Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1901 — Many Hurt at a Circus. [ARTICLE]

Many Hurt at a Circus.

The reserve seat section of the Merchants’ Railroad show collapsed at Oil City, Pa., while the exhibition was being given, throwing scores of people to the ground. The most seriously injured were Clate Wadsworth, Mrs. Lynch and Charles ‘Stronge, who had their legs broken.. Many others sustained severe bruises and sprains.