100 Years Ago Today: FIVE WOMEN HURT AT WEDDING- A Heavy Pane of Glass Falls on Bride & Friends

Library of Congress ^ | 07-30-1896 | New York Tribune

[NRx]

A (mostly) daily posting for those interested in history and the day to day news, politics and culture of a bygone world; the full edition of the New York Tribune from today's date in 1896 (digitized).

[NRx]

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[NRx]

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[Larry Lucido]

Breaking the glass ceiling 120 years ago.

[lee martell]

I only took a short look at the first page, and right away I could see the difference in reporting styles from today.
They were very detailed back then, and supported each statement by a chronological sequence of events.
Today, most communication is via sight, with copy serving only as a cursory caption or summary.
Of course, back then, there were no tv’s and the available cameras were huge, heavy, cumbersome and conspicuous.

[chajin]

must have been paneful

[Cowgirl of Justice]

I had to get records from a surgery I had 47 years ago. I was stunned. It was a major surgery and the hand typed surgical notes were only one half of a page. Things were so much simpler back then

[Donglalinger]

According to wiki a major train crash at 6:30 PM on July 30 in Atlantic cityShould be major headline tomorrow

[NRx]

Yes things were simpler back then. You could get whatever you wanted from the druggist w/o a prescription. But that included so called patent medicines. And life expectancy was 47.

[dfwgator]

Yes things were simpler back then. You could get whatever you wanted from the druggist w/o a prescription. But that included so called patent medicines. And life expectancy was 47.

"And that's the way it was...and we liked it!"

[Tennessee Nana]

108 years ago today my father was born...

:)

[erlayman]

You can definitely see the influence of literary journalism in contrast to opposed to an overly fact based, impersonal, objective reporting style, especially in the articles on social and human interest topics like immigration. Some of the artistic flourishes and distinctive details would no doubt be considered condescending or bigoted today but I can imagine at the time it would have helped to draw the reader in and challenge existing conceptions and thoughts about a rapidly transforming world.

[erlayman]

You can definitely see the influence of literary journalism in contrast to opposed to an overly fact based, impersonal, objective reporting style, especially in the articles on social and human interest topics like immigration. Some of the artistic flourishes and distinctive details would no doubt be considered condescending or bigoted today but I can imagine at the time it would have helped to draw the reader in and challenge existing conceptions and thoughts about a rapidly transforming world.

[NRx]

The news from your dad’s birthday.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1908-07-31/ed-1/

[lee martell]

Happy Birthday to the memory of your Dad!

[al baby]

Happy birthday Pops

[al baby]

those last 3 posts are a big reason why i love FR

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The story is a bit harder to read than most FR articles these days... FIVB WOMEN Hl'RT AT A WEDDINO. \ HKAVY i'ANR OF OLAM FAI.t.H OM THE BHIDB AND HBB FKIENDS. BOT THR CEB> BMONY TAKK8 PLACS AFTKK Al.l.. l'lvi' womtfl were hurl, two of them acrlously. by falltng kUss a: n Hebrew weddlag In Teutonia Hall, \o. Cti Ks^px-8t., laat nlffht. The lnjured are: Mrs. Lena l.ento.i. flfty-slx yeara old. of Ka 47 Henr.v-?t., T.llle Lenton, twenty-two years old; Fan nie (Jlass, tw.nty livv yiars old, of No. 37 Allen-st.: Tilllo Welhurt. twenty-four years old. of No. 71 Graham-ave., Itrooklyn. MMl Fannle Qoldateln, thir ly wm veara old, ,.f No 37 Allen-st au recelved cuts aboiit the hea.ls and faoag, The Injurlea w-re cauaed by u large pane of jclass, three-'4ghtba of ar. Incb thlok, fall!n? on the women from the roof, at a t;n:e when 400 tfuests had CTOWdod lnto Um hali i.> Mi the welding. The brtdegro >m whose wedding ffu ?o rudely ln terrupted ms Max Si.'Kcl. a tailor. of No. 84 I.ud Iow-m.. and the brl.le Far.nle Glass. of N'o. 37 Allen-eL The bride and a ntimber of her women frlende were gatbered at the npper end of the hall. waltlng for Kabbi Kenzer. ?ho m to per I form Um oereniony, when the aeddeot happent i i As is the Hebrew custom, the brldocroom and hi? I .nale frtendi w? re In anothor part of the hall. I?i rectry over that part of tho room when tha bride WU is a sh.i't to ndmlt lipht. II Is abOUt twenty live feet blgb, and at tbe top uro aeven large paoai j if k-Us-s, each a foot and a balf wlda by three feot , lonjj. Tho proup of wnnpn waa dlrectly boneatli I these panea, ?-h.f her frlonds and brokfl lato numborloss plf-cos. Tho n >iso rauaed intense excltement among I the guesta, wblch waa adtlcl to by tbe ?l(bl of B?? of the women ;>rca:rati(J on the floor. Several men 1 rushed to thelr aid. Tho brldc w.i< placed on a , bench. Bbe h,id a imd cui on the for.tu-.il. bui | ?he was not as badly iff ns Mrs. I,. uton :ind hor dauKhter aho lay n tho floor uneble to rloe. Mrs. | l/enton \\::> blee?lln|E from tl.ro. ? mndi In hor forehead, and ber dauxhter had recelved three s alp wunnds.

[BykrBayb]

That would make him, what, about 79 when you were born? ;)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The more things change, the more they stay the same...

“Several of the injured said that they would bring suits against the proprietor.”

I wonder if they also sued the glass manufacturer, the window manufacturer, the glazier who installed the window, the general contractor, the window washer, and the transportation company who delivered the window to the job site. There have had to be deep pockets there somewhere.

[BykrBayb]

One of the injured women was named Fannie Glass. LOL