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Show ELGIN RACE GRANDSTAND COUAPSE Twenty People Are Injured, Four of Them ' Seriously. LO RIMER'S DAUGHTER SUFFERS BROKEN LEG Races Stopped and Not Resumed Re-sumed for Nearly an Hour. BLGIW, I1L, Aug. 26-A acorn of person wart lntored, four aertoualy, today to-day wbaa aactiona M to 110 of the road race (rand atand collapsed, tambUnf 1000 peopla la a heap. Th accident occurred only a few momenta mo-menta after tha Uat ear In tha Elfin cap zacav driven, by Xalpk ittitf rV aad cotton away. Amoagi the injured were Mra. Ray Graham, daughter of Senator William Lorimer and daughter-ia law of Andrew Oraham. recently a candidate for mayor of Chicago, and Mra. char Ice t.'oey, whoaa eye waa badly bruised and whoae ankle was twisted. Mra. (iraham'a leg waa broke. Theaa Injuries, with two of a similar nature, were the only ones that were serious. Tha race waa stopped at tha and of the 6 ret lap, and those who were unable to walk were removed to lha leld hospital ia ambulances. Partial Llat ef Injured. John R. Deleney. Elgin: ankle broken. aire. C. A. C'oey. Chicago; eye bruised and ankle apralncd. Mrs. Ray Graham, daughter of Bene-tor Bene-tor William Lorimer, Chicago; leg broken. brok-en. H. J. Bawrer, Jollet, III., son-in-law of Warden) Murphy of the penitentiary; an- ger broken end anee epreinea. W. H. Weber, Blue Island, 111.; ankle sprained. Mra.-N. H. Vanslcklan. Chicago; cut about face and lege. Mra. rranklln aora, Elgin; ankle sprained. a. A. C. Barclay. Elgin; eye cut. Mr. J. L. Valentine, Chicago; knee twisted. Mra. J. Beckenridge, Chicago: ankle ep rained. Mrs. H. J. Noble, Elgin: ankle apralned. Hot Well BullV The aeata which fell were of the kind known aa "cirrus" and were haatlly completed com-pleted yeeterday by the Cleveland. O.. contractor who had furnished thsm to tha recent aviation meet. The etrtngere on which the seete reeted had been nailed to the pilings Instead of being anchored and the etraln of the crowd of yeeterday and today proved to heavy a burden. The whole maaa aunk, but occupants oc-cupants of the ata were thrown In a huuole la the mkMle. . Aa the atand collapsed a hueh fell over the Held, hut when word wea mega- - phoned "Nobody killed" 4here if ere I cheers and handi-lapplng. I The race wee resumed at 11 ;M o'clock after a delay ef any mtautee. |