Salt Lake Herald | 1893-06-29 | Page 2 | Nineteen Injured

NINETEEN INJURED A Floor GIves Way While a Presentation I Being Sfade CHICAGO June 1SWhile employes in the decorating department of the Worlds fair were presenting s silver tea service to D Millet director ot decorations this < afternoon the floor on which they were standing suddenly gave way precipitating pre-cipitating 2 persons several feet to the ground nineteen of them i sustainIng painful but not fatal injuries The accident occurred in the color build I f nsr which is a small structure erected for working purposes and not one of the buildings ior exhibits The presentation was just over and the men were thronging around Mr Millet t congratulate aim when suddenly the floor gave way with a terrific crash The floor was constructed of thin boards and light scantlings and was not intended to stand any great strain