Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-31

street. Twelve dead bodies had been
laid In the basement of Chambers
street hospital at 6 O'Clock. Two Of
the dead were Identified as Geo
Smith and Ellen Rordsr. Among
the Injured were +. Il ID le, Wlhel.
nina Lowe, Thomas R,ordau, Mrs.
Chas. Vogeler, Mtnnie Smith, Ella
Requa and Frank HSrnett. Among
the unconclous we're two unidentified
men and women and a boy sud GIRL"
IL was not until the dead wagons
came out that the public knew any
thing of the catastrophe. The wagons
were followed eff the bridge by women
crying for their children, and by men
crying for their wives. Several of the
m were half naked, many had on
only rags. One woman had both
shoes torn off and almoAt
ALL WE'RE pAREHEADED.
There were hundreds OF them, DIG
heveled and crying. Their faces were
white, and In many instances were
covered with duet and dirt. Mrs,
Edward o. C)lburn, of Brooklyn,
came out into Chatham street. leading
a little boy with each hand. she had
lost her husband IN the throng, He
had taken their youngest child with
him. While she was talking with the
reporter on ChIthsm %stIeet, her eldest
daughter, a girl of 10, ran mp to her
crying, "Where Ia father2' The
mother answered she did not know.
Mrs. Colburn said, SIT was an awful eI-
perienoe. / saw one woman toll back
ward from the steps, and "a soon as
she fell she q jumped upon by men
who were forced after her. They
TRAINED HER TO DEATH.
I was pushed up vgsinst the railing
and turned round and around, my
clothing was torn and 1 WAS exhausted.
When l last say my husband he was
holding our ~youngest child up In the
air and being carried toward the edge
of the steps by the crowd. I chung to
the railing. AT lant some one from
above grasped my wrists and hauled
me up out of the crush. A few mo.
ments later they got my two boys up.
At that time the bodies lay at the foot
of the steps. One mau who vas white
as a sheet struggled out Of the masr
with his dead child held above his
head. He was screaming. I stood by
the rail lcokiag for my husband and
our other child. l do not yet know
whether they are SAFE"
MI. II. AbercOmbie, of S~kaneateles,
said: cater seeing the parade yes
terday 1 went on the bridge. AT 1916
p. m, I vas twenty-five yards from
the steps, and walked toward them,
l noticed a jam on the steps, and
stood watching the immense throng,
A man got on the iron work and beck.
oned the crowd to go back. He war
not a policeman. 1 saw no policeman
there. I heard a scream, and several
other scresms followed.
THE CROWD sURGED BACK,
and I jumped over the fence. TIE
Jam conferred on the steps. l wen
alongside aud walked along and huns
to the rail with one hand. Just az ]
got upon the north side of the fence
the crowd swayed toward New
York and threw a girl down at The
right hand corner. She went ovel
sidewise and forward, and fell on hel
face. Then four men and womer
fell on her. Tae crowd cried, every
body come v and get away fol-
Gods sake 1 have been used t.
handling small gangs OF men.
yelled for them to got over the raj
and pulled q man ave I got hin
over and b woman next to him, ant
after q hard struggle got them 80 tina
they stood along the iron work
Meantime the throng was wedged a
the scene of the accident. The rush
was from Brooklyn, as New Yorl
entrance was closed to all but reporter
and those engaged In carrying off tht
dead and wounded. It was not unit
a quarter of six that a equad O
police were sent on the bridge ant
the crowd was thinned."
Rev. VIM. FL. Reed, log Washing
ton street, Brooklyn, recovered
vslise with IN and an umbrell
at Oak street Rtstion. He lost then
in the crush while trying to help
man with a child out. Both escaped
Toe following additions to the list j
injured Is reported at tho New Yorl
hospital after midnight:
Peter Regain, aged "a, Nc. AZ Par.
street, lacerated..sc scalp wound.
An nnHnnurn man nlha oaI ~.
broken.
Whenthe approaches was cleared O
last,
1T WAS LITERALLY COVERED
with articles of clothing and peraons
property abandoned In the struggle
They were Viewed with amazement b
people coming over from Brooklyn
who heard of the disaster. In the Q,
element of the crush VIM. Oxford
aged 40, q drunken man, deliberatel
jumped from the bridge approach Int
William street and received severe IL
ternal injuries and external bruises
The place on the bridge where the &c
cident occurred is the danger spot l
the structure.
THE MISSING.
In the New York hospital the liz
will yet be extended. It'll reporte
many of the wounded, perhaps som
of the dead, were driven straight I
their homes when they reached Cha
ham street, instead of to the cit
hall station. Inquiries are maxim
for many persons missing and gu,
posed to have been on the bridge /
the time of the accident. Anon
these were Edward Z. CoIborn, az
13, Williamsburg, who got separate
| from his father and brother In Il
crush on the bridge. He had n,
l turned up at midgnight, but his h,
was found on Oak street.
Death Of Father DeBlisok,