The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-09-12

| An ac1;Onnl Wns given by Telegraph
Saturday Ol Tie terrible accident " 30
eEcunion party irpm LING Branch,
which occaErJd " TONS River, n. j., by
t,e falling II q Ioo4 bridge on which were
s0ms two hundred peROua. The i0llDW'
inR drttis n tbc melancholy AFFAIR, gnIh-
md al lafGF hour, will H. found tnIfr'
I nc sunday sciooi connected With the
| Methodist Episcopal church q Long
| Branch lel on an excursion q tfn MN
lLea iisEjfe z 4. ", Ii special uain oil
! ~ rnu They brought music and ban,
0tn. and At BrnurhDDTi, OcalnpoEt and
I g1iO1iOWn the train tl1ppsd and reeGlyed
! hrRs aScCsaiOnS " The lumber. Alto
prtheT Tho exaunl6l party numbered
| iiEss hundred and seTenty.hyc. The
traIH arrived nj Toms River n nina
O'clock. ii 6at riil4il
The lIeyOI OF tho New .Jepssy Southern
| l!SllTOsd Is I'm tie sOuth bank q tho
TOmA IuVer.--A stream hEyiDg ~ head
tlHHii one milo boath0aSt Ol This place,
and clpE,tyIng into lIaEnegnl bay, four
miles below. 0ppoIile tho tOTIl Of Toms
1 River. the stream nnrTORI Into IW0BnAll
thtnnels 70 Accommodate itsalE 10 small
Island. An insignificant frame building,
uahl a. cWpetlOOm factory, and ave
hntS, are the only visible trace, Indicating
llIal IllLa iSlhnd Is turned " any col'mer-
1 rial account II
| 10 reach the town from tbs dep0t tOW
bridges havo 70 We crossed The first ono
| rom tic southern bank 10 tbs island y =
covered road bridge, with q sixty feet
tDOn. having an open loot bridge RdIlSted
b Lts side, Tho Sec6hd bridge Il open,
hnd heads directly to the foot Of Main
btrcGt. From the iSlInl o pebble rolled
| by d child from tho railroad track Will
4 ti.adh DC ilFst bridge, while q stone can
| be tAFOWn byn Ai0It arm IRON either
bank III tic fiveFt u thsiAlAnl re p3
Th6 covered bil6gWlS an Old md iglO'lt
structure ~ some tiltGcn yNlIS' standing.
| I.tit lnA tlle WIpPlelaCDtsl foot bridge was
4 added 10 II. lI'6e latter wa made from
| soil white cedar. II WhR BscurCtl io'thC
covered bridge by two Iron plus, and
| rested On two StringUr tour w Ten inches
/ In thickness. These stringent resting on
stone HbltIRcnts with the IRON pins DO'
lori mentioned, were all It's bUlSdeTA deem
! ri necessary l0FitA aOCtIFilNh
1 A. soon ~ tho U$ntiEiiUnlstB Lett tho
| trAInlihey slArtGl fOF TIE font bridge; The
bind marched In advance and passed
| safely aver, but halted when they reached
\ the island this caused a general closing
M on tho tOpt hralgt, which was seven
ScctIn width,
Al An attempt was beinS rua!lS 70 tgrnl The
prtHY,ssiQlL and some person llAd ll4ltct!
I Inc music ln allow time for AL TO got OIL
| lllG lIAln- Tic tiESt result WAS that every
! Inch 6r space on dc sIcnIlGrly constructed
bridge WIS HOh taken vi. .ylsh deuce
tl,rOpg Of eager liUlnahlty. In = moment
HERS was an,AwfIl CrHsll-tlIe strillgcr NJ
1 the north had snapped will loud report
jInd then followed u scene which cllNl'
IlCngtS description. .s.g.
/ Tho gIei.t mus were lturlGi into the
irl.running stream below, and lllosl
who could not swim sliOutCl for help us
they sank. The greater number Of those
I.who were on the bridge when itghvc way
I.wcre Young men anil women. They
4 ClulClttl each other IN the water IN lheiI
efforts Ia sayc themselves Many 81 thu
women lost their presence 0E mind and
lOilher tainted or scrcumcl Ike MlHtncS,
a panic selIqd tho villagers when ulc
4 news Of tbs disaster reached lllcul, and Il'
most Immediately afterwards tho banks
were lined will pGlplp offering assistance
Boats pushed off and picked up many Q!
the sufferers, Long poles were stretched
ont, and by this means many others reach
Cd tile shore, ~
The Rev. j. Is. Gruw, the pastor Of thC
Centenary Church, who WIS with lIS
loGk, stripped olThis coat and jumped In
To the water, and brought several ashore
Many Of the Villagers who were expert
swimmers did the same thing.
When all who could be seen were res
cuc,l the anxiety became intense in regard
10 several WHO wcrp yet missing, Oyster
tongues, such as are used 10 scoop VI
bivSlvcS from The rivers bed, WcFt
brought into reQuisilion, and in ten min
utcs eight bodies by their use were drawn
out,
HeartrendIug scenes followed their idCn
tiRCation, and supCrhuman efforts Weri
J put forth to TuCtlsCttalC thcm, Alrs, Syu
nOy ThrOckMOrtOn, n woman about my
years Of aua, was LlrnEgCdup linkni arEl
In urn with Miss Dora StlllWqgOn, Q beau
lilul girl RbOut illGen years Of age Boil
were apparently alive, and blood wa
pouring from the wrist Orthe drowned gir
whWu the prORgs Of the oyster tongue lFn ".
penetrated. After tWoihOUrs Of rolling
and iIagclAton Of the feet the girl showed
signs oEltlC, She was the only person 0u
.Fst,N 80, ,,,N Il H,you fN1NI rN1laihlD IN H.