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80 INJURED IN CRASH ATBALL GAME» $ragedy Mars Valley Club’s Appearance in ChicagoLast SundayMore than 100 spectators, includ-g several from Spring Valley, were jured Sunday when a grand stand ating 1,000 and jammed to capaci-, collapsed in the Roseland Pan-ers’ football park in Chicago. The agedy occurred soon after the jring Valley Wildcats had taken e field to play the Panthers. Just : a coin was being tossed for the ck off the big section of the seat-ttg arrangement gave way plunging andreds into the wreckage.It was estimated that at least 100 ere badly bruised and lascerated by Wintered boards but escaped with-ut broken bones and were given •eatment at nearby drtfg stores or iken to doctors’ offices by friendsnd relatives.The crowd had assembled to wit-ess a game between the Roseland 'anthers and the Spring Valley Wildcats. The game had not yet tarted and about 2,000 persons ul-eady were inside the enclosure whenhe crash came. The stand which ell, an uncovered structure about en feet high and with about five iers of seats, extended along the en-ire west side of the playing field and continued at right angles across a ortion of the south end.It was packed with rooters, many f them women and children, when itructure tilted northward and set-led, section by section, much as a louse of cards tumbling. Those unfortunate enough to have their legs :aught between the folding tiers ofneats had the bones siiappen. Theloise of the crash and women’s screams caused those outside theDark to notify the Kensington sta-A few minutes later a patrol wag-n filled with police reached the ?ates»and the sergeant in charge found the gates closed. He asked ;he attendant what had happened, ;hat he heard there had been an accident of some kind and that people were hurt. He was told that “nothing happened,” that it was a “false alarm.” It was two hours later, when relatives and friends began arriving at the Pullman hospital with the injured, that police flivvers and ambulances and the fire department were rushed to the park a second time. By that time the more seriously injured had been removed.There were a number of Spring Valley residents in the stand which gave away and many of them were slightly injured.Win. Tabor and Miss Bertodi, former residents, were seriously injured, both suffering from fractured limbs.Mrs. Peter DeFilippi and daughter Elva, Fred Wilber, Mrs. Thomas P y-nolds and Miss Kate Riva of Spring Valley sustained slight injuries, and many others were shaken up and bruised.
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De Pue Leader
De Pue, Illinois, US
Fri, Oct 24, 1924
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