The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
STAND FALLS AS
. PARKER SPEAKS
Nearly 100 Hurt at Marshall No.
tification Meeting.
BELIEVED NONE WILL DIE
Invited Guests Are Precipitated to
Ground When Indiana Governor
Is Told He is viee-Preslden.
: tiaI Nominee.

val N0HltHocs
Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 21-By the
collapse of the grandStand at the Gov
ernor Marshall notification meeting In
front of the Indiana Democratic club,
In Vermont street, between fifty and
one hundred people were injured,
some severely but most OF them slight
ly. There are about twenty-five per-
sons in local hospitals, but it Is not
thought any will die.
The break came while Alton B. Par
ker OF New York was delivering the
notification speech to Governor Mar
shall.
Confusion Not Great.
For time there was much confu-
sion, but In few minutes the crowd
hae recovered Its composure, and the
work Of rescue began. After the re-
moval Of the injured, who were taken
into buildings nearby and later re-
moved to hospitals and their homes,
Mr.. Parker continued his speech, and
he was followed by Governor Marshall
with his, speech of acceptance of the
nomination for vice-president.
The, stand was filled with people. II
was built of scatfolding and held prob
ably four hundred people. 1t was
back OF the speakers stand and rose
to height of probably thirty-fve feet
1t was occupied by invited guests, all
OF whom were In the stand by virtue
of special tickets and badges.
German-Amerieans Hurt.
A number of the members of the
German-American Democratic club oc-
cupied a section Of seats near the
point where the break first occurred,
and all of them went down with the
stand. Several of them were injured.
Many women were In the stand.
The break started near the northeast
end of the stand. but as soon as the
flrst sound of the crashing timber was
heard the entire stand dropped with
it's load of human freight.
The stand was a total wreck Few
persons were under the wreckage and
this kept down the number of injured,
There was a grand rush of the 5000
people In the crowd in front Of the
stand and the squad of police had
their hands full to keep the crowd
from overrunning the wreckage.
The injured were carried into the
Indiana Democratic club and the FIRE
department and several ambulances
called.
Order Soon Restored.
Extra police came in the emergency
wagon, and in a short time the police
had restored comparative order.
The platform had been made Of new
timbers, the seats of two-inch plank,
and apparently was as sound as dol
lar.
II was not overcrowded, though
practically every seat was occupied,
There was no heavy wind and no
great swaying Of bodies, as everybody
was seated. Once or twice In the Ave
minutes that Mr. Parker had been
speaking some of the auditors had
arisen to cheer, but the speaker was
In the midst Of an impassioned para,
graph and the spectators were sitting
comfortably at ease when the accident
came.
Some Of the lnjuHd.
Most OF the injured were Indianap
oils people, but the following from
other Indiana towns also were hurt
O. N Henderson, Montezuma, Ind. !;
Joseph Mankin, Montezuma, Ind, both
legs injured; James Howard, New Au.
gusta, Ind; Benjamin Bosse, chairman
of First district, Evansville. hurt about
the legs; J. A. Lewis. Upton, Ind, in.
jured about the back and legs; Henry
Bretz. New Albany, Ind, hurt about
the ankles; Tom Morrison, Frankfort
Ind, bruised about the legs; ]. M.
Fippin, Salem. left foot mashed, hip
injured, not serious; William H.
Payne, Martinsville, county clerk OF
Morgan county, chest injured, both
legs badly bruised and skinned; David
Strouse, Rockville, broken leg: Lewis
Sartor, Martinsville, chairman Morgan
county Democratic committee, ribs
fractured; Walter R. St. John, Mar.
tinsville, right leg injured; W. r. Ray,
Holton, Ind, side injured; John w.
Hanan, Lagrange, injured internally.