The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-04-10
TNEN1Y-oXE PEOPLE KILLED.
HUNDREDS WERE INJURED.
During "a Football Game at Glasgow
Part of the Grandstand Collapsed
People Fell 60 Feet-Piied Sin
reet D.ep-75, 900 People saw the
Game.

tion 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 five persons and the injury
OF l25 others, 20 of whom viii 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 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 We're
broken and people We're thrown over
each other.
In the frantic struggle toward the
+ exits. the pressure toward the upper
( norton Of the westerly terrace was SO
great that hundred feet OF the high
est 81 the structures collapsed under
the weight 81 the crowd driven upon
+ g. precipitating the mass OF people 70
the ground. ca feet below. The in
F ANftHtl AElt AaAAtA ia 4AAAltNs NtAsrfIs 80
with broken wood
+ The oniookers hesitated 10 approach
the dangling structure at first. but
hnally began 10 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.
ing from broken ribs and fractured
limbs. while some sustained internal
injuries. Those most severely hurt
we're later removed in ambulances 20
lnfirmaries. and the lesser sufferers
we're sent in cabs 20 surgeries.
A few persons were trampled upon
ia trying 10 escape from the crush
when the police charged BIT: most
af the victims sustained their Injuries
IN the fan Of the stand.
Up 10 midnight Eve deaths had been
reported as 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 o.
the disaster shows that the breakdown
~ the structure had begun before II
was sub iec,ed 70 its severesi strain.
and Il IS now believed that the final
collapse was caused more directly by
she efforts Of those nearest the first I
break 20 escape than by the additional
weight Of those who rushed upon the
stand from below The terrace al /
though supported by iron Rirders +
swayed and cracked ominousiy under (
the movements Of its frantic occu- {
pants.
Tho fallen rorsieu IS 100 feet long
70 fee; wide and contained 19 tiers of
seats The injured IN many cases. i
were lying FIVE or six deep. and II is
marvellous that there wore
not inore fatalities. One man hung by
his l,oot. which had caught in a snlint-
cred beam. head downward. about 50
feet from the ground Finally HIS boot
eave wav and the man dropped into a
sheet held below.
The strangest feature Of the affair
II that the crowd in the other part OF
The grounds failed entirely 20 realize
he extent Of the disaster. and the
~ame was played TO finish. resulting
In draw. Even the management ap-
peared 20 be unaware OF the serious.
ness % the accident until IL was an.
bounced after the conclusion OF the
gamc.
The disaster has resulted in the
ieath Of 81 persons and the injury OF
,5a. Nearly 200 OF the latter are so ,
icriously hurt that they were taken ,
o inhrmaries for operation and treat. !.
mont One hundred and City Of them !,
tin remain in the infirmaries. a
aree proportion OF the injured had
limbs broken. bodies crushed and
naneled and heads will undoubtedly
'esult from the critical cases OF frac.
ured skulls.
Today the infirmaries were besieged
" friends and relatives OF the victims
Il the disaster. and healtrending
Genes were witnessed when the
larnes OF those who died today were
,osted outside the buildings. The
ctions Of the authorities at rbroy
ark in averting panic by permitting
he game TO proceed while they en-
outraged the impression OF the crowd
'ithin the enclosure that the accident
vas not so direful Is now generally
The inconEruity of the yells of APP !
lause mingling with the groans of the q
truggling sufferers viii never be for
often by those who witnessed the
Gene at the rear of the terrace.