Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-25
HUNDREDS were INJURED
BODIES or DEAD AND INJURED
A TANGLED MASS on
BEACH.
PIER WAS OVERCROW1ED
10000 People Were Celebrating the
Birth Anniversary of the Late
Queen Victoria.

LONG BEACH, Cal, May 2i,-Too
weak TO uphold the burden of nearly
10000 human beings assembled for
the festivities Of British Empire
Day" the land end Of the big double
deckod municipal pier in front Of
the city auditorium, collapsed today.
Hundreds Of persons on the top deck
were plunged down on the heads of
other hundreds crowded on the sec
ond deck. The lower deck then gave
way and all were dropped down
chute Of shattered woodwork to the
tide washed sands 25 feet below.
Thirty-four persons-mostly wom-
on were killed by the shiNered tim -
bers or crushed to death by the fall
ing bodies of companions and friends,
Fifty moro were seriously injured,
while hysteria ana fright caused the
disabling Of scores of others.
A section of the auditorium. which
went down in the crash and the deb
ris from it, was added to the wreck
age that fell on top Of the injured
and dead
The victims were subjects or for
MGR subjects of Great Britain, resi-
dent in Southern California
.allellowing is list of the dead:
Mrs. FRANK MATTHEWS.
DAVID BLACK. aged Z.
MRS. DAN THOMAS
MRS. ID. ID. M'SPARRON.
MRS. AUGUST sPARTZ.
MRS RICHARD DOWLE.
MRS. CHESHIRE.
MIR. ARTHUR c. HELPS.
MRS. A. X. HILL.
FANNIE MGEE.
SCOTT BLACK, 10 years.
MRS. ID. S. HOLMES.
MRS. MARTHA j. BENNETT.
d. M'SPEARS.
MRS. d. j. LOMAS.
MRS. d. L. WALLACE.
MRS c. II. LAWRENCE
MRS. JANE WYVEL.
MRS. WARREN C. LETS daugh-
ter, Dorothy.
MRS T.. G. VALENTINE.
MRS. FRANK SHAW.
MRS. EMMA PRIGMORE.
MRS. ELIZABETH HANNAH
RICHARDSON.
MRS PAULINE M'GEHE.
THOMAS BECK.
MRS. LILLY NJ HOLMES.
Young son of II. L. Bayless.
MRS. ADA f. INGRAHAM.
MRS. ANNA LONGFELLOW.
MRS WILLIAMSON.
MRS. ID. MCPHERSON.
MISS ANNA STONE.
MRS. s. +. DURYFEE.
The dead, many of whom were still
unidentified tonight, were laid in the
national guard armory, while the in
iured were hurried to various hos
pitals in this city and Los Angeles.
Crush of the Victims.
The accident occurred a few min
utes before - o'clock, The Empire
day parade, the principal feature OF
the celebration in honor of the late
Queen Victorias birth anniversary.
had Just ended and the participants,
with thousands OF other visitors, were
crowdng up the steps of the pier
and surgng toward the auditorium
when the pier flood sagged. An IN
slant later the supports gave way ana
the crack and groan OF breaking tim
bers mingled with the shrieks ana
cries Of the victims as all went down
into a mass of broken wood ana
writhing human forms on the sand.
Virtually the entire landing of the
pier was wrecked and portion OF
the auditorium front fell.
Locked Doors RESPONSIBLE.
The cause Of the accident was the
overburdening of the pier. This, ac-
cording to an official statement to-
night. was due to the delay In un-
locking the doors. Had the doors
been unlocked at the proper time, II
was asserted. the crowd would have
got into the auditorium. instead OF
massing at the doors. where the
weight overwhelmed the pier sup
ports.
Scottish bagpipers had just entered