The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-26
COS C0B'S BRIDGE BURNED.
FTRE FINISHING THE ron IT IIFT
HfLF DONE ELEI Nv YEIRS IGO.
Another ola wooden Railroad Fridge Gone
what Two Eel Fishermen SAW Tramp
VINO Wanted Matches Trains Delayed.

Another old wooden Hniirond rridac Gone
What Two Eel Fishermen Snw-A Tramp
VINO Wanted Mntchcs-Trnins Delayed.
The New Haven Railroad bridge over The
Cos Cob Creek caught fro at the eastern end
early Yesterday morning. and in hnlf an hour
sly hundred feet of the track the timber girdors
and braces had fallen into the water. The first
New York Express pas4'd the bridge on time at
l2;i0 \. VI. Tho Washington and Boston cx-
press passed at 80. 1t is the duty Of the
bridge tender TO inspect the bridge after the
pass1ge of each train. MS u prceaution against
ilro by falling cindore. This duty Solomon
Clark. who has tended the draw for twelve yours
past neglected yesterday morning At about
llO \. VI. two fish rmen. who were taking ccls
half a mile above, saw n little tongue Of flame
shoot NJ from the extreme eastern end Of the
brlg" They hurricdly rowcd down the stream
crying fircl' nt the top of their yo.ccs. but in
loss than two minutes time. W. it seemed 10
them. an entire span " two hundred feet was
ahlazr.
This eastern half Of the bridge spared 10y tho
fire of eleven years ago. was wooden structure
saturated with the oil drippings Of twenty
years. Before the eel fishermen had req. he'd
the bridge. the Who'll Of IL. including the draw
WIS wrapped in namos and evidently past
saving.
Some Of The vilhgrra. awakened bv the lrl,-ht
hiih'. ran along the W storm ou' and succeeded
li lr'NDil nE the names from spreading tar
along Go" IRON spans which replaced the uor-
tion u 0-troyod IN 1866. By2:3i 4. W. The first
Two past ron spans had curloi up and tumlfl. a
OIL me sustaining piers into the crock. Soon
aiIr iiw mining der and the drawbridge
GEL Nul thn 'r" WIS ont.
The Na~hmslun express south warl arrived
after ih" lr. hHI Nrtu rNtiucui-Iud. lf- pits
s'n-'r nni those of the trains following .lr
tent Nu-. ~ -Iuu u- possible extra triIu- Wrrr
PROV f''d from ih' Now York oud Al ii~-' pu--
"-'I1 W"t' transformer a. ross M hndiS. iut
soon 'NriN ldrnl WAGON ANA muck in the vicinity
hiW been hirc'i ana transfers were made boy
u' iufnrih' bridge, % iuilr up stream nc'--
s'hlh$ lw" milr~ 81 tcaning to mn ke ''nn'''.
lNu. THUS rNlcv h"cuuH $50 we'll ureuit'd
fhW toward night tNH trains were uDt behaved
moro than am hour or two lnvond .iiril Time
atluuGu throughput yesterday they ", re- com-
pole Cos run JOS ire graphic orders.
Thr.ifI.n- annaralIv incline. ~ tho otfnion
~ ih' ,usin" Of tine irnn ttat pu--cl just lo-
lore. I'm" rnpdly with which th" old wood
iiN' r"nd uon' due to az, od. and the dry
tontu'for Io'kwo"i. vino WITS iiut in charge OF
we WIZ b. h,i- Thought worth invest -utiug.
i'lN says ihai; about iWf n.nr- before ti' ilr',
De- bad been Iut ~ 81, up ira,n iur wnni of
money t' pay his fuir. and NIutel niLNf'
lod-lnE. The bridge t.ll.r r'.u-'.d this ul,.l-
'-t e'.iu 49, and wui. .hrl fnn stranger until Gr
Arthur ~hr.Iine. wna l..- .l'tf ID i,ln'l,.',i
rods o. lin fi' 'si-f ..fUl of fhr hInltr ~tr- hn
WIS aroused 'N % tramp a'lui nuIuughf. WHO
n-N'i iNr som" mat hos. llc gave hlm tWo. pr
SEEDLINGS house amt me hrI lre. .n, mat th.v
t"N. W'f, uWnk't'd hy man wlin wanted
j. th1t the tfaiur iirei fn' hriis" on' "t rovale"
II fortunate That There. i- uu ii, -..riou- loss
g. rrori than that cd au oi hrd-'. which
mnnN commuters shy fhry never N~-.'d ~af ~
Ihr ,unnrti .W law. requiring 400 trains to
.oNIo t,l d,Hii stand l,l t.. f,--fn. 70 bridge.
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