The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-22
AERONAUTRALLS; SEATS DROP
DOUBLE ACCIDENT At PLATT,
DEUTSCHE VOLkSFESr.
Nine Picnickers Hurt ny Collapse of
Bleachers-A Parachute Jumper, TN
nerNed. Cuts Loose Toe soou-His
skull Fractured Day They Celebrate.


believed to be fatal and nine persons
who were watching the imitation Of his
balloon in Sch1tzen Park. Union Hin.
where the Ave days PiAttdeutsche Volks-
fest opened yesterday afternoon. were
injured by the collapse OF the bleachers
q little before Reynolds fell With his para
chute
Many holiday makers wcre crowded
on the bleaohers when a section OF the
structure went down suddenly and there
was a stampede over the bodies Of those
who had fallen. The nIne who were
taken out OF the mass OF broken umbers
were taken Ia the North Judson Hospital
nj Weehawken Heights.
Three are still IN the hospital They
are Mary Cieri Of SI2 Main street. Union
Hill, who suffered internal injuries;
Dorothy Behrens. 81 Greenwich street.
New York. injured az the base Of the
spine; Mrs Lutchens. 1850 Third avenue.
New York. bruised about the legs and
chest
After the excitement had died down
Reynolds went up on the bar Of the para
chute. IL IL believed that the accident at
the bleachers had unnerved him. for he
cut loose from the bag at the wrong time
and IA coming down struck a railing about
the top of a gas tank belonging 20 the
Public Service Corporation. which stands
on the outskirts Of New Durham. a part
Of North Bergen The halloonist was
shaken from the parachute bar and he
dropped to the ground
When he was picked up II was found
that he had a fractured skull He was
hurried to the North Hudson Hospital
unconscious and the surgeons say that
he IL IN a serious condition
Yet u was a great day; the programme
Of seventy-two pages told that much.
In fact II always - great day when the
Plattdeuts chers OF New YORK and New
Jersey get together AZ SchuiEen Park
ont there "a Union Hin for the opening
Of their volksfss-t Men who could read
the programme IA past years Of the festival
men who are now ranked among the
nations SIX hest sellers have written
about PlattdeItsche festivals a. 81 epic
events
II began ea-lv yesterday morning
when President George Woltjen, Vice.
President Frank Cordts. SchatZmeister
Conrad Tolkru and all the other officers.
honorary officers and special committee
men Of the volksfsst gathered IN carriages
and purple badges outside tn" Office Of
the secretary az - Sixth avenue and rode
down To tn. Christopher street ferry IN
open harouches Right across the river
and up III. heights through Ne-hawken
and Union Hill rode they until they came
10 the gates oi the Fritz Reuter- Alien
h.Im IN Schhtzen Park Then they turned
on th. road and their thr.-. carriages
halted at the castle
other comiugs % all the gross oficars
Of the volksf--t have t-.an happier. for
yeste rdAy when the carriages turned into
| tn. park there were th" RUNS - the great
fir' OF last NAV. which swept away ia" bag
pavilion and most ~ the park buildings
II was hard luck. 80 christ Heus-r. tn.
oldest honorary president zaid yesterday.
but II ona looked about a bit he would
49, a new dancing pavilion which had
b...n built in ten DAYS and her, was the
plac. where on "Wednesday they would
lay th. cornerstone for new and finer
pavilion. "a h. all Of -ton" and brick
80 there was consolation after all for
IN. hundred officers. committeeman and
honorary officers They went into the.
castle. sat themselves down tn mea,
with long thin bottles 81 Rhine wine at
] every tnAlT hfltl Nlle NV
way I, was the opening Of the thirty
/ sixth voksfsst IL must b. opened
auspiciously The slender n.cks 81 tho
| Rhine nRIdenS gIrglsd and glrglet.
then coughed with dryness
I Even before ia. last Of the speeches
/ al that little banquet, before th. letter
\ 81 congrat UlstIon from Herman RIdd-r.
/ over in Germany az present could h. read
| the swarming uf the crowds signall@d the
| oi,aning of tn. volksfest Ihsy came
IsL 4. aNFsk
| and kinder some 81 the baskets bigger
than the kinder From every car that
passed they poured. tipped their tickets
under the blond branching mu-tach" Of
tho big gat~K~"per, then rushed down
/ the paths through the spaC"s among the
| ruins to seek safe hArbor for lunch bas-
kets and Youngsters IN the maze " new
pavilionH, side shows and long. cool wine
/ stubes that nestled under the oaks.
Herr VA. miracle. Although the
| vines had not yet screened the uglineSs
| OF fire blaCkensd wall and topping
| chimney IN the hill Cre-t wher" ali the
merrmsnt u-ed To IL, down on the
meadow below a new vllagr Ot Joy had
sprung up. awaiting the INVASION ~ the
picnickers. Nobody seemed 20 b. a
| stranger TO the new accommodations.
Para SchneIdaJ learned by instinct where
the dew Of tho Cohurger headed the thick
yellow sides Of III" stems and Mamma
| Schneider picked unernnglv the clump
/
and instruments for spank
| While the worthy prasident and his
star were fondling regretfully the drained
! bottles up az the castle the bands came
! down the hill-two-three four 81 them
| all wrrsthng with the most terrifying Of
WaRner's challenges 20 the gnomes. Mg
| committeeman IN Chowder hats hustled in
the lead 81 the bass brasee-. directing
| each contingent 60 its delegated stand
| where tho murmur Of the beer pump
| might give viRor TO creacendo.
Then the crowd, augmented each
| minut. and ECurrying down tho hillside
| like ants from a broken nest spread out
over the TAT plAce where five days Of
funmakng weee 20 ne There was
everything for the Plattdeutsche heart
and some things for a Plattdeutsche taste
tinctured by long acquaintance with
/ America
The Wurst family was at Schutzen
Park yesterday. In fact the next four
days will b- old home week for the Wursts
Of Germany. The humble frankfurter
from Surf avenue toasted over ths same
old GOALS The Arlstocratic leberwurrt
and blutwurst and cervslatwurzt hung
in aloof tinfoil. Near neighbors 20 ths
Wurri- were IN" ss'~dcake~. thu kitchen.