Evening star., 1927-10-23
50 HURT. 15 BADLY,
WHEN STANDS FALL
IN MARYLAND GAME
Wooden Tiers Collapse Under
Cheering Spectators
at Richmond.
TWO WASHINGTONIANS
ON LIST OF INJURED
Police Hold Crowds While Victims
Are Rushed to Hospital-Cause
of Crash Unknown.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, October o.
More than so persons were injured,
Is Of them seriously, and many 9TH
ers received minor cuts and bruises
today when a section of the stands
at Mayo Island Park here collapsed
as the spectators stood in their seats
to cheer a brilliant run by Barnes.
Virginia Military Institute halfbaek,
in the game with the University OF
Maryland.
Cries rent the air as the stands be-
gan to waver, then toppled with a
crash. The foot ball game. which
MARYLAND won, 10 to 8, was halted
for 20 minutes while firemen, police
and ambulances were rushed to the
scene to remove the injured. Eager
spectators who crowded forward We're
held in check by rapidly formed po-
lice lines and order was maintained
Hospitals Are Busy.
Within less than an hour after the
stands cayed in every hospital IN the
city was reporting lists of injured
and every available physician was
called in to make hurried examlna-
tiOnS OF the palleIllS'
Private automobiles were used 10
Aid ambulances in removing the in
aured and the Virginia Boat C!uo
nearby was used as a temporary hos
pital.
Tonight the injured were reported
To be resting easily, although many
were thought to be in a serious con-
dition.
The stands, reserved for Maryland
s,lnnorters. began to break in front;
then the tiers in the rear, from hVe
to Is feet above the ground, col
lapsed, throwing several hundred 10
the ground.
Fortunately, the seats caved in slow
iy, row after row breaking and send
ing the occupants sliding to the
ground. Altogether about II rows OF
IS seats broke away. The stands are
constructed on a slope at the foot OF
which runs the James River. Had
the stand crashed in suddenly many
probably would have been thrown into
the water.
Friends Seek Victims.
In the wake of ambulances and police
natrolS. were hundreds of persons
seel,iI3s relatives and friends whom
thew feared might be victims. They
while listening to radie broadcast OF
the game, and hurried to the field.
No explanation for the crash was
forthcoming tonight from any quar-
ter.
Representatives of the building in
snecfor's office are said to have sur
viewed the stands last week and to
have pronounced them in safe con-
dition. w. B. Bradley. secretary
of the Mayo Island Park, Inc, home
of the Richmond base ball club, de-
clared his company was governed by
directions from the building inspector.
Two From ID. C. Hurt.
A partial list of injured compiled
nv newspapers contained mostly the
names of Virginians, some prominent.
Only two persons from Washington,
D. c., were reported injured. They
are:
Stanley Hand, 4S17 Connecticut
avenue, sprained hip and right leg
cut.
Miss Margery Becker. 1902 Porter
street, bruised on body.
Those from other cities on the list
are:
Miss Frances Everett, Suffolk, Va,
believed seriously hurt.
DR.. D. P. Scott, Lynchburg, Va,
leg cut.
J. A. McCuteheon. Alta Vista, Va.
leg cut.
X. E. Mosely, Clarksville, Va,
bruised.
Miss Elizabeth Harris, McConnels-
burg, Pa, right leg injured.
Miss Kitty Harris, McConnellsburg.
Pa, left foot bruised.
Mrs. Willis Merriman, Geneva, Pa.
slight injuries and shock.
The Richmond injured include:
John +. Rose, Richmond commits
sioner of revenue. ribs injured.
William E. Wood, president, Virgin.
ia Electric and Power Co., cut and
bruised.
June f. Pennick, superintendent OF
transportation, Virginia Electric and
Power Co, cuts on head and bruises.
Donald L. Blair, vice president, Vir
ginia Paper Co., cut on face and
bruised.
Reid Montfort of the Richmond bu
reau of the Associated Press, injuries
undetermined.
II. Watkins Ellerson, River road
wrenched back.
Mrs. H. Watkins Ellerson. River
road, bruised on leg.
Miss Laura Perkins, 2S10-A Ell
wood avenue, sprained ankle.
w. j. Nissely, 2709 East Grace
street, left ankle injured.
John O'Grady, manager, John T
Wilson Co., injured arm.
w. Bryan Strother, jr., 1905 Crutch'
field avenue. slightly injured.
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