The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-24
FRIGHTFUL CALAMITY.
Ninety Men co Down with Col
lapsod Bridge.
e'o<fy ~ Then INSTANTLY Killed or Drowned
and Many mere Terrible In
jured-Ths False work was
Not Substantial

CISc,SxATI. June 10. The false work
Of the new bridge bcing built over the
Licking river between Newport and
Cowington- Ky. fell az fo:a5 n m. YES
errsiay. carrying down with II ninety
men. Of whom large nnmber-the ex-
nct figure being Is yet unknown-were
buried under the debris Of the bridge
and killed. among them being Andrew
and Albert Baird. two ~ the contract
or
The construction OF the bridgc was be
gun early last fall. and was used for
foot passengers and street railway tras-
fc- The piers have been completed.
and the work Of fixing the heavy
piecs ~ iron had begun. A track
from the Newport side had been run
out on the first pier to the heavy iron.
The false work ran up SO feet from the
water
Not stick Of the false work from
pier 70 pier remained. and the river was
TILED with timbers and iron work with
scorcs Of men struggling for life. News
of the terrible accident spread rapidly.
and soon crowd of hundreds had
gathered and the work of reScuing the
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pushed with vigor.
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