The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-02
Collapse of a Structure Brought from
Wisconsin to Chicago and Erected
on Marshall Field.
MANY PERSONS BADLY HURT
FULLY ONE THOUSAND PRECIPI-
TATED TO THE GROUND.
Stand Was Not Braced, but the Peo-
pie Took Possession of 1t and
Crowded Workmen Away.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-With a crash that
could be heard for blocks one of the tenn
porary grand stands erected for the Wis
consin- Michigan football game collapsed
this evening, carrying down fully one thou
sand people Thirty-two people were in
jured, none of them fatally. The injured:
ALFRED BRITTON wrist dislocated.
c. w. CROSS, cut on head.
WILLIAM WEBSTER, left ankle and
left wrist cut.
SHERMAN HALBERT, Winona, Mimi,
badly bruised in abdomen.
HERERT WHITEHEAD, back sprained.
F. E. BLISS, back sprained
MRS. ]. W. DRAEMAL, cut about face
and hands.
T. E. COFFIN cut about face and hands.
CHARLES BRITTON. fifteen years old.
badly bruised
WALTER ROBINSON, Princeton, ILL.,,
head cut and body bruised.
w. L. WILSON, hands lacerated and
crushed.
F. b. ARNOLD, ankle sprained.
CHARLES B. KNISTERN, legs bruised.
EARL III. LYNCH. arm fractured.
T. j. HALBERT, Winona, Mimi, severe
ly bruised
r. r. ROBINSON. ankle twisted.
PHILIP HILL, head cut.
WILLIAM DUFFY, hip badly cut
LLOYD DANTHY, knee dislocated.
FRED CARPENTER. twelve years old,
internal injuries.
B. w. NEELER, leg sprained.
E. E. wAsHBURN. internal injuries.
]. s. LYON, side hurt.
F. s. GROSS, back sprained.
w. r. RAY. st. Louis. internal injuries.
In
and face cut.
V. WEINERT, right leg broken.
BENJAMIN BARRETT. badly bruised
about body.
FRANK BARTLEY, Bloomington, Wis.
right leg broken.
FREDERICK CARLETON, internal in
juries.
MRS. A. E. ROTH. internal injuries.
F. C. SLATER, Hinckley ILL.,, hips cut
and internal injuries.
NJ SPENSELY, Mineral Point, Wis, knee
cap broken.
In addition to these there were many peo-
pie who received slight injuries and who
either left the grounds before their names
could be ascertained, or were able to re-
main and watch the game.
The stand which collapsed was one of
three that had been brought from wiscon-
sin by the Wisconsin team. and, although
not entirely finished when the game be-
gan. had been inspected by the city build
ing department and pronounced safe. 1t
was seventy-five feet long. held ten rows
of seats with a total seating capacity of
six hundred, and was ten feet from the
ground in its highest part. Had the dis
tance of the fall been greater 1t is certain
that several lives must have been lost.
The blame for the accident rests, accord
ing to the police and building inspectors.
with the people who were on the stand
/, more than with anybody else. The work.
men were still placing the braces IN place
when the crowd began to pour into the
stand. The police and the building In
spectors did their best 10 keep the people
out until the braces had been properly
placed. but the crowd became SO large and
unwieldy that il was decided to allow them
to enter the stand, which could be fin
| ished after they had taken their seats.
| The crowd. however, was larger than had
been anticipated by the police and the In
| specfors. and so many people poured into
| It that all the seats and standing room
| were taken instantly and then spectators
began to hang upon ths~ edges Of the