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Show BLEACHERS GO 001; 01 HIED HURT Accident at Grecncastle, In3., Due to Swaying of Football Foot-ball Enthusiasts. GREBNCASTIiID, Ind., N"ov. 1. One hundred persons or more, most of whom were women, wcro hurt, eight seriously, when tho bleachers on Depauw university univer-sity athletic flold collupsed Just before tho Depauw-Rose Polytechnic football samo this afternoon. It was estimated that moro than 700 men and women were on the bleachers whon thoy went down. Momners of both football equads did grood work in disentangling the twisted mass of lumber and humanity. The tramo was not played. Tho eleht believed be-lieved to have been tho moat sorlously hurt are: Chester Dallripple. Terro Haute, legs Injured. Mrs. H. Foster, Greencnstle, Ind., Injured In-jured from shock. Miss Eusenla Pickett, Greencastle. back wrenched. Mrs. R. A. Foster, Indianapolis, Ind., left leg crushed. Ray Wade, Indianapolis, neck lacerated. lacer-ated. V. J. WTieelock, Evansvllle, Internally Injured. Miss Gladys Light, Terre Haute, ankle dislocated. Miss Florence Dlllmon, Cannersvlllo, leg broken. The swaying of the crowd ln cheering tho Depauw team a& It camo on tho field Is believed to have been the immediate cause of the collapse. , "Old Gold day" was being observed at the university and a large number of alumni from out of town were here for the game. ' |