The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-05-31

on the New York side as they arrived. and
the dead and injured were hurriedly driven
out to the City Hall, where they were laid
in the police station in the basement. Am
bulances then arrived, and those who vet
breathed were taken 10 hospitals. Crowds
OF people besiegcd the station and ambu-
lances to learn the fate OF missing ones dear
to them. There were
HEARTRENDING SCENES
at the police stations when body was re-
cognized by friends. An ample force OF
police took possession Of the New York on.
trance as soon as possible after the acct
dent. The middle footway was closed TO
travel, and the current OF those anxious TO
cross was turned into the dowu-stream
wagon-track. Apparently no measures
were taken at the Brooklyn end TO stoD
travel for Mt least q time. On the New
York approach this travel was also diverted
from the footway and turned into the
wagon-road. Instead OF decreasing, how
ever, 1t grew constantly as
RUMoRs OF THE DISASTER
began to fly through Brooklyn. These
rumors had il that the bridge had fallen.
and that hundreds had been crushed. The
dead that were pulled out from under
meath the human avalanche on the anchor
age were black in the face. showing they
had died from suifocation. John Stecch, a
Grand Army man, OF Kotte's Post, helped
five girls from the crowd, where they were
jammed in tightly. A big man, apparently
Il German, was pushing them and strug-
Cling with them on the bridge as ii his
only purpose was TO get them down to
save himself. A crowd OF roughs pressed
on behind the crowd coming from Brook
Ign, and fought their way through with
oaths and ribaldry and over the bodies OF
the dead. II was said that
THIEVES PRoFIrED BY THE OPPORTUNITY,
and helped to precipitate the catastrophe.
Their chances were unlimited. When the
approach was cleared at las; 1t was literally
covered with articles OF clothing and per-
sonal property abandoned in the struggle.
They were viewed with amazement by the
people coming over from Brooklyn, who
had not heard OF the disaster. In the en-
element OF the crush William Oxford,
aged forty-fiye, a drunken man, delibe-
rately jumped from the bridge approach
into William street, and received severe
internal injuries and external bruises. The
place on the bridge where the accident oc-
cured is a dangerous spot in the structure
TO persons who are looking out over the
scenery as they pass either way. 1t is
certain and most perilouS trap. In
crush like the one OF to-day it is terrible
danger. Many said to-day they had feared
Just such an occurrence at this spot.
THE IDENTIFIED DEAD.
At the Chambers-Street Hospital lay the
bodies OF twelve OF those who persisted by
the disaster. Those already identified were
as follows: George Smith. aged forty-fiye.
carpenter; identified by his wife. He
was alive when brought TO the hospital,
but died shortly after. Ellen Riordon,
aged fortv.fve, identified by her son;
Maud Crawford, aged thirty-three; and
James O'Brien. aged forty. He was deliy-
cry clerk in the employ OF the PennSylya-
mia Railroad Company, and leaves wife
and four children. Mrs. G.. Basoniani,
aged thirty-fiye, wife Of Zachariah Basonia-
nj. Turkish-carpet weaver. Mrs. Emma
Sherwood, aged thirty -fiye, OF Bridgeport,
Conn. All Lo Sing, aged sixty; Maggie
Sullivan. aged thirteen; Eliza karters,
aged siXty-siX, OF jersey City; Sarah
Hennessy. aged twenty-five. Two men
vet remain unidentified.
THE TOTAL CASUALTIES.
In the evening the coroner empanelled
a Jury, which viewed the bodies OF the
dead, and an inquest was fixed for Satur-
day. Revised list of the dead and injured
obtained shortly before midnight from hos
pitaIs and stations embrace twelve dead,
eleven of whom had been identified, and
fuoptv.siy injured