The Daily Tombstone., 1885-09-18
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 The Little Osaee bridge, ten miles
 noi:h oi N,vata, sear Authur Slst'on
 on ,he Lexington snd Southero Esi!
 way, went down ti is morming with an
 -ng;re, cabc oSe ani crew. consisting of Engineer Fred Carla. F;c-ran Pete { MsAone-, Co duetor Red, Brakemen
 Eli Heese, John Riley and J Chambers
 Tee en@!nee1 auu fireman were both in
 the c,.b at the time of ine accident and
 both W ,rc killed. The conductor and ! o lc brakeman were in the cupOIa of l the cabnuse and 'he other two were be- | low in the c.,Dv ,se, all of whom mira ! culously escaped with very slight injar- ] ies Alter the structure and train . he'd gone .iawm they crawied from the
 windows of ,hr car. a part of which .A..s out cs the water. anti from th'r made their way to the banks, In the tesucn, Engineer Carrie vas thrown from the cab, 1o;,ted under the engine
 and the upper part of his body was . caught Under the small branch of a tree, which hsi heen floating iu tbe WA! r. Wien assistance reached him one foot was sticking out Of the water
 as though to mark the spor, while the rest of tn. body was submerged. But little effort was required to extricate the body and rs move 1t from tie water
 A cut appeared across tLe forehead,
 ext nding from one eve to the other a"d the skin and flesh dropped down
 over the face. A hole also appcare.!
 in the right temple. From this evi-
 dence It is almost certain that he net ms death iron. injuries before hc
 reached the water His watch stop ped running al j:23 showing that the accident happened at that time. The body was sent to his family at Pleasant liil. He was abou, i2 years of age, , and leaves $ wife alu six d"ug.tcrz, She eldest of whom IS about l9 years cid.
 Search was itumediately instituted
 for tho body of Fireman Mshoney but 1t Is believed that he was buried under the coal from the tender, and in that cent i; will require some time to re- l over tia body. Ills mother and two
 sters live at Iudepsnd. nee, Mo, both
 of the unfortunate m.n were well
 known in railroad circles here. they
 having wo! ked in th. Nevada wards up
 :o tro CT 'hree months ago. Tn. ii!-la.ed engine and crew had lern &,sfatcac,. .;'o;a Pleasant H.,! ,n ,:e
 va,,2 to ',iz !. trai;. o1t for f. lasa.
 Ci;y. Tie mai! and express srqin :2 charge of Conductor Rose which left i.ore st S:3j for Kan-as City, had crussea t.c bridge only one -four and fifteen minutes before, with three coaches we'll flied with passengers. The track walker had just crossed the b iigc before -Lc ctsiilc and caJoose went or, and i; was net known that the s,ru,;ur was insecure. [, gave way under the coInparati.cly light wicgi,t U: cn engine and caboose. The ! engine turned over as Il went down ] and luys on its side. The rear end of the water. Roa,iuaGter Jalnison who | has l.sen it the wrec4; all day with , : force of men, says he does not know 1 the cause Of the accident. One of the . workmea who was 8, the wreck gave i It as his opinion that the right wing of 1 the bridge broke IF tho center, caus- ing the struc ure to fall The bridge 1. was combination iron cord structure single pan, about l60 feet long. It stood about thirty-fve feet above the bed Of the stream, which is about 40 feet wide al that point. The bridge has been considered perfectly safe, and it may be that the heavy rains and birh waters of the past week causeI