, 1859-10-03

Full Particulars.
tF1pta The BacheIs&t Cn!oa, .Sth.]

{Prota shs RoeAet.s, Cnloa, .sta.1
Tbs particulars Of the affair can ba briefly
stated up to the point when the calamity took
place, but 10 detail what followed, aud what
must follow for days and weeks to come. is more
than ,va shall attetnpt. One Of the Joung men
from Drockport, who had been practising aud
walking the rope oyer The capul ut that placs,
went to Albiou Yesterday to glre an exhibition
I w9g aF1 the nsepg Gi rom es ogs g
the can1i from block Of stores to the Mansion
House, just west Of 3lain street bridge, and
about tire o'clock in the afternoon commenceo
walking and performing his feats. The irou
bridge near ths rupe was crowded with people
on foot and in wagons, that .place being one OF
the best that could be fonnd for view Of the
rope. When the rope walker WAS just "alkiog
our. and al eyes were fixed upon him, the
bridge went down with = crnsh, carrying into
the water in one promiseuoux mass hundreds Of
people including Ill ages and both sexes, md
with them Of course fell the horses and wagons,
irou, tiuabers aud other materials Of the bridge.
It appears that the largest number Of people
were. on the west side Of the bridge,
that being nearest to the rope. md that went
down first, TINS g1ring The falling mas. Of hu'
mau beings, animals and lroterlals side"ase
Us wel1 III downward motion.
Tho eastern section of the bridge falling last
must hare buried many beneath its ruins. Aa
the bridge mas Of iron, partly cast and partly
"Eouga'. II otoke into sesso93 m, aas ,iner ,sosear
ano Neas 10 I1e oonom Oh tae eanA !, 9ui EJst Jns ~
course esefyaning 1hat "ent oe'p!e IT. pTnea.l
canpot be described-it may perhaps be lrnsgin..
ed Hundreds Of people we're on the banks Of
the canal, and upon the buildings around to
re" ne rope waxing ineJ "eto Iuos1 pet.
ai5zed ~ the shock OF tse ialnnS onuge, oo1
tuey ot course ras1eo 70 'ae tescGs aa otS"
from ne WAFER thqse "ao we're ai.nn tsasn. 5a.a
II Was not lon2 beloTe al anose "no 1en. 9'"n NJ.
ana suflsea me i@ll we're teseaeu, ano .as
oooles q Tue oeau were soou saAea u ~ eou.
s'uesaole namocf3. genIeo'Ao "no W.
witness Of the dreadful spectacle says re thines
many n we're injured and perhaps some los. 1nelt
hres ~ t6o horses which wenI oo%n Hna ins
CROWD. They houndered, k'eSed M enc s.susesso
and no doubt injured some OF tne aaios1ana'e
people, III trJ,nz to extE7cs1e taemse1ses.
carriages anu atufaoer Team. ine nantGi y. S "
pefsons upon t4e 1floee IL estiuaeo ~ 1;o.u
two TO iour hundred. moss Q! "a3n' Neu1 tnso
the Water- Tine nss OF k1aeu "e Lave a'RsaoS
puohshed'l
4 large number WHO escaped with life were
more or less infured-some Of them fatally.
The impression that many bodies are under me
ruins OF the brtage af9se ifom 'na 1act taat .
number OF aats retc 1ou9o, lor WHICH DO OWL
eEs appeared.
Aany persons who went aoEn ana were sarea
did not LOOK lot 1helr hats: ana nenec 'ns5 "e'e
numbered among the dead.
A dam Was shrosn acrpss = the canal last eTea"
ing lev rods west Of the fa!len prtase' ana tns
water was drawn down at points 70 the eastward
during the night 1t was eight Zee, acep anoeI
tho bridge when he Incident toox piaee. II
WAS taling 20 last tl's morning. ahas IL was sup
posed TINT all the dead would be recovered to-
Gay and the wreck cleared away.
Lii. Parker states that men who did business
neae the bridge, adr!sed the people that II was
nor safe to crowd upon it, aud they DID ali they
could to induce them to leare 1t, nut their ap-
Peals we're in vain.
Tho bridge Was constructed about zen years
ago, we think, on the Whipp1e plan. II was
about Go feet og,--but not Of the ful ~iatn OF
the enlarged canal u was shortly TO oe re-
placed by larger and better one, the matefaais
for which arc already at Albion. It Is safe to
Assume that tbere wAs defect IL th!s structure,
bridges require attention, and ut times the rods
md bolts requirt: to be adjusted 60 that the
weight will be equally distributed when they
are ID order, theY "Il 4staln nny nnmoer Of
human beings that can lind place 10 STAND upon
them.
Just before the bridge fell m accident occur
red on the south side Of tho canal. The Piazza
four at Nucklar's store. broke through. carry
ing down number Of persons, some Of whom
fatally 0nc wou1au vas rrporied dead from
thix ncciaent hut The renort il not credited,
Dr. Raudail. weilknown citizen Of Albion,
wak anonp the Injured. lis head and other parts
of Tho body be;DS badlY brviseJ. The follow
in.r neraon1 were also Injured more or less:-
Celestis Hail, OF Albion. injured on tbs limbs
and body, Heury Harrington, badly bruised