Show PIER THREE OEM TRAGIC CLIMAX TO EMPIRE DAY celebration DY BRITISH SUBJECTS AT LOS ANGELES hundred hundreds of person persons plunged down on head heads of other others when structure collapsed the victim victims mot most ly women being crushed long beach cal cali too weak to uphold tho the burden of nearly hu man beings assembled for tho the festive ties of british empire day tho the land end of tho the big double decked munica pal pier in front of 0 tho the city auditor lum collapsed saturday hundreds of persons on tho the top deck were plunged down on tho heads of 0 other hundreds crowded on the second deck tho the lower deck then save gave way and all were mere dropped down a chute of shattered woo woodwork dork to the tide washed sands twenty five feet below thirty three persona persons mostly wo men nien w ero killed by tho the shi shiv creo veren timbers or crushed to death by the falling bolies builes bo lies of companions and friends fifty more were seriously injured while hysteria and paralyzing fright disabled scorns scores of ot others A section of tho auditorium also went down don in the crash and the he debris from it was nas added to the merck age that fell on top of tho the injured ana and the dead the victims were mere subjects suba acts or for mer subjects of great britain ol 01 bouthern california all of the seriously injured aro are residents of los angeles and vicinity |