The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-31
A TERRIBLE TALE.
the Big Brooklyn Bridge has Been
Bap,lzed in Blood.
A Vast Concourae Of Frightened Hu.
manity wedged In,
And a Terrible Loss Of Life Is the
Result.
Graphic Description Of the Heartrend.
ing Scenes That Ensued.
Speculation as TO Cause of the Ca
lamity.
The Appareut Apathy of the Rriire
The Apparent Apathy Of the Bridge
officials Censured.
Other Incidents of a Great Horror.

I.IO tbi. af,srnoon tho Rronll,, k.;.,
',,'e'
was the scene Oh one OF the most appalling
and heart-renting tragedies ever recorded.
The cause of tho calamity 10 5ifNoul, =,
looa,. h,. :. hoi,o,,aa a. l.. -
Uo't ous - oeaIr'u W na'e oeen tne
,ha nnrnp ~ % panio ,or
wr;,;rc P"'fos' ;o' av;Ioey' a;Siy, Az this
oar,a;nh ., u,ihoui. o as
',raa, nr,. - ~ a1. a. VI t'Stils vi the
nos, in tta "N ,n,,',hn wniou ensueu IA al
hr;Sco 5c ,u ntpI .uI smauAnug wv, VI an eye: Inc
oronsr stans a, tho ou ;uu;n;n iot nv .aklng
snd i, 10 hs,Isvsd m ~ az r., NY VI ane panic
~ ,"a 40 hr,doa as rn"' .ne ioo' passase-Ways
Great crowds Of n.onia & ,oo hM'ow
scene of the disast'r iookinr inr v| ,rs".s az w.
Iovad nraa uh"'s ioVA,ns iof uaoes oi
ssasf',, aas,,' A'i1r Th '".y ieai nave Iouhu
some sem hlance q, order 'ov oud nnpe ,h restoren
wnmnTad ara ho;,s Il, oiuv ",,;o anu ,ne ueau ana
NV Vonv Wave We az Nrpaoso .e.,
ootostronSaan,onrrya w., ~ Us lh ieaIiui
this aitarnoon hv wh;oh LAS. iar',. ,,,er @ plluse
naonia lost 10 II I;vas az" Tha u "rsS numioer VI
the footwav for nasse,cers 10 bownuss ,ho rn y,
The borror Ths ma;nr,,Ys of ,ha dae tne Sause u,
VET ;danti6ed Abont n,ciaot o e"I % aia sie ,. W
ot nennie on foot in Tho con,er a tpns ,lhe
of ihs sirnnipre ,o;nr from ond ~ oa .nS WAN
This c;,y th;ctapsd ssai,od anS ataa's Sonis W
= M. rat fl.ln nt
ihe concrste roadwav 10 thss up moni
proper' strong man and teeh,a ''"se VIZ
men. manhood and infancv .a mu,
wedeed together in that ;ar, W. M
| Tho taarfpl nrsssnre os the crowd la, Jdn Wy
tended miles one mioht sov on o;,hnn mo' ~ "a
| of The line II was q rem9rselass r,ar,'' S,ue
stunid force that held n, victims as ;n,,,,nv
able as The stone fonndstions of tba H, hriS,' ,'o
| itself The stonnape lasted naar,v ~ o
honr during which iime scor.s Of ,,,o,in ~
| fainted To rel;eve the ;am tho hr;tt,ps
| firials removed s,me of the iron nai;SSns v.
faw foot from Tho sta;rwav on r..
| York side when of course thoss nnsar,,' wv"
nate enouSh IN be near tho onenina uaat,
ard faintinp to death as thew wara 'u'n "UnA
| d;ataiv foil hal,or.sr eitar ho.,s 80 h,
down On the Jagged sravellv road hana",h m.Hu
a mass of hr11isad d;scoIoraS hnmam easi,
Scores - ware ,rsmnled unon "nm ;ns,ansi,, nesh,
and To stumble was death Man 80.
drapped ont Of that hean of beInlass "S,e bn'
manitv nith faces nine as indiao anJ ,ha
life blood tricklinp ont of their nnstrils on5
also children and women male Sishav.iIad Inv,
and dead The roadway on sithar s;ds 81 y
the wall was strown witb dead snS Siuu S.;', VI
a nitisble sigbt and vet il 10 said nv s;S, sarS.s
were made bv the bridce otIicia,s 70 ."v,' s,n,'
peSpds ;Gomg on tse STass dhs dead
etc imnsowissd w On the momaSt mSns, sr ua,ts,
service and IL was Long t;ma hsroua the tae
police arrived and md anvtbnv W Ike u order wae sme
restored or ambnlances anpeared Meas "no
= while teams were rushing both waus
at a full gallon over the ROADWAY wi whv ""yS yo
one could telli threatening the ;Imbs, "bh, and m1
lives of those who were attempt,nn % 70 'aa as.
were sbonting themseives boaroa ..o,aor pJ.es
the whyl" WAGONS we're rattlinp nver % tha
rough stones and men and women rnshins
! in aIi directions made II n bodiam indands
| A marty of men in nnitorm did inn mnosrsa
service Mt tho snot 30 volnntaar nn,;ns ,,,
nhecS the vnlcar and cnrions nu rhan, "
hers street hospitai there are ivinc tb;,taa,,
| dead sjy nnknown man and s,y nntr"wn
women and Georee Smith of No 10 Wotor
street N ~ " avs "'''
The of,ice was fi,,e1 with neon,o moL;r,
frantic innn;r,es for m,ssin% frie,dS an.t
with bvstericaI women Tw9 more y, % ,ha
dead one how of * and the otber a vn,'no ,no
woman. are Wing Mt the citv hall nniinse
station unidentif;ed fThe fnIIow;n,p pG'oo i; !.
pnrr;aI l;st of tho sounded. EronL Rorra,,
10 Mott s,reet Iegs and Ieft arm br,ho,'
The is a little how and his mother was omi, Mill
mini, Otto Rescboff Gio East S;x,h s,roa,
leg broken and bodv in;nroI
internally. Andrsw DsHebsr,u l"'',,
wears ols 159 pearl strest. Eho,,oo
Eherwein All East Fortv'f;ftb s,rsa,
lao crushed. l. NJ Ebsr, Mniot,t, NJ -
Mannasset nlace Rrootivn. Rarbara n,
tinver vnunc lsdv chssst ;n;nrod ,Dd W
riuht ave- badiv crnsbed. Thomas Eaitn' nn'
13years old ri GMontaomerv stree, in;uraS
about head. Rarnhsrd Pavnhars I;a.
maksr 93S balanev s,ro.t sauaraI,, NSs''.
Schm;at o5S Hons,oo % streoi. MrS ar;nm m,pa
on ST. Mark,s Mace siehtiv S ;n;nraa me,'H, +,
cheat, Iizzie T;ernnev orcd is 81 WarL,s
avenne Rrooklyn ininred ahom, hn,',.
Lester Pravne severely ininre6, Jobn Mia MyiHIIy
Westiarms missing. ionsc;o n,am,rs ~ Ssj5
Ssyenth avenue. bruised. Annie Gaidstein
80 East Rroadwav hssd hadiv'ininrs Sarni
Gaartnar a wo,,nu g;rI o. tSm2 lii ,aa.
brnisrd On Ss,d arms and Iecs. X,h.r,;n., hv',
Rohnst 40 Naui,on STRAIT fast' saa,, % 's s.'1
With hsr hahv in bar arms sSar ,sn o'',, W ,",,
rnshod or.r Har. ,ha hahn n.as , suv tiv"u IVY,
ih. mo,bsr 10 m;.s;rS r Tha ""s Sn.r ,ou,u , 4u,
hall nolice station ;s simniv terrib,a W.. Wy
man p' ore scrsam;ng sand and wrinn;wn ito' ny W.
hnnd. em .n nosyaE ;ah tntr Snu mr,ng.ng tnelr
mo- fscas and ali aronnd ava ths aun S,rn U''eu
nc wonpdsd IIost of ihem o"I o,n ,''ms rnoo VI
.nH .n;omsin;nc "o has;Ja tho waI'a s %u u,'upm,
anI "ca;y n frsn,ic @ nthsr aon,d NV
;nnnps,nn uu snr snn,o noin., Ut'u hUV lush ~
I'M rmIa's 70 ~, onsaor "e as 20, 'neLe "ere
uinaI oS ,ha ;nsors;hia ~. noo,,;n, 'ne ~
,hom,, yNa Ths Ths ;noIn nsenS.Vie ~ ovGupieu az
.aSas 90 ,ha J"usS VI "nou.auce oeils
,snnon too o m ~ ,hs 'dnnr @ 10 m"Rvm aiter
soaSnaaS nar,sc, stroaU aVV 81 %nn u Seoms ue-
"rms borne ;n,n se ,h q, o,a,;nn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. n
vom1 a;n0 nv inn shV @ Hu s.ie'cn
ers, ea,, ,ho WSsn'Is Vn nivnS wy % oiiuge 10
mu ".Sn LILA tnI m Sm ~, od oni"u.v, sa'u nisI
''as VIZ suin, mJu pI,, & us tsn,h iohnS s'rl, VINO
was s orS'us uu1.e! nnI, mnen neard snout.
,uE an" Tnam sT.eM"I"S sohuvn'y MISE ~ iroht
oi nie. inen 4 saw nMs, sllohs anu hands