Year: 1879

waited for the ambulances. Ladies reported sew
eral valuable articles as having been lost in the
confusion that followed the fall among which were
a seal skin muff and silk Overdrcss. In one of the
ante-rooms were a half dozen battered silk hats
awaiting owners. The greatest surprise was ex-
pressed by all that the accident did not result more
fatally than it did.


After the excitement had worn away somewhat,
and the men-who only lost n few mnutes-began
walking again. the desire the part these without
to get inside greater than Orders, however,
had been given soon after the accident to admit no
more and the crowd around the door surglng
this way and that, camoring to get in. Several
times the police used their clubs freely to
force the crowd away from the doors, but as
soon as they stopped striking, men rushed toward
the narrow entrances, Glowing their way
by the doorkeepers and managers. MIR. kel-
ly, one of the two managers of the Gar
den said after the accident, "TO-mouow
morning at o'clock the admission to the Garden
will be raised to 81, and that will free the place
from these terrible crowds"


SCENES AND INCIDENTS.


The part of the balcony that gave way was about
forty feet of the southern end. his temporary
structure about fifteen feet high not built with
any design Of sustaining great weight. Al the time
Of the accident it was dcnsey packed, and many
persons were sitting on top of the wooden boxes
which were ranged along its entire length. The
fine view Of the track which could be
obtained from this elevated position had
attracted as large a number as could ind
standing room or places to hang on by, and much
larger number than ought TO have been permitted
to place themselves on so frail a structure During
the remainder of the night the part of the gallery
which was left standing contained only few per-
sons.


Directly under the section which fell was William
H. Vanderbilt's private box, surrounded with ever
greens and tastefully decorated. 1t was completely
crushed, and its furniture was splintered INTO
kindlng wood AZ the same hour on the previous
night the box was occupied by Mr. Vanderbilt and
Sir Edward Thornton. Had the accident occurred
then neither would probably have escaped serious
INJURY.


A gentleman told a TRIBUNE reporter that he
stood in front of the Bohemian glass-blowcr's
bootl-1lrcctly III front of the gallery Wien the
crash came. lie heard sharp cracking of break
ing timber and then crash, as II the building
was coming down, as he thought for the moment
was thc case He sprang backward in time TO sac
himself from being buried under the falling TIM
bers but some of the deDrls struck MN, NlOieniH
hurlIng hlm backward ten or fifteen feet. lie picked
himself M, found he was unhurt except Tor some
slight bruises and at began to help III the re-
moval of persons from the runs of the
gallery While engaged in this work he
was ordered away by an over-olfclous
policeman Who threatened hun with his club. dc
then thou ght ii about time to get out OF the way


As the news Of the accident spread rapidly about
the city much anxiety was felt by those who haI
friends at the Garden. as 10 their satetA,
and several hundred called at the Twenty ninth
Precinct Station House to inquire atter friends.
The hospitals, 100, to which any whose fI1enGs re-
ported injured were referred, were besegeu with
crowds of anxious inquirers:


After the excitement of the accident had ceased
somewhat, there had been percepilble thinning
out of the immense audience. The walkers were
cheered as usual at various times during the even
ing but the accident the chief topic of conver-
satIOI.