The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-06
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
ILLINOIS,
Ahe Eearfnl bridge Disaster at Dixon
urIher DetaiIs-PreparatfOn for

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| Ihe Fearful Bridge Disaster Mt n,xo,
Further acknowledgements r.,,
Raising the Wreck 800 -"'
DIXON, May 5.-Up to six D. IN. thirty
TWO dead bodies had been taken from tn,
river, and 1T is almost certain that Others
are still under the wreck Of the bridge. q
| those saved twenty-four were more or less
injured, some fatally.
| Every house IN the CITY is in mourning
Several of the injured have died. Derrick
are being erected to lit the wreck wber
the full loss OF life will be ascertained. 7,
IS thought that many persons from the
country around, not reported missing. will
swell the loss terribly.
The bridge, torn and broken, hangs from
the piers, and is an appalling sight in itself
AT each end men, women and cb;ldrar
were crushed into the river. while At The
north end where the loss of life was great .
est, the bodies were held firmly to the hot
tom of the river in network of IRON
MIS-; Daniel Cheney, who it was feared was
iataliy injured, is now better. Charles
Murray fractured the bone of his
leg and collar bone, and received
severe flesh wound, but is
DONG well this morning. Mrs. Murray is
also comfortable and better. Mrs. Ella
Campbell, OF Danetown, who was severely
injured, is doing we'll. f
There were several buggies on the
bridge, but strange to say, no one in a
vehicle. was injured, and the horses also
escaped. 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 un6 er the sidewalk
Of the bridge, but being an athletic man,
saved himself, and helped to rescue several
Charles Mcbride saved many lives. Col.
II. y. Noble made narrow escape. He
held Mrs. Smiths little child, and went
down with it, but came up and saved the
little girl and barely saved himself.
Mrs. Noble was several feet from her
husband, but he could not reach her in the
fall because there was mass of human
beings between them. Tom Brandt. a how
of eight years, chung to plank and was
picked up safe half mile below. I'd PAT.
rick leaped into the water and saved several
lives. Will Daily, with noble energy. saw.
ed many lives, among them three women ON
plank, whom he pushed ashore. He then
pulled Oft his coat and boots and swan to
Or. Huffman, who was on the bar half wav
to the railroad bridge, and rescued him,
Mr.. Dountler saved several lives. Fred T.
Shaw saved five or six persons. II. W.
Woodcitf swan boldly into deep water and
rescued many. u r.. e''"- '''' N'.
There We're several ladies taken out of
the river as far down as below the rail-
road bridge: The body of Fred Hone
was found floating nearly a mile down the
river this morning. All those renorted
missing are probably in the net work of
the bridge at the bottom of the river
After nights work under Superintend.
ent j.. y. Jacobs, of the Illinois Central
railroad. who rendered much assistance. a
derrick was erected, and it is hoped this
morning that the iron work will he lifted
SO that the remaining bodies may be re-
covered. 1t is feared that the extent of
the calamity is not yet learned, for there
may. nave been many on the bridge from
the country who are not known.
Among the killed is Miss Bette Payne.
the daughter of Mrs. M. L. Payne, editor
of the Chicago Ladies Magazine.
When the bridge gave way most of the
people were gathered at either end, though a |
large number were near the centre. and
some OF the latter remained where thew
were after the crash and were taken off !
10 boats. Several persons jumped from
their precarious resting place and were |
drawn ashore. Two horses attached TO a
buggy were on the middle span when the |
crash came, and remain there still. as
there is no way of getting them off. There
were number of
ESCAPES OF CHrrnRpN
of whom there were probably not less than