Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-06
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
HEART-RENDING AND SICkENING
DETAILS. w5p
Gallant Conduct in Rescuing Victims.
AN IRON BRIDGE BREkKsA CROwDEp
Ninety Lives Lost and More Missing.

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I DIXON, ILL, May 5.-The. iron bridge
gave way with two hundred persons, in
Guiding many women, who were witness
of the dead have been recovered, twenty
four of the rescued are injured some fatal
ly. 1t is feared others are under the ruins.
Bodies were found six miles below the
scene The loss numbers about ninety.
Every house in the city is in mourning.
Several of the injured have died. Il s 4
+ Derricks are being erected to lift up the
wreck, when the full loss OF, life will be
ascertained. 1t is thought many persons
from the country around not reported
missing will 9iWq09 NOql 04TJN
swell the Loss Terribly. 30 -@''
The bridge was torn and broken and left
hanging from the piers, and is an appall-
ing sight in itself. At each end, men, wO-
men and children were crushed, into the
river, while at the north end, where the
loss of life was greatest, the bodies were
held firmly to the bottom of the river in
net work of iron. SIS - so
|. Among the killed at Dixon was Miss
Bette Payne, daughter of Mrs. w. l..
Payne, editor of the Chicago Lady's Mag
GZine. e-9T-s = So f-A-h~ IA $50
Particulars of Narrow Escapes.
Mrs. Daniel CLANCY, who, it was feared,
was fatally injured, is row better Chas.
Murray fractured one bone of his leg and
his collar bone, besides receiving several
flesh wounds, but is doing well this morn
ing. Mrs. Murray is also comfortable and
better. Mrs. Ella Campbell, of DoyetOwn,
who was severely injured, is doing well.
There were several buggies, Oh the
bridge, but, strange to say, no one in the
vehicles were injured, and the horses also
escped.
VIM. S. Hillock's horse and wagon are
still on the bridge, and food for the horse
has to be carried to it.
Jacob Armstrong jr., went down in the
crash and was compelled to crawl on the
bottom of the river, out from under the
sidewalk of the bridge, but being an ath
letic man, saved himself and helped rescue
several. Charles Mcbride saved many
lives. Col. III. j. Hale, made q narrow
escape, he held Mrs. Smiths little child and
went down with it and come up and
saved the little girl and barely saved him
SELF Mrs. Noble was several feet from her
husband, but he could not reach her in the
fall because there was a mass of human
beings between them. fIU2 rl
Tony Brant, a boy of eight years, clung
to a plank and was picked up safe half a
mile below. Ed. Patrick ileaped into the
water and saved several lives.
g ga Noble Acts. ft-t 'tt ~
viii Daily, with noble energy saved
many lives, among them were three wO-
men on a plank, whom he pushed to shore.
He then pulled off his coat and boots and
swan to DIR. Hoffmon, who was on q bar
half way to the railrad bridge and rescued
him.
Mr.. Dauntler saved several lives Fred.
l.: Show saved five or six persons. Henry
Woodruff swan boldly into deep water
and rescued many. There were several
bodies taken out of the river as far down as
below the railroad bridge. ~ ~
The body of Fred Hope was found float
ing nearly mile down the river this
morning. All those reported missing are
probably in the net work of the bridge at
the bottom of the river. After the nights
work under the superintendent of j. G.
Jacobs, of the Illinois, Central Railroad,
who rendered much assistance, derrick
was erected and it it is hoped this morn
ing that the iron work will be lifted, so
that the bodies will be recovered. 1t is
feared that the extent of the calamity is
not yet learned, for there may have been
many on the bridge from the country
whose names were not obtained. ,a
.ea - An Indiana Railroad Accident,
PRINCETON, IND, May 5.-An excursion
train, hence Mount Carmel, Illinois, was
plunged down an eight foot embankment,
turning the cars bottom up. A number
were seriously and some fatally hurt.