IN the yestibule and passage way
"4ere the crush occurred. being so great.
lhoae who received bodily injuries were
Tile ones who were crushed and trampled
under foot. Many had broken limbs. and
one negro threw himself over the heads
Oh The crowd and had his brains dashed
out against TIE wall.
Booker 7. Washington has received the
following telegram from President Roose-
''ll III regard to the disaster which be-
I'LL so many people at the National
hap'lat Convention at Birmingham last
'sAt. His reply also follows:
cincinnati. Ohio, Sept. 20, 1902.
Mr.. Booker T. Washington.
am shocked and Mortified by the
disaster at Birmingham and desire to
'tieas my great grief at the sad loss
Of life.
'>lSnfd1 THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
birmingham, Ala. Sept. 20, 1902.
resident Theodore Roosevelt, st.
%lcholas Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio.
our people most grateful to you for
'''' words of sympathy in the matter
-. lae terrible calamity which has be
'"rA SO many of our race, everything
''s7."Ie is being lone by both white and
''I'fri citizens to help. Birmingham city
"'"iaIS nave been most thoughtful and
N1AeF"us. The crowd at meeting was
.'.f large, but was perfectly orderly.
L'sasj"r grew out of one of those Incl
'AiS which it was almost impossible to
t~oresec.
'@lsHeal BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.'
Inc injured negroes are being cared for
IL The various hospitals, though many O.
."'A have been taken to private resi-
."'eS. Physicians express the opinion
.-'. all Of them will recover. though sew
'1l are in a critical condition.
ID" Undertaking establishments of the
NY which prepare the bodies of negroes
.' burial have been unable to handle
."' remains of the panic victims ane
.-"N5 OF the bodies are still scattered
.''' The floors IF these places. Two o
.,+ 1nlcrtakers being unable 10 care fo1
.' F"mains inside their nstabit shment
..'. laid them out in row on the Hoo
't ihelr stables.
'io"~is Of negroes throng tho alley:
ruling into the various morgues and il
."-1 section Of the city the walls o
.''pIns women could be heard all day
last as the bodies can be dressed ant
I.'.'H In coffns they are moved to tn
Of their relatives and at least hit,
.'"'I@ls ara expected to be held tomor
'A' Rev. l.. r. Price, of New Orleans
name appears in the list OF de2d
most Worshioful Grand Master OF IN
''"' Loign of Negro Nasons OF Louis
tie was in charge of a tram o
'talea from 10 lisiana and Texas an
""u known throughout the Cnite'
DR.. Price lost his life in an e1
Z" save several women who "ef'
crushed TO death benea@ h the pam
''hen crowd in the church. Ihre
n fought his way into the bulldlhl
81" brought out three women. The fourtl
ne was caught in the crush an
he could extricate hirlself wa
"' TO the floor of the church and dle'
'' sotrocltion.
'''aham Priton, of New Orleans, who's