Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-16

,.sr Bale, on the Moenchenstein aud
.s-r1al. show that two engines and
4 '' --,asss loaded with excursionists.
-.. ,5a stream which flowed beneath
..r bridge which gave way and caused
i ..- these carriages and engines now
..tspelr,s heap OF wreckage beneath
l.--. structure, and by ITS own size
.-r two other carriages. which were
4 '.s.. u-actically in the air, from fall
i ',s.,... further increasing the mum
4 killed and wounded.
E5HrY DROWNED.
.. chi. hour eighty excursionists are
:, have been drowned, though
~. = .hc bodies have not been re-
-~.f,.f Of the large number of per
med many have suffered so sori-
ts..tis considered likely that their
. v.ll terminate fatally. as they
81. bad laceratiouS and in some
..-.ls have been completely severed.
IHE FATAL BRIDGE.
4 r..t-.f-0 e- viaduct which collapsed
q .-..l the accident had only recently
~.|.-t sad had Just been strengthened
i .....-.a.lnc damage by a rising of the
'rt' TIE bridge II rebuilt traffic
....-.al goes ri1 Mulh ausen. Pas
4 ..-, going % Moenchenst elm are using
4 -.la-g toot-hrldge.
i TaF rIBsT REPORT.
--. rps, report Of the disaster, under
N.r .ay. was as follows A rail
j f-.-, across the Moenchen, a small
Il ..,.. the Rhine At Stem, in the can
i r.., not far from Germany, gave
.. ..r under the weight of az eXCur-
4 .-.,- crowded with throngs of people.
4 SIZE on their way 10 "a musical ftie.
4 .--le, and the first car, with all its
.s--.r~ trSt plunged into the river,
~. GAYS remained suspended owe.
Stream. Al ,he trainmen were killed
Il .. v.-t passenger in the submerged car
vr,.. thirteen cars were saved.
Il ..,....-, 9f killed was at least sixty
i ..r..s. injured not less than 100.
81 -. calamity caused a terrible
8 switzerland and South Germany.
-. fastened 20 the scene and the IN
. E.-, taken care OF.
.Fa-s1EED AND TWENTY KILLED.
.IL-t,tal number of people who
Il .-.r lives Yesterday by the col
'.e railroad bridge on the
a .-,.n aud Bale railroad Is now
..,. 40. with hundreds more or less
-.. Another account Of the disaster
i 81. --.-~.yeu bodies have already been
u and forty persons were severely
..t Itls feared that many others
.4 whose bodies have not been
The victims are mostly leading
n --- Bale and its neighbOrhood.
i ......r- vll have inspected the bridge
a p, collapse say that the iron-wOrk of
..-- ,a-. alone gave way, and that
n -, .lrv-wJrk Is lu-act.
Il uERIRESDISG SCENES.
q f.- 1.lc l5.-Scenes which were truly
8 -...s-. Ing were witnessed in this city
il .-... 4..u the bodies of a large number
4 ...-s NJ the MOenchensteln railroad
Il .,-. we've brought here from the place
Av.-..s accident occurred by sorrowlng
s.y-s Who had gone in search Of miss
...4Ii-. fathers. or brothers, wives.
81 ...--. ~ sisters, as the case might be,
q % rslr.srntatives OF 8 majority OF the
a r. families of Bale, who left here TO at
- music festival. Wives brought
,.r bodies OF their husbands and
Il ....i, brought home the bodies OF
a e.. p.yts and children. Several families
a 'se practically wiped out of existence by
A ...4',-r the fun extent OF which Is not
--.s- even al THIS hour.
ACrTY OF MOURNING.
Il sLesnaw truly O city of mourning;
q the dead and scene OF bitter
Al.I and mourning. Nearly every
--.7 - e." city may be SAID 10 nave Oeeh
i led .s the calsmity. for those families
L. lave not actually lost one or more
Il ;.sI members have dear friends or &C
II ---'al-es either among the dead, or
49, those who are mourning tie loss
,4.yes Those who are not afflicted
Astronomer described are either nursing
.-l,t relatives or sympathlZlng with
who have friends among the
i.L The latter include so many
..s INJURED that almost each hour
.,4. another death OF another case III
T. '.- physicians give up all nope OF
A'-s TIE patients life.
ELEYIHDG POSSIBLE BEING DONE.
4 r.ytling the local and municipal au-
.u@~ eau do to help the wounded, re-
II rt 'la dead. or assist those who have
- l.l.ed into distress by the fearful
.-,.a- accident is being done. Clergy
priests and physicians, a large 1Orce
v..p, and fremen, and scores of
JOS. % be used as ambulances. have
~ Gslatched TO the scene of the wreck.
,s ;,.ops and fremen are busily engaged
moving the wreckage. recovering the
s u ;Ae dead, and Transporting the
'--l.1 70 their homes IN this city or 10
.aA The physicians and ministers
10 Gospel II all denominations are
"a noble work in minlsterlng 10 the
--oyd, and in comforting the bereaved'
Iu IHB AFrEB-TPIsoDEs OF A BATTLE.
j. l-shborhood of the collapsed
.-s-, a. this dispatch Is sent, reseInD pies
-.1y features the after-episodes OF
ta-tle closing acts of some warllke
r...Is Still more so was this the case
t.-s the whole Of the past night, when
rY-r-banks were illuminated IN
49, manner by huge fires built up OF
ti',-, the troops and tiremen worked
~-a.lgly dragging the rlyeT Tor tne
- nursing the wounded, and keeping
ED around the spots where IL was hOS
-E-, advisable 10 admit the CROWDS o.
pc Who had locked about the broken
II from every village in the canton,
10 1rrsdful news spread IN al quar-
~. most astonishing Tapldty: OlneI
sa .uents of troops were attending the
-4.s " their comrades as If in actual
'e.,--. cooks and camp-fres not being
-.ts % complete a scene which was
-. ally picturesque.
TERRIBLE PICTURE.
a.. Sitting here and there OF soldiers
--- torches on the river-banks ana IN
~ w "a RATS, the warning crles eA-
-l;-a, the sharp word Of command the
---ag and groaning Of the wounded,
U5Ie pile Of wreckage, about whlch
'.1lsT, and fremen were working IKE
ever Tie blazing fires here, there, anu
'}Nlese II seemed, the sadly-lghteqi
Il 20 Above, the arrival and departure OF
~, 20; the excuraonists, all OF when
kept up during the night hours anu anu
itplt this morning, furnished the
-''N for a most realistic batte-plctuTe.
ark Of the soldiers dragging tne
'i "a, greatly impeded by the faet that
Stream was considerably swollen by the
i melting Of the SHOWS. lhus tnc
SIS carried many OF the bodies long
~ 41Wu the river; 50 much so that ~ -
Fe'sd that several days OF bridging,
wi. be required before the soidlers
va VII be completed.
a The cESTRK or HORROR.
lla.tly as the broken bridge and IT'S en-
3 l' were during the work Just de-
"a there was Que corner OF the DARK
] .Ie which was centre Of interest. II
4 Rom the fact that IL was the centre
.CffOr This spot was the improNise9
j ~ on the river bank where dead
0 we're taken and tenderly iald IN
II ~ Jy the soldiers Close 10 this place