The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1880-01-09
rRlNmrrlL DISASTER.

NAs~~ss9 FAsst~.ssss II sh~ sv~sssM NAH.
way Areese~Nt Nss single ~Urvsv~s u<.ss
- Teal ~ Awt~t rAl~.
The rrcrnt bsiAgc disaster u nunice. s&ro,.
land. was oae 81 ,hc m -. appalling IN HE lon,
III, ~ raiiraAd accidents. That's train cf avr
eaaches. carrying ninety passengers. should
plunge from bridge Into 4 nser,
AMI not . living soal escape ,e
tell thc ssoiy cf tho Aer den,
reems almost incredible, Cattle Dispatches
give the following account Of the an .ir. nur.
INK terrific gale several spans of the bridge
crossing thu Firth ns TAy wsrr hlawn dawn,
This hs sprrcd q I'LL o'clock hi Tho evening,
willie THE express trAl. from EdinbMtgh Ii
Dundee wAa crossing.
Al the time the train reached tho a,atA end
y ,ac bridge The signals Indicated that every.
thing was " safc eo'sl.'tan |. was se~n "
rAss upon tue b idHc, and -oun ATT the gloom
~as llium, ittsd BY fash ~ nre, then csm.
mnn'rAsion by wtrc waa broken This inter.
tMltion alarmed the railway officials, who
yot.lnrsd out Mrnn tho ~ ncturc, notwithstAn,l
ing tho ssorm, only 10 lind huge gap. through
Ihr loea wAa made certain. n the saMc time,
by Tho drifting ashore III mAtl.hA9a. hAReAec,
vluthii x. frAgMantA Ut thu cuaclAra aud not.
lons ot ,hu bridRc.wo
Tho wlo'e eounssy y wAa aroused ~ lhls cAtAs-
trarhc, and thonsantls of pc,lls came n from
Arrtisnt. Steamers aud small boa. wont IL
The scene ot Tho Aecid,n, Ter Tie purpose of
rercuirR hO1ie~
The hiitsc q which this frlsl,fu, calamity
toek place wAs, nM'tl thu erection of that us ~
.he fnth ot fnrsh, Tho largest " tho world,
Tho Firth III TAy, Arrues whtah tho bridge II
ha.l', II stMply ~ arm IT the seA, aud vgaselr
Of an tons burden run under the structure
Tho lay II principal river and c~tuAiy ~
scotland, running from iai 10 IND mtlcA Ihr
rttcs VI Dundee and EArl Afc on thu north
.i,c u s.ie estuary. and Nswharg ON ~ .ou.h
hA- only Leon completed within tcw years.
y fut nla \ eonncrtloa hctwcen thc Nan cI
Dnndcc ahl tho Nnrlh lr.tish railway eyat~m
In Fife. ard nscsss ths Firth III lay AlnM,
2 mile aud half 10 tho west III nnn.lca Thu
lsne,h % tho hrifga esccecia .sc miles, fM
quarter IT milo radius, u u then strsixht
Tor sl,ssAaev u 4 milo ami half Al tho
soM'h cLh III tho bridge TIM rails Afc seventy.
eiRhs ice. above high water, Over
thu naviIAnle part ~ tho rvrr thr rails
arr y. Tee, ahoyc high water There ara three
epAns of u Two VI ~ ten VI IN, tws I've VI iai,
III rsceh of IN, Que II In, eleven ot IN TWIN.
ty.nvc " ~. ono " I'M. aud six Ut j, feet, ".
tal number VI spAna, ~ Tho piers Arc found.
ID on rock, aud ara double cylln,lers of brick
work.
Tnc snperslrmctnre consisis wholly II
wroMghsIron pitdcys; thu hrAcing n az double
lattice form. Tho gtrdsrs tt IN, I'M fest
spAns aud ths bow-s.stng eiulcrs have
wrought iron cross .gtrdera scstinR On a,nl ttv.
oteti 10 The lower tmlcF on which tho roadway
II placed
II MAS supposed that tho bridge was ~
etfung A. iron, wood and brick could make II,
AID was lookrd upon In tho Unitel kinn.lonl
N ono VI Tho inc~i spocimcns of engineer Art
thai hal ever bcen Produced.
Tho zap created III ,ho bridge through which
tho train MAS p.ecipisatad Ii mol lssa Vtan hall
. milo In lcnRsh II includes clsvon spAna OF
m fret each. and ono of ttA fcck
Tho great height from, wheh the cars fcll.
to4ether with Tho fact tAAt Tho pAascugeru wsFe
All looked up. according D. practice Oh British
rallw.y,, rendered tho deseAc.iou ot All ON
board rossihle