, 1869-08-18
SAD ACCIDENT AT MINNEAPOLIS,
Three Wen Swept Over tho Falls md
DroIVncd-A Temporary bridge
ftnrrtrt A4xav.

From the Ainnta,4Iis iMisn.> Tib..nt, dug,ut IS
very sad accident occuTTtts al the falls yeeter-
day, which Resulted In the drowning Of TWO men.
| anu probably three. The circumstances arr as
follows: temporary bridge had beeu built across
from the platform al tie foo1 Of the mills TO the
uatu out u the streatu where the wor3 OF building
the apron Is In pfoeresa For the past few days
the Water has been rising so fast that extra pf-
csctiDns Here taken in oraclng and asteuinS The
brldge, so thatIt was thought TO Le Sc snre, but
yesterday, after The heavy rain Of Friday evening,
the r1Eer Ioss. SO fast that It almost submerged
stll 10 serious arprehelslous were entertained Of
| its real danger, and Wofkmen aud E!s!tors Kept
passing back aad forth until about quarter bc.
lore II O'Clock yesterday morning, when tIeavy
log Is supposed to hare come down. striking the
sttngcrs Of the bridge With such force as 10 carry
re- sEne d sp2n sonps5elS ou, nnd nas!n9 Into
wa'chm1n, and one or two others who were stand.
ing at the bridge at the time, They made des-
nIss1te I attempt 70 save themselves By cl!ugtng 70
current, with the present heavy volume OF water
that is forced upon this s!te Of the river, WAS 10
strupg thai 1t would have Ie9uireu more than bu.
man strength, when once In It, to have sareN
themselves, and 80 they we're carried over the
lals, right IN sight and In resch OF friends, who
we're totally uuahe 10 save them.
The water sweeps over the falls here and down
among the rocks below Ut fnTlons rate nl4I II IS
pEosahle thst two q the men were Killed In the
passage, while the third, several witnesses say,
they saw clinGtng to piece Of timber below the
falls being E1pidly carried 1y the current towards
"a lsani On the other sde Of he rser wien he
hands and disappear I'd from sight.
several men who were standing upon the plat
form at The end Of the br1tge xly they heani the
c1asn and looked anu saw the bridge being clrr1e,l
away. and Miles trying to saye himself bg Jumping
towards the end OF The bridge near the aa1u while
the other men were trying to save themselves oy
jumping the other Why, but the whole thing
tEnnsplfed 80 rapidly that It Tas impossible Tor
men standing on the platform attempted 10 reach
ont nlanks TO the one near them, but he was car.
Iiets aWaF 80 quick they could not tracn him,
tit 70 the present Writing We have not been able
10 ASCERTAIN TO certainly whether there was Two
persons besides sherten carried orer the Fails.
iet most OF the Witnesses who were standing near
there at the time are OF the optnon that three
men went over, AM! It seema to be qnite generally
believed, although 1t Il not known Who tic other
tWo Wns- They we're supposed to he workr!cn
anu probably scand.navians. but u their bodies
nave rot beeu recovered yet, 1t Is impossible to
tell who they were.
A :lasEe party started from this city !mme-
dtatel5 sttef the acellent, an. searched on both
coming on they we're compelled to return with
OFT 1ndtbg any traces Of the missing tueu- The
search VII! be resumed this morning at daylight,
and probably the botle4 will hc recovered as d
vii! be % thorough as possible.
Niles shtrteu Was 80 Jeals Of age, and was born
In IRELAND. lie cAtne TO America eighteen Years
ago mas lived IN Minneapolis fifteen years, was
Ptrt; the inter died about four mouths since the
three lnys arc living: the Oldest is seven ami the
{0lnetst between three and four Jeara old. MI
f. xAs formerly foreman Of the cardIng DEPART
which place he held so1ne three or four years
lie Was ntso porter at the WInslow House. St.
Anthony, several yeaTs before the war, aud after
wards occupied the same position at the Nicolet
House i.t n .hls city. Ie was E,oung man Of
steEllpE toesriiy, Ind had very large circle OF
ftituI5 throughout the COUNTY,