The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-10
A GREAT CRUSH IN
STREETS OF MELBOURNE
Women Hurt in Crowds to See
Americans.

Melbourne Especially The streets
of Melbourne late Monday night we're
filled with surging. good humored
crowds numbering hundreds of thou
sands, all out to do honor to the
visiting Americans, who arrived here
on Saturday aboard the 16 great bat
tleships, and the scene challenged
comparison with that of an election
night In New York. The crush In
the principal thorougfsres was SO
great that many women tainted and
several persons were injured. The
entire day was set apart to jollih-
cation and the day will ever live in
the memory of the inhabitants of
Victoria.
The federal government rendered
a banquet to the admirals and senior
officers of the visiting warships at
the Parliament house, at which Lord
Northcote, governor general OF the
commonwealth, and Prime Minister
Oeakin made brilliant speeches,
throughout which prominence was
given to the friendly feeling that
exists between the commonwealth
and the United States. Rear Ad-
miral Sperfy, commander-in-chief of
the American fleet, replying in be-
that a rupture between the English
a loss, but a crime.
Ablaze With Electricity.
The city was spectacle of splen-
dor. All the public buildings were
ablaze with electric lights, notable
In this respect being the common
wealth state building and Princes
Bridge, of the Central Railway,
where a striking illumination picture
Of the battleships was displayed.
The illuminations on shore were
held in conjunction with an electric
and searchlight display on board the
warships in the harbor.
Earlier in the evening a picture
sque torchlight procession was held,
in which the metropolitan and county
fire brigades, numbering about two
thousand men, took part. The pa
rade started at the headquarters OF
the metropolitan fire brigade and
was disbanded over Princes Bridge.
Rain began to fall at late hour,
causing a precipitate retreat home
u.
toward the railway station forced the
women and children into perilous po-
sitions, and many were extricated
with difficulty, after being consider
ably bruised. Two persons were Sc
riously and several others slightly
injured.
The enormous crowd that turned
out to witness the formal entry OF
the American sailors proved too
much for the Princes Bridge, which
spans the Yara River, and forms the
main approach to the city proper.
The bridge barriers were overborne,
and, as result, several people were
slightly injured.
Formal Reception.
When Admiral Sperry and his Of
fcers landed at st. Kilda's Pier amid
salutes from a battery of the Royal
Australian Artillery on the Esplan-
ade, they were formally received by
Alfred Deakin, the commonwealth
prime minister; Sir Thomas Bent,
the Victorian premier, and their col
! leagues, and the local mayor, who
presented an address on behalf oil
the municipality. AT the conclusion
OF tllb ceremony lue AIuSllCdh NlSl-
tors, escorted by a squadron of light
horse, drove to the city proper, the
suburban mayors presenting address
es of welcome at their respective
boundaries before the city was reach
ed.
Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael
| the governor designate, and Sil
John Madden, the lieutenant COVER
nor, joined the procession at Princes
| Bridge, which was reached shortly
after noon. Here the lord mayor
! and the councillors welcomed the
Americans and the governor entered
Admiral Sperry's carriage. The
route throughout which the process
sion threaded its way was lined b.
dense mass of cheering humanity
and the popular wave of enthusiasm
was continually demonstrated until
the Exhibition Building was reached
There a pubnc reception was helt
by Lord Northcote, the governor gen
eral of Australia, in honor OF th'
American officers, and to which mum
erous guests had been invited t.
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