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Show ROOTERS HURT WHEN BALCONY FALLS AT GAME DENVER, Colo., Feb.S. A balcony bal-cony in the Nnrlh Denver High schoul gymnasium fell tl i.- after- " noon during I high school basketball basket-ball game. More than one hundred hun-dred spectators .ero plunged to the floor, twenty feet below and a dozen or niore persons were Injured, In-jured, The teams of East and North Denver were competing. The "rooters" In the balcony arose to cheer a play, stamping their feet ln approval. The balcony, built outward from the wall of the gymnasium, was supported from the celling by large iron hooks and chains. When the stamping continued the celling supports gave way. Most of the Injured suffered broken arms and legs. More than five hundred persons were watching watch-ing tho game when the accident occurred. |