The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-21
PACK AND JAM IN
OLD LONDON TOWN
Streets Sea of Vehicles and
Crush is so Great Bust
ness is Suspended
AUTHORITIES PREPARE
FOR ACCIDENTS
Two Thousand AmbuIances
Provided to Take Care of
Any Who May be Hurt
or Become III

LONDON. june 2f.--London Is
ready for the coronation Of Eng
lands king and queen.
Every preliminary has been
worked out. and the worlds me
trol,nlis. grown as enthusiastic as
English temperament Will permit,
now awaits tho big event with
keen anticipation. and some APP
prehcnsiOn.
From the crowds On the street
to-day might have been the day
of the browning. Hundreds or
thousands Of I1ondOncrs, realiz-
ing that they will have no chance
To see the giiftering pageant of
to- morrow. nocked this afternoon
to tho coronation route. gathered
In thousands around Westminster
Abbey, chsertsd tho notables who
changed to appear and were rec
ognizcd and otherwise got as
much OF a foretaste as possible of
the actual coronation.
The trip of the king and queer
through the West End this Afternoon
to the national horse show at Oiym
pia was gaia event. although a
the kings request the encourage wa,
limited. Hundreds OF religious meet
ings were held to-day In churches AM
halls. at which intercessions were
made for their majeSties.
Duke Gives Dinner.
The Duke of Connaught, uncle o
the king VIII give a dinner to-nigh
in honor of the king and queen ant
the visiting royalties and envoys j,
magnihcence ii will be second onI,
to the state dinner given at the pal
ace last night,
John Hays Hammond. The United
States envoy. called upon SIR Edwar.
Grey, minister OF foreign affairs. thi
afternoon. He will attend the puk,
of Connausht's dinner tonight.
The king liz weather the strain O
the coronation festivities much bette
than the queen. The latter In begin
ming TO show the effects Of the excite
ment and returned early to the palace
this evening. whore the court physt
clans attended her. She is not Ill
but In very tired
ofscials Fear Tragedy
While London is In festive moot
IN anticipation OF to-morrow's eoro
nation OF king and queen city ant
government officials upon whom de
Holre the work of guarding the safet.
of the public are haunted with TN
fear that the day may bring forth
TRACED.
A. ~ thF idhrdY vi ATpN9 INA
~ feared rather than the act of an.
irresponsible or criminal mind.
The authorities have engaged near
l. 1000 amhuiances for duty durinj
the coronation procession Hundred
of doctors and surgeons will be hei,
in readiness. Emergency hospitals
or rather rooms-haee been engaged
In fact. every precaution has beef
taken that 1t is possible to take blu
rftsn
such u human press there are Away
dangers that cannot he guardet
against
The congestion in the streets ha
already put practical stop 10 al
business For fully a mile on eacl
side of the Bank Of England are al
most solid jam of vehicles
The chauffeur o. taxicah was OF
fered bonus of SIS If he would ge
passenger to the railway station il
time. Within the first block his tax
was caught in the Vehicuiar mael
strom and he spent d fatal thirty min
utes IN covering fiNe blocks He miss
Ell the train.
sra of Vehicles
Similar conditions surround ali III
railway stations Everywhere on
turns il Is OF horses. wagons
automobiles. busses and the like \,
such confusion has been seen In Lon
don streets since the wild night /,
celebration OF the relief of Ladysmitl
In the Boer war.
The coronation regaha, including
the crowns and robes and other para
phernalia worth hundreds OF thous
ands of dollars, was taken from tn
palace to-day 10 Westminster Abbey
During the transfer to the roya
van the palace was surrounded b
giant life guards. Never was treas
ure more carefully guarded. although
1t IL probable that the people ,wer
so awestruck by the scene that non
would have had the courage to la,
profane hand on the royal insigni
even had the opportunity afforded
once Installed in the abbey a com
pany of life guards. looking like typi
cal beef eaters" OF English fiction
hsgan their vigil over the regalia
which viii not be touched until use.
In he coronation,
Elite Sleep Late.
The royalty and elite OF London
both the homo product and the Wis
.tine variety, were not early asst
to-day. owing to the fatigue follow
ing the round OF festivities OF Mon
day and Tuesday, which eliminate,
last night in the Shakespearean me
mortal bali in Albert Hall. For splen
dor nothing in the lifetime OF an
Of those present ever equalied II
There may have been something II
the reign of the ancient Tudors tina
approached It in magnifcence. hu
your modern Engifshman doesn't be
lieve 1t and insists that new world
record has been established
Londoners whose business compel
them to be within the territory Ger
tain to be disturbed by Tomorrow
coronation procession and by Friday
royal progress are preparing as /
for a siege, Unless they reach thei
places OF business by or A. NJ. to
morrow morning. they will be una bl
to do so for two days. And havin
once reached them. they will be un
able to get out for two days.
Whole miles of intersecting street
will be closed. Roughly. the are
will be about two and half mile
across. from north to south, and aboti
three and q half miles. from east I
west. This area covers the cente
OF London--the very heart of the bus
mess world.
Gates Across Streets
Across. the thoroughfares leading
into this forbidden city massive gate
have been thrown. These the polio
will close as soon an they think tn
streets to which they give access ar
full enough, Once closed. It will b
impossible to pass through them-i
or out. For q brief interval to-mor
row night they will be opened, bu
they VIII be closed again SO early o
the following morning that busiues