The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-23
MANY BADLY HURT
AT LAURENS FAIR
Grand Stand Collapses With
900 People Upon 1t.
STRUCTURE QUITE NEW.
Accident Caused by Supports Civ
ing Way-Barring Accident,
Fair q Success

Laurens Special to Charleston
News and Courier, Oct. 20.-Be-
tween twenty and thirty persons
were injured, several very seriously.
when the grand stand at the fair
grounds fell with crash at IL
o'clock today. 1t is estimated that
500 or 900 people were on the stand
when the accident occurred, and it is
little short of n miracle that no lives
hurt. A dozen or more Of the injur-
ed were rushed to the Julia Irby
Sanitarium, others were treated on
the grounds, while others were taken
to their homes in the city.
Higgins Bryson. son of w. c.
Bryson, of Cross Hill, had a leg
broken; Royce Todd. son Of d. e.
Todd, Of the county. leg badly lacer-
ated and chin broken and otherwise
injured; w. III. Barksdale OF High
land Home, rib broken; John J.
Glenn's son received 4 bad scalp
wound; Mrs. Joel A. Smith Of Wa
terloo, hurt on thigh and otherwise
injured.
OTHERS INJURED.
These are the more seriously in
jured, while the following received
more or less slight bruises: Miss
Barnie Wallace of Shiloh, Miss
Annie Bell Jordan OF Donalds, teach
er in the Shiloh school; Mrs. J. r.
Satterwhite and child OF the county.
two children of Thad Senn's. Mrs.
Sam Williams OF Exon, Mrs. w. l..
Reid Of the county, Mrs. ]. r. Ellis
OF the city. Miss Gertrude Nelson of
Fountain Inn, Robert Sullivan, son
Of ]. c. Sullivan of the city; Harold
Hudgens, son Of John N. Hudgens,
of the city; Louis Solomon, son Of
William Solomon, OF the city; child
of C. III. Gasque of the city, Wyatt
Waldrep Of the city, Mrs. May Mad
den of Hountville.
The accident caused a long delay
In the fair day programs, but in the
afternoon the different events were
carried out.
The stand was erected a few days
ago, the timbers used all being new,
and 1t is stated that the collapse was
not due to the construction. but was
caused by the supports giving way
In the soft or loamy soil on which
the structure was located. the fair
grounds being located in a meadow
near the city.
OTHERWISE A SUCCESS.
Barring the accident occasioned
by the collapse Of the grand stand
earlier in the day. the fourth annual
county fair was a fine success in
point OF attendance. The excel
lence OF the neld crop, Tomato Club
and poultry exhibits attracted at
tention particularly, while the arena
events brought out splendid dis
play OF county raised stock.
or coarse, the school pageant was
feature OF the day, taking place
just before noon with the city grad
ed school children and representa-
uves from score of rural schools
marching in the ranks and each led
by float representing either a state
of the Union or one OF the countries
of Europe. To six OF the contestirs
schools blue or red ribbons we're
awarded and in addition four receiv-
ed SIS each and two half this amount
The winners were: Tenth grade,
Laurens city school; Trinity Rridge,
representing Pennsylvania; Gray
Court, Owings, Massachusetts. as the
Pilgrims; Laurens Mill School
Alaska; first grade Laurens city
school, Holland; Prospect school,
North and South Dakota.
The Tomato Club exhibit will be
taken to the state fair by Miss Gar
ihSIoH, Ihe county organizer. 1t
comprises remarkable collection Of
tomato products. Outside the crop
exhibits about four hundred entries
were recorded by Secretary Powers.
The officers OF the association
stated tonight that the fair from
every standpoint was more compre
hensive In its various features than
any yet held. Only one day is given
to the fair.
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