From The Hindu Archives, March 5, 1926: Frantic scenes in New York exchange

New York, March 4: Indescribable scenes were witnessed at the Stock Market as a result of a record slump in railway shares, hundreds and thousands of which were freely offered. Trading in the afternoon was done at a terrific pace, there being over 2 million sales during the first three hours alone. In the general scramble to execute orders brokers performed antics like dancing dervishes almost tearing off each other’s clothing as they struggled around the various trading posts. Meanwhile tickers rattled at full speed but even after the first hour they were 18 minutes behind the market. Outside the brokerage offices were jammed with anxious crowd which fearfully watched the furious battle of bulls and bears indicated on the boards by a thousand clerks, many of whom had been working all night and had toiled feverishly over their ledgers trying to keep their records abreast of the deluge of orders