Show MANY CHILDREN INJURED RED Collapse of or Temporary S Seats ah at Column bus Rehearsal Four hundred children of Connecticut Connecticut Con Con- were seated seat on temporary seats fifteen elf tf- tf teen tn feet high Wednesday afternoon rehearsIng rehearsing rehears rehears- ing for tor the Columbus day celebration on Friday when the benches collapsed and 3 children fell fel to t the te floor for Many received broken limbs but none were killed The pupils with principals prIncipal and teachers had bad marched through the streets with wih a drum corps for tor a marching drill dri and went to t the rink to practice chorus singling singing for national airs irs Ira for tor bl big Columbus day celebration Temporary seats seat were erected In tiers ter to the of fifteen feet to t hold hol 1000 10 child child- ren They were being seated on the upper seats beats set and the first 40 had bad ha been seated when the five top rows collapsed Three hundred children fell fel to t the floor in a a heap and the wreck and their screams screams caused a panic panl among the others who escaped while sev eral women fainted A crowd was wa quickly on onto the tho to spot to rescue the children chiden some of whom were pulled out with broken arms and legs and collar colar bones or otherwise hurt burt some being unconscious All AU the tho town doctors doe doc doe tors were summoned and many teams were pressed pressed into Int service to t take the children home None hurt The were fatally smallest smallest small small- smal- smal est children those thos from 5 to 12 years occupied occupied pied the top seats seat which had bad evidently been carelessly constructed The community is I excited and indignant anti anci anI there have hae been threats threat of lynching Carpenter Car Car- penter Curtis The children were to be the principal feature of the Columbus celebration but the accident has ha greatly greaty Interfered lh with that part of the te |