Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-05-16

some planks and helped persons whC
chung to the debris to get ashore; $50 o
200 on the bridge must have been pre-
eipitated into the water; the sight wa
heart-rending. Frederick Shaw, an in
telligent young man, Is years of age
was on the bridge. He estimated tn,
/, number of persons at about 200, and be
lieved 156 were precipitated into tn,
stream; he felt sinking under him
lasting about three seconds, before h,
heard the crash; he jumped clean of
the bridge into the water; simultane
Gus with the crash was horrible yell
which he never expects to forget; a wo
man clasping baby to her bosom slid
off plank and was lost; he swan out
and saved the child minute or two
before the crash he heard one boy ask
another what he would do if the bridge
gave away; hardly had the words been
uttered before he had to do something he
had doubts of the ability of the bridge
to bear the load, and they were confirm
ed, somewhat, when he heard Mr.. John
d. Crabtree say to Mr.. Schamblin,
"Now come ashore, and we'll watch the
thing, for don't think it is SAFE" Mr..
Schamblin went with him, and they
reached terra firma few minutes be-
fore the accident. About the same time
Miss Ella McHenry, moved by some for
tunate impulse, ordered her driver to
take the carriage off the bridge, and he
drove off just in time.
Colonel Noble and his wife and lit
tie girl, were talking together on the
bridge when it gave way, but in the fall
they became widely separated The
colonel, who was unhurt, managed to
reach the girl and save her, but his wife
was too far away for him to render any
assistance to her. and she was drowned
before his eyes. His watch stopped at
precisely IA minutes past one, which
must have been within few seconds OF
the time of the accident. A little girl
three years of age, daughter of Mr.
Wadsworth of Bloomington, was with
her grandmother on the bridge. Hel
grandmother was lost, but she foated off
sustained by her clothing, and kept pad
ding with her little hands and feet un
til she was rescued by some boys. One
man sank twice and rose the third time
when vain effort was made to GRASP
him. AS he was going down he wa
heard to exclaim the Baptists.'
With this curse on his lips he sank for
ever. When the bridge fell, the horses
behaved with wonderful equanimity, anc
were allowed to swim ashore. But one
horse was drowned. Two women wen
down together, the iron hemming then
in like "a wise. Their necks and bodies
were securely bound. At depth of six
inches below the surface of the water
the hands and faces of persons could
be felt as they lay embraced in the de-
bris. A seine was stretched below the
wreck, so that if any of the bodies got
loose and foated down, they might be
caught. Many of those rescued prompt
ly, though apparently dead, were resus'
citated. while others, alive and sensible
soon died of their injuries. A few Of
those crushed by the iron were taken ou
alive, but in some cases so badly injured
that death ensued in few hours. Quit
a number of persons are missing, an(
their friends apprehend they wer'
drowned in the disaster and foated OF
in the current.
| SINGULAR CATASTROPHE IN Penn
sYLvANIA.-T Two leading citizens o
Nazareth in Northampton county, Pa
were killed ON Monday in singula
manner. A lime kiln belonging to on
of them, named Lichtenwallner, had be
come choked up, and he, with neigh
Dor named Haldeman, mounted the kiln
and with long iron rod forced hol
down through the lime. When the pass
age was made a jet of sulphurous ga
rushed upward, and Lichtenwallner wa
overpowered by its fumes before h
could get away. His companion, t
} his horror, saw him pitch head first int
the kiln. supposing he had lost his ba
ance Halderman rushed to the spC
] where Lichtenwallner had stood to rer
der him aid in getting out. There wa
J quantity of lime in the kiln, and MI
Haldeman, seeing his compa MON lyin
upon it, bent forword and actually SUE
ceeded, in getting hold of him. AS b
, raised him up, the sulphurous fumt
> struck Halderman in the face, and b
instantly lost all consciousness, and fe
t after Mr.. Llchtenwallner into the kilr
Theodore Walters, who was driving b
| at the time Halderman ran up to the to
t of the kiln, and who saw him fall int
t the pit, fastened to the rescue. He &c
4 ladder and went into the kiln, an
3 seized the body of Lichtenwallner. B,
!. fore he reached the top he became vi
, conscious and fell back into the kiln wit
his lifeless burden. Other parties 500
, came, and Walters was finally gotto
out and resuscitated, but both he and hi
rescuers are still suffering severely. Licf
: tenwallner and Haldeman were bot
dead. They were well to do farmers
and leave families.
7 SAD STORY OF A CAsT-AwAY.-Th