The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-08-10
QUAKER CITY
HORROR.
Four Instantly Killed and Many Hurt
In Baseball Stand Accident
WEAK SUPPORTS THE CAUSE.
Drunken Mems Quarrel Indirectly
Brings Death and Disaster to Many.
Terrible Scenes of Carnage.
city Block Fun OF wounded.

/ ~ HE AhAtAAN AniAAEkt hAAA many NtAAAHA
were badly hurt as the result Of the
accident which occurred at the Phila-
delphia National league baseball park.
A board walk which overhung the left
field bleachers fell to the street, carry
ing 200 spectators.
Besides those severely injured near
| ~ 100 persons received fractures Of
the limbs. laceratioas of the face, bro
ken noses and contusions of the head
and body, but their conditions are not
serious.
Two games We're scheduled between
Boston and Philadelphia and the at
traction drew over 10000 persons 10
the ball park The accident occurred
al $40 o'clock while the Boston team
was at bat in its half Of the fourth
inning of the second game and was in
directly due to a quarrel between two
drunken men ia the street The Ma
tional league stands are built Of steel
and brick, the brick wall extending en-
tirely around the grounds. At the top
Of the left field seats and extending
from the grand stand to the end Of the
bleaehers there was a walk about three
feet wide which overhung the street
1t was this walk that gave way under
the heavy weight
How the Accident Occurred
Men who We're standing on the walk
were attracted BIZ a disturbance In the
street. They leaned over tie side of
the Falling to sea what was the trouble,
and this drew the attention Of other
spectators sitting on the top rows on tie
bleaehers. Then occurred what IS seen
almost every day at a bah game
rush to see what the other spectators
were looking at
The walk became overcroWded, and
without moments warming the 200
feet Of it fell to the sidewalk, twenty
feet below, carrying all who were Oh
tt There were probably 1900 persons
sitting in the left field bleachers, and
the roar made BY the falling timber
created panic Instantly the specta-
tors rose Ell masse ana made rush
down the stand and into the playing
| field, II was one great black wave Of
humanity. Men and boys climbed over
one another in their efforts to escape
| from the grounds. Not knowing what
had occurred. tile ball players and 9th.
ers tried to stop the mad rush, but they
were swept aside in their unsuccessful
efforts, and several persons were badly
hurt iii the crush.
Outside the grounds the scene was
one Of horror. For an entire block Oh
Fifteenth street from Huntingdon ave
nue. men and boys were lying writhing
I'd agony. Some were buried under
the wreekage, others were lying III the
cutters, aud dozens were stretched
out III Fifteenth street ON the car
tracks. Some lay unconscious, others
We're rolling over suffering great pain,
and others attempted to ret up and
walk only 70 fali again The 10000
persons within the grounds left the
place and crowded about the injured,
Of whom there were more than hum
dyed Indescribable confusion reigned
Fortunately there was at the game
several city officials As soon as they
saw what had occurred they telephon-
ed to the city hail. and Il general am
bulance caIl was sent out
While waiting for conveFanees To
carry the victims to hospitals thou
sands Of willing hands looked after the
injured
They were carried from the street
and laid Oh tie sidewalk, and some
were taken into nearby private houses.
All houses III tile vicinity were thrown
open to the victims. One Of the largest
street car barns ia the city il situated
across the street from tile ball park.
and all tile wreeking cars ana teams
were got ready to transport the injured
to hospitals one wrecking car was
quickly filed with helpless men ana
rushed south On Fifteenth street to ST.
Joseph's hospital more than two miles
away Others were quickly loaded into
wagons of All descriptions belonging to
the street car company and rushed to
the Samaritan, vt. Mary's, the Jewish
or st Luke's hospitals Nearly every
injured person taken away was COW
cred with blood, and the street looked |
like d field of carnage.
Priest Does Valiant work.
There were many good samaritans il
the great crowd Of people, but one who
stood conspicuously out for valor and
rendered valuable assistance was the
Rev Father John a. Tracy Of st. /
Louis. lie was a spectator at the
game, and the moment the crash came |
he went to the rescue, He assisted iii !
extricating many 81 the injured from
under the wreckage An express wag
on was standing near BY, In which |
were three trunks He mounted thel
wagon, threw out the baggage direct |
ca the loading of seven injured men /
into the vehicle and ordered promf
nent politician Of the city to mount the
drivers box and drive to the nearest
hospital. The politician promptly obey
ed, but one Of the injured men died
just after reaching the hospital.
AT the hospitals, especially the sa
marian, St Lukes and st. Josephs.
confusion reigned for awhile. There