, 1873-05-06

Central, aud lie fniod Of accomplishing hls OBJ
toos only on account Of tito lack Of adequate ap,
pnrat1is.. It is prolablo TINT tlloro aro goYoral
olhcraa from tho country who haye not beon
| found.
DEATH or ANOTHER VICTIM
Mrs: Alo3andor, one Of tho poraons reported
wountod, dietl this morning ahout o'clock. sl'o
wes occasionally conncious. iler husband was
talkug to hcr at tho ti'no tho brid 60 gaye way,
Ito standing OH tho nbttulont a few font Off. 1fo
waa looking ncroas tho bridge, and, fearing nil
accident, WIS about to toll llor to como acroBH to
him, When tho crash wao hoard, and sllo foil with
| tho structure.
nop1Es FOUND.
Tho body OF man named Doylo residing ut
this afternoon under tho wreck OF tio bridge:
1io Has br,liued anl cut about tho mouth, but
had evidently boon drowned.
The body Of Miss Motto Hill, Of Dixon, WIS
sho failed to jump. into tho water, but olung to
tho trost1cs, aud, those giving way, ao foil, tho
iron falling OIL her, and carry'l'g lter into the
water. to- ~ she was grappled for, and tho iron had
Mrs. Z. Hope's body was .alao found this, At
ternooll, under tho bridge, u the sanlo place.
6he Was aso crushed by iron.work. s; ATE hlra'
North Dixon, and did mt suspect that sho was
among tho crowd OH tho bridge. Whom ho hoard
Of tho accident he ut onco wont IN search Of hor.
1Io haa boon over since in pitiablo etatc Of
The body Of Robert Dyke, tho brother OF Mr.:
Dyke, grocer, cornor Of Hnlsted aud Monroe
1treeta, Chicago, was found this afternoon. 11o
was also ono Of tho unfortunatoe who olnng deb-
poratoly to tho iron work, aud waa killed. BY the
weight falling Oh him. Tho body was found by
graphing, arld 1t Is not known whether lle was
held down by tho iron or whother: ho Ind bpon
stunned by tho blow from tho works. Alr. Dyke,
Of Chicago arriyed IN tho train to-day. Tho
doceasod leaves wfe.
OF tue two missing children Of Mrs. Hen
1rlcke one vas recovered this afternoon, also
from under tho BRIDGE
Mra carrontor. giyon among those killed, is
nbntmont by tho terrified crowd. She did not
fall into tho wator, Int struck on hor head on
the works. Hor Hkull WAS frlghtfully crushed
and battorod. She wns widow, OF this city, aud
leaves q son and daughter, both Of IN ago to
support themselves .
The only bodies known to bo misHng at last
| accounts wore thoso Of Mas Mackay, Miss
Nixon, ono Of Mrs. HendrickB' children, Frank
Hamilton, Mrs. g: W. Kcntnor aud Allie Pc
tersberger, son Of Mrs. petoraborger. Although
those arc all that are positively known to DO mis-
sing, and thoro arc several strangerB OF whom
no account liaB boon received,
b1ra. Hendricks and two childron, OF Dixon.
CONDITION OF TIE WOUNDED.
Seth H. Whitn,oro, dangerously, not expected
to live; oharlos Mnrroy, ioB cut and other 60
Is paaei n1 oheney a Z tosrsa ssa atssy ss
| James Camp, Jr., severely; Mrs. Daniel Cheney,
improving; MiBB Ella Campbell of Domont,
aoycroy; jennie Camp, who is bettor; Addison
aornaey sifghtly; y Mr; +, Cook. badly, but not Ct
live; Mrs. March, badly, but is recovering; Miss
Nancy Whitmore, Of Rochester. n T., severely !;
ni,, misA Jennie Murphy; soye,rely Mra: Patrick 3
dse soono5 eo bar pse 5 n
ecalp-wound Kitty Dailcy, slightly; Mr.. Jour
dam slightly m old LADY,. nan.e not known,
badly bruised about tho head nlr. s. Thatcher,
log SsaIy 5ruisea r b Baco M Il sshtly Ma ig.
Naglc, slight scalp-woun1; another man slight
~, namo unknown.
Ts Tns called called, this morning iS At & o'clock *.
nor. Thse first wtnoss '' called i was as Judge
Jsl1n Crabtreo, Of tho Probate Court. He teati-
los taken out from under lilo bridge. Ho statod
tlat the coromony Of baptism .wag boing per-
, formed, md two had bocn baptized, and . third
was about to be led into the whter, when ho saw
ofcrack rs If d pistol lad been discharged. The
bridge appeared to swing over instantly after tho
orank was heard, "a though ovorbnlancod by tho
weight Of tho people There wore abont $50 to 17s
: women, porhaps dozon children, probably -four
, mon and four buggiea on tho span that gave
| | way, at the time Of the. accident.
Mr.. 6clluy1cr asked Htnoss what ho thought
: | WaH tlo cA1so OF INC calatn1tY. lle Wltno1a
gaia ho thought tho principle upon which the
, bridge was constructed was wrong; that 1t had
no strongth, and that consequently 1t gave way
under tho unusual pressure.
r was to tho effect TINT 10 had a talk with Mr.:
, Truosden when llo was bore, while the
j brdgo was building, whom ho told him that
the principle upon which the bridge was bull
wag wrong. He asked Truosdoll how. IL the
Truosaoll said there was noway toraise it up, hui
that it would not Bottla. Brown alao toBti-
!. fed that the brldge, WAS bnilt Of bad material
boon building : bridge, and did not care whether
: 1t broke not, le might layo used such q poo,
3 quality Of iron; but il he had any Dc,
0 sire to build, aafo and substantial
Q such material 1t tho anme time 10 said That,
0 Bupposing the material had boon good, it wae
: onlirely too light. The capping on tho top Of
i tho tresto-work (ho lore gayo tho tocllnica
tract IL writing with Truoalsll, tho latter guar
0 nntood that any single Bpan would carry 18(
: tons, whereas tho probable woight Of tho people
0 on tho span TINT ga1o way wouldnot oxccod ton
Il tons. Tho bridge had sottled mud was still SGT.
tling, and he believed it would hayo fallen Of its
q own weight in tmo.
0 Judge Wood testified to tho sa,no US to t1t
n BRIDGE stating TINT It waa not such bridge ae
!, tho people expected to get for tho money the,
q paid. Neither was 1t such a bridge as Truesdof
i agreed to mako. Ho also thought tho bridge AaG
8 aotted.
? Henry X. Strong tho hriago-tender, testinod
y tlat he Ind tended tho bridge four yoars. Mr
y schulcy asked him whether lie thougllt tho bridgt
had sottled any. Witness ropliod that llo though
: not. He was desired to refresh hB memory, AM
+ asked whether lle bud obHeryed particularly
Ho said in reply that ho had obsoryod, and can't
i to tho conclusion that 1t had not aettlotl
r Dridge-buildors Ind told him, howoyor. that il
= tho cap sottlod any tho bridge. must give. Ill
j, could not toll whore it broka or how 1t broke.
9 Tho object of the examination OF this last Wit
uoHh MAS principally to show tint tho bridge lat
4 aunk.
o Jason AyrcB testified that he had observed tht
;. bridge shake and swing perceptIbly to and fl
, agreed With other Witnesses that lilo bridge wa
o frnil sud unsafe.
o Several other witnessos were examined, bu. NJ
facts elicted, other anawera md questions being
|. almost identical. The testimony was nearI
It unanimous TINT the bridge would fall Of It's owl
q weipht In time