The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1880-01-01
THE GROWING HORROR.
RAILROAD DISASTER IN SCOTLAND.
In q Gale, With . Train thereon
Out Of Hundreds Of People 81 the
Train, There Are None Left

LONDON, Dec. "a portion of the |
bridge across the Firth.of-Fay was blown
down while the train from Edinburgh to
Dundee was crossing 1t TIA o'clock last
night. The gale was 90 strong that steam
boats were unable to reach the acene OF the !
disaster, but several mail bags have been
washed aehore, tour miles from the bridge,
ard there is no 6oubt that the train is IN
the water. The passengers, who are cer-
taiply ali drowned, are var,ously estimated |
u from $50 to 200 in number.
The missing Dundee train was seen
crossing the bridge, then suddenly
AFLAsH OF FIRE
became visible. The rsilwey officials, in
spite of the gale, walked aloce the bridge
for Dundee until they found large gap,
cause BY the fail of two or three of the
largest spans.
l0a. m:-The mansger OF the North
BRUSH Railway, ;elegrsphing from Leu
chars at this morning sayr:
Several large guders, along with the
last train from Edinburgh, were precipi.
taied into the river last night. There were
nearly
THREE HUNDRED PASSENGERS,
besides tie company : servants, al of whom
are believed To have pershsd"
"A dispatch from Edinburgh, dated 4:O2
this morning, sayr:
Tbs portion of the bridge which fell con-
\ sisted of several large superintendent
girders. At the central and nayissble
portion Of the river, which averages from
forty to forty Eve feet in depth, the train
| would
FALL ABOUT EIaHTY-EIGHT FEET
before reaching the water. Some time
elapsed before the nature of the disaster
was ascertsined. The damage to the wires
| on the bridge and the badness of the
| weather Interfered With the transmission of
| news, and it is unknown whether the GRID
ers we're blown down before the train en-
tered the bridge or we're carried away With
it. and it will probably never be sscer-
tanned, as
THERE ARE NO SURVIVORS,.
The bridge was only opened for traffic in
May, 1873 1t was considered triumph of
engineering skill. 1t vas about two miles
| long and had eighty-6ve spans, the widest
| of which was two hundred and forty.6ve
feet. At the highest point it Wss one
hundred and thirty feet above high water.
THE ILL-FATED TRAIN.
The train left Edinburg at Ais in the
| afternoon. 1t consisted OF four third clase
cars, one first class and one second-clase
and q brakeman van. At the last station
before entering the bridge the tickets were
taken and the train Wa then crowded.
Vast quantities of wreckage, such "a
the doors and roofs of the Garages, pieces
of the bridge and articles of wearing ap-
parel, are coming ashore.
The entire thirteen girders of the long
central spans of the bridge are gone.
The night was one of bright moonlight
| but the ~iSd was blowing hurricane.
p. m.-The provost OF Duodee and q
party OF citizsos who accom- panied him in
a steamer to the scene Of the disaster, have
returned. Search was made about the
bridge in a small boat, but
NO TRACE
OF any of the survivors could be found.
The gap in the bridge is about half
mile long. comprising eleven of the longest
spans, each two hundred and forty five feet
in length, and one span one hundred and
forty-6ve feet in length.
THE APPALLING CATASTROPHE.
NEW YORK, Dec. ga special from
Dundee says:
"The appalling catastrophe, of last even.
ing has thrown the city into a state of fran.
tic excitement and the neigh borhood of the
fatal bridge is thronsed with horror-strick-
en- visitors.
NOT SOUL ESCAPED
who was on the Inflated train. The gal
lantry of James Roberts, locomotive su per-
intendent of the North British railroad, of
Dundee, and station Master Smith, ventur-
ing out on the bridge, is highly COM
mended. In spite of the fury of the gale,
which rendered the attempt doubly peril
Ous, after tremendous exertions
THEIR HANDS LACERATED
by clirgipg to rails for dear life, they
reached the edge of the fatal gap. Here
they discover that thirteen Orders, each
245 feet wide and weighing 250 tons, all
I, rming kind of . tunnel in the middle
OF the bridge, had been washed away.
Nothing remained. About one-third of
The whole structure had vanished. Thir
teen brick work stumps we're to be seen in |
the midst of the waves.
Member OF the Legislature Assas-
siAAted.
LITTLr Rock, Dec. On. d. Sadler, |
late Representative in the Legislature |
from Franklin county, was sssassiuated at \
his home yesterday, By unknown parties.
LynchiDS In Louisiana.
ALITE, La, Dec. 29.-Four negroes
charged with murder, were taken from Jail
last night by mob Of fifty men and shot to
death. Two other prisoners are reported
liberated.
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