Show MANY ARE INJURED IN DENVER BY COLLAPSE ENDEAVOR TENT denver colo july U the big endeavor where the christian endeavor convention has been held for the past four days was blown over yesterday at 4 while more than people were attending the proceeding the injured numbered bearly a score but fortunately none of them waa hurt INJURED sirs thornburg denser very bad wound in forehead very teri oust nose gashed and scalp buffering several wound abella murdock denver ann fractured miss mary ellis trenton neb knee injured body bruised mrs I 1 N johnson denver badly bruised and fainted from fright J C patterson alamona alamosa colo head hit by electric lamp bad scalp wound mis etta ward west taylor street chicago large pole fell across aeck and badly bruised her INJURED among thieu who are buffering from severe nervous shocks are miss blanche fearer oregon mis new york city mia adama oregon miss nipper pueblo colo miss myrtle moore illinois misa warren illinois mrs small denver abo u of mind of A M ram aey of chicago who sprang to a chair and called to the people to hold up the canvas and poles undoubtedly prevented danger of suffocation but as it wae many women fainted and were extricated from the folds of the canvas with much didi culty mrs winifred sleep 0 denver who was in charge of the st marks hospital tent eeling the catastrophe at the big tent telephoned the electric company to shut off the current this prevented any damage being done by live wires for of course they fell with the polea A feature which showed the religious nature of the participants wae seen when the majority were extricated from the canvas fold led by an eastern delegate all gathered around in the open air and an impromptu praise was bold the convention was in full progress at 4 and although there were sign of rain and some wind was blowing no trouble was anticipated by the management the sides of the tent were up to a dmit air and this enabled the squall to lift up the big canvas as if it were a balloon the gut of wind which carried over the tent came feo suddenly that no preparation could made to forestall the consequences the wind swept un ler the tent hie roof of which immediately bellied out like an immense sail and it waa seen that the poles were being drawn from the ground the smaller guy poles pave the intimation of danger to the throng being pulled from the ground immediately people were in a panic which the screaming of the women accentuated it was then that mr sprung to a chair and loudly called on the men to hold up the canvas and catch the large supporting poles a they fell and avert that danger hun viredy of men sprang to their feet and successfully carried ait the chicago inana suggestion and consequently no one was injured in th way As the polca fell more than 1000 people who were beat cd near tha walls ot I 1 the tent escaped th folds and those people immediately formed themselves into a reserve corpe the hospital tent was speedily filled with women who had fainted and who were suffering from slight injuries |