Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-12
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A MASSACRE or CHRISTIANS

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Aug. II.
Samuel L. Kelly, age eleven. died !,
today as the result Of the accident at |
the National League baseball park on
Saturday Young Kelly is the tenth
victim, several others are lying at
the point Of death In different hospit-
ais.
The mayor of Philadelphia has in.
stitutei q searching investigation. The
accident was the worst IN the history
of baseball The following were kill
ed Instantly: Edward Graham, AL,
fred Rodgers, Edward Williamson,
aged sixty.
Nearly 100 persons received frac-
lures Of the limbs, decorations of the
head, broken noses, contusions OF
the head and body. but their condt
| tion is not serious.
Two games were scheduled between
Boston and Philadelphia in the after
i noon and the attraction drew over
10000 persons to the ball park.
The accident occurred at $40
o'clock while the Boston team was at
bat in its half Of the fourth inning.
Of the second game, and was Indirect
| ly due to a quarrel between two
drunken men In the street.
'rhe National league stands are
built Of steel and brick. the brick
wall extending entirely around the
grounds. At the top Of the left field
seats and extending from the grand
stand to the end of the bleachers
there was a walk about three feet
wide which oyerhung the street II
was this walk that gave way under
the heavy weight.
Men who were standing on the
walk were attracted by a disturbance
in tho street. They leaned over the
side of the railing 10 see what was
the trouble and this drew the atten
], tion Or other spectators seated 81
: the top rows
Then occurred what Is seen almos
!, every day at ball game-a rush !,
see what the other spectators wer'
Elooking at
The walk became oyer crowdc'
and without a moments warning 2O
feet OF II fell to the sidewalk below
carrying All who were On N
There were probably 1000 person
sitting on the left field bleachers an
!, the roar made by the falling timber
created panic
Panic Among Spectators,
Instantly the spectators rose e
masse and made b rush down th
stand and into the playing field
$ was one great black wave Of humnn
\, ~. Men and boys climbed over on
i. another IN their effort TO escape froI
ii The grounds
i. Not knowing what had urnnrrc,
N ihe ball players and others tried
as stop the mad rush hut they weI
Il swept aside IN their unsuccessful z
y, forts and several persons were had
to hurt
y. Outside The grounds he scene Va
~ one III horror For an entire block q
Of Fifteenth street from linnilnglo
street 10 Lphlgh avenue, men ~
boys we're lyinF wrilhine II aRon
some we're buried under the wrec
n age. others were lying N ihe quite
ri ana dozens were alFelehed oni
ID Fifteenth street on tho car track
hc some we're unconscious, others Eol
" rolling aser sufierlar greai pani "
~ afaer wrrf attempting ~ gat 40 ~
ID WalR only % IAN again
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is Ff,nnds NH ibe plafN aua l0gd'
~ about me hinfed q NNNm lhf
n. wfta moro nan 4 hundred lna
~ seuham5 confusion flsHra lMp lln
No boeanso - Fh0 WeA crowd
~ a goneral ambulance call Aps M
pa MI All Iaaisa h ha Vicinity M
lhluVn open 10 lho victims 'lpe
the laleosl street eaf harms ln y
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q va qpiel4 pll'q telasf e