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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1963)
PACE IA 1IER,LD AND Bodies And Concrete Hurled Onto Ice By Giant Explosion (Conlloufd from Pate 1) . les laid out in the coliseum un . der the merry eye of a paste , board chorus girl which had served as a prop lor the show. Survivors Tell Btory . Those who lived through it told the story: Policeman Jack Ohrburg: "It's the first time I've ever had a 3-year-old girl die In my arms crying Daddy, daddy'." Richard CrowtU, 20, college student, who dragged his girl friend from the rubble and struggled towards safety: ; "There was a popcorn conces sion stand beneath us . . . all over us. I carried Karol. I could sec people screaming and running. iLegs and arms were sticking out of the rubble. On the way out we had to cross people I believe were dead. One man had his head sticking in the flames." Battle of Music DANCE featuring music by 2 -BANDS -2 from MEDFORD The CHECKERS from Eugene THE FERRARI'S With vec.lt by lovilf DEE SPRINGER This bind fust completed a tour wirii Dick It Dte Klamath Fall AUDITORIUM SAT., NOV. 2 Dancing 9 -1 No Inrsrmltsisns B.fort O . $1.49 Atrtr - $2.00 LADIIS . Pltoie Wear Skirts Hovo fun Go D.nclni When you care to send the A 4. A very best Even though Hallmark cards are the very lest your money can buy, they are not expensive. For example, we liave Hallmark Christmas carda for ai little as $1.00 a liox. Many designs in out boxed collection are by famous artists and poets, yet these cards are easily within reach of every budget. See them today, BRODERICICS 2212 So. 6th PHARMACY Op.n 9 e.m.-l p.m.; Cloud Sundays It's new in the GMC line! GMC's In-line 6 Motor 140 Horse Power Skimps on Gas.' 3 Immediate Delivery In Stock Wide Side Pick-Up OLbSMOBlLE 'i t 7th i Klamath Ph.4-4154 NEWS. Klamalr Falls, Otrgoa John Williams, Columbus, Ohio, a member of the com pany of "Holiday on Ice:" "No performers were hurt but some were knocked off their feet from the impact. Fire and flame followed immediately. People fan onto the ice. They didn't know what to do. They were slipping on the ice. The people were just like cattle. Tiicy came across the ice and got out of there." Police Chief Robert Rcilly: "I thought I had seen death, but I guess I was' wrong. I don't care if you have seen five wars." Critical Condition Some of the injured were in critical condition. Other survivors thought at Youth Describes Scene After Tragic Explosion EDITOR'S NOTE Richard Crowell, 20, Indianapolis col lege student, was with his parent and girlfriend at the Indianapolis Coliseum iwhen an explosion ripped through It, The following js his ac , count. By RICHARD CROWELL As Told To UPI INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. UPl They had this special where you buy two tickets and get two free. My folks got the tick ets and invited me to bring my girl. Dad got box seats that were right above one of t h e main sections. In front of us there were about 10 rows of wooden chairs with people right next to the Ice. The show was superior to any we had seen before. The skit just before the finale involved two comedians who slid off the ice with firecrackers going off. Then the finale began and just when the stars were going through their final spins, there was this great noise like a huge firecracker. All around us was the smtll of smoke and the dust of the explosion. About IS feet away Phont 2-481 - Friday, Novembr 1, 1J6J first the explosion was part of the show. The skaters were twirling in center ice at 11:11 p.m. EST when the southern end of the barn-like arena exploded. To some, it sounded like firecrack ers and they started moving peacefully towards the exit. But suddenly bodies were fall ing onto the ice, hurtled from as far as 50 feet away. So were huge chunks of concrete. Flames leaped from the wreckage. Par ents clasped their children, tried to shield (hem, and died wifh them. Some fled across the ice, slipping, falling, and rising again. Coroner Dennis Nicholas said he had counted the bodies of at least 32 women. was a geyser of flame. I didn't know where my mother or fath er was but Karol (17-ycar-old girlfriend l was on my right. She was half buried in the rub ble. I was thrown up in the air. I lost my glasses. If I hadn't been holding on to Karol I probably wouldn't have found her. I pulled her out by the arm pits, she was unconscious. My left leg had been wedged into the rubble, I sprained it when I pulled it out. There was popcorn from the concession stand beneath us . . . all over us. I carried Karol to a section that was still standing. I could see people screaming, and run ning. Legs and arms were sticking out of the rubble. On the way out we had to cross persons I believe were dead. One man had his head sticking in the flames. When we got outside, Karol was crying. Oad met us and feared another explosion. We heard ambulances but decided it would be quicker to go by car. Dad drove us, honking through several red lights, down to St. Vincent Hospital. We were among the first to arrive at the hospital. Every person I saw later looked 10 times worse off than 602 Died In 1903 Tragedy By United Prrss International The most tragic lire in a place' of public entertainment was the blaze that killed MB persons in Chicago's Iroquois Theater Dec. 30, 1903. Fire killed 401 persons in the Cocoaiiut Grove, nightclub, in Boston, Mass., on Nov. 28, 1!M2. On Dec. 6, 'lR7fi. U'.IS persons were killed when fire swept through a Brooklyn iN.Y.) the ater. Two hundred persons lost their lives at the famed Opera Comique of (Paris during a fire there May 23, I8B7. On Sept. 4 of the same year another son were killed in a fire at a thea ter in Exeter, Eng. In a bliite at the Mayague Theater in San Juan. P.R., 130 persons died Iune 20. 1!I!. A fire in the Ringling Broth ers circus lent in Hartford. Conn., killed 108 persons July 0, l!M4. Most recently, a circus fire in Niterni, Braul, Dec. 17. IW2. killed 323 persons and injured 800. ,.- . ,w. , .. , .-feUaiiss": is.V TRAPPED BOY SAVED Firemen reaches out to help a trapped boy at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Indianapolis Thursday night following an explosion that killed 67 and inured hundreds. aw Sst I l-'-.:N.'3 . -W i - Sr k . S 1 I I sill 1111 ilHliss 1 FIRST AID RENDERED A victim is comforted by friends after first aid was qiven following an explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum Thursday night. UPI Telephoto Mayor Escapes Explosion EDITOR'S NOTE - Indian apolis Mnyor Albert tau-hr was in the audience when an explosion ripped the Indiana .State Fairground Coliseum Thursday night. This Is his story. By MAYOR ALBERT LOSCIIE As Told To I PI INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. UPP 1've never seen anything like it. It's the worst tragedy in the history of Indianapolis. II must have been some sort of gus explosion, but 1 don't know or sure. Ordinarily. 1 would have lecn siltuig in the section that blew up. 1 always get 10 Shrine Night tickets on the south side of the coliseum, but this year I was late buy ing my tickets and ended up on the extreme north side. Everybody was enjoying the show, but all of a sudden there was a terrific explosion and FLY OUR NEW CHEROKEE! Hert . right now at oil obit few charter and rental. It s the newest ond most ad vanced Piper. Enioy the stability and safety of a low-wing otrplane. You'll like the low rcntol and charter rates, too! Klamath Aircraft INC. Klemarh Fellt Atrpert i UPI Telephoto bodies started flying onto the ice. Flames were shooting 25 to 30 feet into the air. Fumes started building up and people were screaming and try ing to get out. The aisles were all jammed and it was very difficult to get out of the build ing. Just about the time I got my guests outside the first firemen showed up to put out the fire. Local Artists Part Of Show OREGON STATE VWVERSI TV Two artists from Klamath Falls are among 31 Oregon art ists whose paintings and draw in its will he exhibited Nov. 4 to 24 at Oregon stale University. TIh-v me Howard A. Hall ,Ir. of 4.V17 ljuerne Avenue, who will show three oil paintings, and 1-yle F. Matoush of 1517 Donald, who will exhibit one col or intncllo nd one collate. fceraliianiljrtrjjs KUmam rein. PufcllihH eaiiy (ticiM Sat.1 iM Sunday ) $rvf( StwtMni OrtfM I Ntrtnern ClMfeml t-f K limit in nine CmH"V Mi 1 at Citif PftAf TU'ttft -l"t W. . wttletl. PwtHtMr tnttrt ai KfA-lM metttr tt tt DMl 'tt II Kumeth Pll. OtJOAn. 1 Anftjit h, int. rer act el Ce !'. virth j. iit stieM-ciaii e' ff eae at Klamath a'H. Orteaib i at a4iirAi maiimt eHrteai Carrttr 1 Mm ... 1 in ; Msxtmt tti it I t Year WM I Mall hi Atvaaet 1 MaMtn .tin 1 t mmim vtn 1 Yier HI- Carrier ae omen wMknT. cer. lt lttfMlT, Clf v IK UNITID eS I NTH NATIONAL AUOlT tUMiau OP CIRCULATION ltiaKrn rm rectiviea tfanverr a HtraN) IM Nw. MN ruiaea -aui nre v .. "BOOMERANG" RETURNS STOCKBUMY, England tUPH William Reed said today his mongrel puppy has returned to his home here three times alter being sold. The dog's name is "Roomcr- TONITE and SATURDAY! 3 BIG FEATURES! DINQ BOB CROSBYhOpe OAN COLLINS LAST TIMES jiifi vis LEIGH - JOHNSON SUZANNE PLESHEITE - TY HARDIN DOROTHY PROVINE Starts SUNDAY! SOME WOMEN BEG SOME BUY IT... AND SOME- LIKE LAURA... STEAL IT! ..SUSAN IIAYIVARD. STtlUN Ifoun. MfCHAEL CRAIG DIANE "Icsn't (Jfjk fVXll belnvul... AVX?1 I . T rV We'rtislt 1 I ' V ' wboth rj I I Tl 1 hm much of f A L? I i vIvx T 1 I ' a WRBCrVJRLVS 1 I Georgia MARIETTA. Ga. IL'PI' An explosion shattered a crowded store Thursday night on the town square here where hun dreds had gathered for a chil dren's Halloween parade. Seven persons were killed and scores injured. Rescue workers pulled the seventh victim from the rubble of Atherton's Drug Store early today. He was identified as Terry Carter, 7. He had last New Attack Launched By Algeria RABAT, Morocco (UPI IAl gerian forces launched a mas sive artillery and infantry at tack against the border town of Figuig at dawn today. A short time later, King Hassan of Mo rocco announced that his troops had withdrawn about a mile from the town. Figuig is 37 miles northeast of Colomb Bechar. With an esti mated population of more than 10.000 persons, it is the biggest town yet to figure in the Algerian-Moroccan border fighting. On French maps it is shown about three miles inside Moroc co. The attack began at 7 a.m.. today, the king said, some 18 hours before the cease-fire, agreed to at Bamako .his week, is scheduled to come into force. The truce was signed by Has san and Algerian President Ah med Ben Bella. The king called newsmen to his throne room at midday and told them "a criminal Algerian attack has been in progress since this morning against Fi guig." He said the population of Fi guig suffered "loss of lives and properly among men, women and children." Border reports said the Algerians used artil lery and heavy mortars to shell the town before their infantry moved in. GATIS OPEN :30 P.M. SHOW STARTS AT 7:00 P.M. MKffllMlflfnMt wit Mr MfSMflM tiwsowiui OPENS TONITE AND SATURDAY AT 6:45 SATURDAY! s-iuit auiHt - WINTERS - HYER LOVE... BAKER EDWARD JUDD ues ii'H.i.n.mim Blast Kills 7 been seen entering the store with his father. 'They were holding hands when they walked in," said the youngster's uncle, John Carter. They were going to buy Terry a mask." The boy's 33-year-old father also was killed by the blast. The explosion, believed caused by gas leaking from a heater located in a shallow basement near the front of the store, sent splintered glass, chunks of concrete and other debris hurtling across the street toward the square. People standing on the side walk watching the festivities were knocked over and the body of one victim was hurled into the street. Twenty-seven persons were treated for injuries at Kenne stone Hospital. Nine were hos pitalized in serious condition. The blast happened at 6:25 p.m. Thursday during the after-working-hours shopping rush in this suburban town of 23,000 and brought fire engines and ambulances rushing into the square where masked young Matinee SATURDAY WALT DISNEY LAND ON MOON AS EARTH IS GRIPPED IN "THE BIG FREEZE"! Kid 25c Kids (12 thru Ends SATURDAY! -isn M'. iru- 1 l . """ -'. EDGAR ALLAN TOES 1 reflisfa Starts SUNDAY! SHOCK CORRIDOR OPENS THE DOOR TO SIGHTS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE! Victim of a Wild Hallucination ...That Mis Sweetheart Was JPETER BRECK -CONSTANCE TOWERS awvci rvum f wuwrt Hkw His Sister wno ffjr njh Recommended for Adulti Only! j'',B'MaaBMaiiii,,,3!siiBg vTl i He is a married schoolmaster Sh is one of the youngest girls in his class. lane Olivier iillikM ."PETER GLENVLLl WINNgSI gPtCIl WD VENICt FILM Ft STVVU 1tf sters were competing in a cos tume contest. "It was like a jet breaking the sound barrier," said high school student Barry Hill who was sitting with some friends in a car near the store when the blast occurred. "Oh, it was 30 times louder than that. "We all ducked our heads and glass from the windows in the store embedded in our car. When we looked over there, there was nothing. . .everything just collapsed. . .it all collapsed on people." Hunters Save Indian Guide ' lOfMIILE HOUSE, B.C. UPI Two United States hunters saved the life of a one-aimed Indian guide as a giant Grizzly bear was mauling him. The bear had its jaws clamped over the head of Ed ward Dixon, 44, near here. The animal was cut down by a fusilade of shots from Geo(pe Riddle and Cleo Cripps, both of Las Vegas. Doors 04 1:00 P.M. Stiow Starts 1:30 P.M. Out e 3:30 P.M. for KIDS! Nov. 2 IMEIl 41 TOM CONWAT NNIIS 14) 50c Gen. Adm. $1 OPENS TONITE MS CONTINUOUS SAT. & SUN, FROM 12:45 WrWPAIACE " W ' MNAVISION-COIOR ' 1 mWWM M..M. . . virrutm rKlUL OEBKA PAGET A Man Trapped in the Ward 01 Love Maddened GENE EVANS-JAMES BEST HARI RHODES y ri' rnwm m nuu mm Vux Sine Siprel rmMUMiotl iv leaser Women! J
