, 1881-12-10
Story Of the Catastrophe as Mar
rated by c. H. Oblingcr,
Brakeman.
Terrific Explosion Of a Boiler in a
Rolling.Mill at Pitts
burg.
Ono Man Instantly Killed nnd
Ten Others More or Less III
Seriously Injured.
An Officer and Two 'Sentnen Washed
from Their Vessel in
Storm.


SEENtA At t11G Ne NHAEbS" VAAht AA3s*N-
ter-pcrHonnl Experiences.
sptetdt Dtspatch to Ths chfeaao TribunA
Sr. LOUIS, Mo-. Dec. 9.-The morning brought
crowds 10 the scene Of last nights disaster at ".
Charles, Mo. From the bnnkB Ut tho river could
be seen the jnEged ends Ut tho pieces On each
side OF tue broken span, which stood cut III clear
trllcf and between them hero and there broken
Inusses Of ours und seot!ons Of tho bridge ap"
peare1 nt,ovo the rushing stream. The span
dropped out bodily FROM the piers. tohv'ng nut
une ytstigc-ttot even Dar-to shhw that u Dill
ever stool III lts splendid beauty and Appar"
cut strength. Immediately npusHst P'er NO.
4. the western end OF tho spat,,
tulIy twenty cars lie piled In untatd eonfuson'
IL ,nns- Of cAr-p!utlorms With tops swept clean
fruu, ihel1s. car-wheGIs and truck neams torn
from tho PLATFORMS. In ono Pile wore hnfidfcas
Of hogs-allvc. dying, and dead. Whce's woro
snapped III twu uNd axles twisted like strings
lp tho middle. between tho piers, lies huge
section OF tho broken spa, win twenty toet Of
clear water OH ench sue. "Hnin talH secslon ID
tho baek efiu OF tue nltly cur auoso "aier' "n
whick brHkatnail u u. gp'iilRer WIS cHushlk
when rescued. THO top Of tne cur haa Hone' out
tho bnek. sde' afso ofaRe stana aoo'e "aIof'
Near pier No'alH
ANOTHER SECTION OF THE STAN.
few ynrds fron this pier les tho engine and
cHbnose. FROM which Fireman Chamberlain
climbed and saved himself. Tho body Of poor
Jnck klrkhy lies Imprisoned somewhere In tho
.reck. The end Of the westorn spnn Of pler
M. Is torn by tho ours passing over It. a huge
block OF stone is hero Clipped from tho pier.
Hnrkmen were engaged thla morning tearing
= inwn tho disabled fclcgrapa"wircs and
putting up new ones. At tho wreck
were C. ShRer Smith, Col. hcKissnck,
A T.. unnAlns. EJrst vIro- President. ". r. Mer.
,;, ~ rI ns..,. ~ - .,.,a
H. n,..,'.'. sp.'a. nae'..a, ~ n.a",ox. -
DIVISION: J.C Hhness oe!1erRl ManaEcr' f. II.
snow, CenerNI Agent at netrnit, who returned
py special car tu 81, LouIs this ,morn,ng; aud
otbers, Cant. Smith, tho architect Ut tho struc.
s. ,s,,,..,s 'uy ~ H. on,,.S ,,,t NV
,n;,r, ~ ~, IIn md ,orroot con,,,lonco IN tha
eonh ''r =. ~ uau .,,, s.'.'e @ - @ .uo
uruse ss. u nv 'Ss ho hnwa ,,a ,v
sntnc unuqunl cn,,Be. uia conttdcure in tho
s,r.,ct,r.t ia ,,u,o,nnircl i5c a6ys thu work WIS
e'ue'"to 70 u't.npa4,e". ~ ous .uo 80 . ""s
Hi experiment, aaa the aMproVothont mhao
aimee LIP construction makes it
~ Hs.si fo'A us nn.l.nE' AnA"
eapt, su''lo nAs ho tneors ns ~ tno eauAe VI sne
accident, and snys he must sec tho wreck t!rst.
r,,ns @ htrn ,v nyaInst tSa cn,unony. nv Tha t,onrv
snior hn shnor ninth crc.t,,s IL b's. ~, The ] s,ory
OF tho night wntohmuu. ChHrtos shtnks, who de-
clarud thnr the engine exploded. The ttremnn
anu anu ptake.oan Meucnp ae,'y .ao stos5 pos..seiy.
Identified with brlaso.bu'lains for many years.
Ind uorfcct ,.on;,dance r. RIM brlJoc. and
th,nks @ ''11 thor, % mist have bcaa an % unusual @
eu'lse. THO explosion Or tho engnt he thinks
rho most nIui,slplr t,l1ory Nm utt,er ut lcust
wur,h considering. h,s bccu ADVANCED, An OK.
animation or tbo wreck will uf cuursu ecttle tho
question, All tter9 9GtstB to be u general tstu1l.
tIou IN tho pnrt OF ulcluls to 'uwuI, tloyeiup-
1ncnts brtnre co,nm!itllg themselves. 4 wreck
u,vcrs 10 srurct tor tho haly of the inisslux
engineer. winch will ba INT In operation as sooi