The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10
TNtN1Y9NE PEOPLE killed SHOT THREE MEN 10 DEATH
HUNDREDS WERE INJURED.
Daring u Football Game at Glasgow
Part Of the Ora nsl~tand COllap setl
People Fell 90 Feet-Tiled Six
Feet Deep-75.OOO People saw the
Game.

Glasgow. April 6.-The struggle Of
the crowds at hex park Saturday to
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 Ave persons and the injury
of 1875 others, 20 of whom will prob
ably die.
When the game began $4,000 specta-
tors were on the ground. and the I'm
mense crowd had gathered outside,
Being unable to obtain admittance
this crowd broke down some of the.
barriers and swarmed upon the held
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
est of the structures collapsed under
the weight of the crowd driven upon
! it, precipitating the mass of people to
the ground. 60 feet below. The in
jured were piled in heaps. wedged In
with broken wood.
The onlookers hesitated to approach
the dangling structure at first but
finally began to utilize portions Of the
broken barriers as stretchers. A hun
bred of the more seriously injured
were carried to the pavilion and to
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 to
infirmaries. and the lesser sufferers
were sent in cabs to surgeries.
A few persons were trampled upon
in trying to escape from the crush
when the police charged. But most
of the victims sustained their Injuries
in the fall of the stand.
Up to midnight five deaths had been
reported as q result OF the accident
while in the case of 20 OF the other
victims all hope of recovery has been
abandoned.
An investigation into the causes 81
the disaster shows that the breakdown
of the structure had begun before \
was subjected to it's severest strain
and 1t Is now believed that the f1na
collapse was caused more directly BY
the efforts of those nearest the frs
break to escape than by the additions
weight of those who rushed upon thu
stand from below. The terrace. al
though supported by iron Orders
swayed and cracked ominouslv under
the movements of it's frantic occu
pants.
The fallen portien is 100 feet long
90 feet wide and contained - tiers b
seats. The injured. in many cases
were lying FIVE or six deep, and 1t il
considered marvellous that there wore
rot more fatalities. One man hung y!
his boot, which had caught in splint
cred beam head downward about 81
. feet from the ground. Finally his boo
gave wav and the man dropped into ;
sheet held below.
The strangest feature of the affai
is that the crowd in the other part o
the grounds failed entirely to realiz'
!, the extent of the, disaster. and tn
! game was played to finish, resultinI
in a draw. Even the management ap
peared to be unaware of the serious
, ness of the accident until it was an
, nonnced after the conclusion of tn
game.
I The disaster has resulted in tn
4 death of 81 persons and the injury @
$50. Nearly 200 of the latter are S
seriously hurt that they were take
to infirmaries for operation and treat
e ment. One hundred and fifty of ther
+ still remain in the infirmaries.
. large proportion of the injured ha
+ limbs broken, bodies crushed an
4 mansled and heads will undoubtedl
/ result from the critical cases of fra,
q tured skulls.
Today the infrmaries were besiege
by friends and relatives of the victim
of the disaster. and heartrendln
N scenes were witnessed when tn
=, names of those who died today wer
! posted outside the buildings. TIL
;, actions of the authorities at Ibro
,, park in averting a panic by permittln
+, the game to proceed while they el
Il couraged the impression of the crow
within tine enclosure that the accider
was not so direful is now general
commended.
} The incongruity Of the yells Of a
i; plause mingling with the groans of II
a struggling sufferers will never be 70