The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-05

men lifted out some OF those below
BY hard and rapid work the jam was
relieved and the injured carried Qua
10 the ambulances which had been
summoned.
After the panic was over. many Of
those who had been frightened but
had not got into the jam went back
TO the counters and business went on
as II nothing had happened. Big
crowds were gathered about the store
and gossip OF the happening was dis
cussei exeitedly. The doors were
closed and only score or two OF
persons admitted at o time. by 10
O'Clock affairs were back al normal
in the store, although police guard
was kept on the stairs. which were
being repaired by carpenters, 10 pre-
vent a second Jam talking place.
Samuel Beck, No. - Sixteenth-st..
was on the stairway directing the
crowds passing mp AID down when
| the rush occurred
Il Thought first of my wife. who was
upstairs. and tried 90 Sc: up 10 her
! but | was driven bacN and battered
about the body and legs as tried TO
| hang on 20 the railing. he says. l
got back as soon as ! could and help
ed to pull the people cut Of the jam"
Edna Eye. clerk al counter at the
left side OF the stairs, found herself
pushed back against door leading To
side room and succeeded IN opening
this and getting out The counter
was pushed clear back against the
wall.
A. F. Traxler. who WAS IN charge OF
the counters az the back OF the store,
tried 10 stop the rush toward the
stairs He was knocked down and his
left leg badly bruised by the crowd
rushing over him.
Many Jump From Windows.
They jumped right up on these
counters and fell over on top OF the
crowd on the landing" says Lloyd
Brier, clerk at the caps and hardware
counters at the right of the stairs.
"One woman jumped from the couateT
10 a window above the landing and
got out there. | dou't know how
many jumped out OF the back win.
dows--it seemed as II there must
have been 81"
John V. Trufford. carpenter. was
on the first floor when the rush oc-
CURED and helped the officers To pull
women from the top Of the fighting
mass.
A Switten, floor manager. struggled
TO get the crowds out of the building
and 10 keep back the crowds from out.
side that tried 10 get in He took
charge OF the score or more OF men
work He estimates that there were
5000 people in the store at the time
Of the rush.
The faces Of those women caught
in the crush were a terrible thing e
see" declares Detective High. They
were in all the agonies Of the fear ct
death
There was another panic IN tie
basement when the screams OF the
people above were heard. On the stairs
leading UP 10 the first floor there was
also a fierce battle for liberty. tho
hundreds trying 10 get up all having
the idea that there was fire above
which might cut them of. No one
is reported TO have been seriously
hurt here.
Miss Dora Peterson. Lothrop-ave.,
was one OF those rescued from the
Jam on the landing She was pulled
out from under five OF six other PEG
gle. bur was not seriously hurt, sus-
tanning only severe bruises.
One OF the stories In circulation q,
the store after the panic was that two
women had become involved in an al
tercation and that a cry OF Fight
was repeated as Fire" The majo--
ity OF the clerks say that II was the
fire engine whistle that started the
trouble.
Entirely forgotten by his half-crazed
mother, in her worry oYar the injury
10 r er three-year-old daughter. Rose,
little Tony Visconti, two years old
was found wandering about the Kresge
store crying bitterly. shortly after the
stampede Miss Zoe Haggert. OF No.
SO Columbia-st west. took the litths
fellow TO police headquarters. where
he was held until nearly noon. when
his mother rushed in am made anxi-
ous inquiries about him. He was
turned over 10 her. and taken home