Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-15
Over a Score of Lives Lost by the
Collapse of "False Work."
GRAND ARMY OF THE POTOMAC MEET
Sons Of Veterans at Frederick Elect
Officers.
THE FAITH CURE PRIEST DEAD
OVER 4 SCORE KILLED.
Terrible Fall of workm-n Engaged ON TIN
New Bridge at Newport. Nv.


CIxcISSArI. June Ij.-At 1925 o'clock
this mOI nlng the false work of the new bridge
being built over the Licking river between Cow
ington ana Newport fell, carving down with it
ninety men The first estimate of the number
Of lives lost thirty. but later reports make
the total number eighty-tight Among them
were Andrew aud Albert Baird. the contractors.
The construction OF the bridge begun
early last fall and viii be used for foot pas
sengers and street railway traffic. Two piers
have been completed and the work of fixing the
heaty pieces OF iron in place had begun.
track from the Newport side had been run out
the first pier to the heavy iron. The false
work ran up hfty feet from the water.
ONLY TWO OUT OF NINETY ESCAPED.
Bus two men are known 10 have escaped with
their lives. Not stick of the false work. from
pier To pier remained and the river was filed
with tinbers and iron work. with scores of men
struggling for life. News of the terrible
accident spread rapidly and soon q
crowd Of hundreds had gathered and
the work Of rescue of the bodies was at once
begun. Al u O'Clock twenty-five bodies had
been taken ont and the work was pushed with
yigOr. Cincinnati patrol wagons responded to
q hurried call. and The dead and wounded we're
carried away rs fast a. taken out. The accident
is supposed 10 be due To the heavy weight Of
the iron floor supports. the false work no! be-
ing strong enough.
Fourteen dead bodies have been taken out on
the Newport side and eight from the Covington
side OF the river.
REDUCING ESTIMATE OF KILLED.
Later.-There are 50 many,conAicting reports
as To the EuIber of persons killed that ii is i'm
possible To get ANYTHING reliable The first re-
port vi thirty killed appears to be nearest the
exact number of victims who were either
drOsned OF crashed to death.
Following are names Of killed:
Rode Farvell. JCiieTsOnyille. Ind: Dan Ar
mold. Tom Downing Wheeling W. Va: yaughn
Adams. Cincinnati: Andy Baird and Albert
Baird of Oanads. who were on Writ
had Just arrived two hours before
the accidents John O'Neill. Covington. Nv:
james Campan. canada: Vim. Harlan. Jeffer-
sonville. md: John y. Pan-en. one arm taken
on: iI~s tiOrmIl. Pennsylvania: WE, Albis.
Roanoke. Va: Charles Stamuer Covingtun:
John Ruby and brother. Wheeling. ". Va; Jos
Senker. Cincinnati; F. Nu-e. Newport Nv:
VIM Nessling. Newport: Luther johnson. two
unknown at Elizabeth Hospital. -- gilbert
son. Portsmouth,. Ohio: 1hos. Random. -
% Brien. Vim. CLARK
Among the injured are Charles Sanford. Dan
Buckley. Henry Kramer. COvington. Nv:
Ben Arnold: GiraTd- Ky; John Phillips.
Newport. Nv; g. H. Wlkerson.
Thomas Lareu. r. F. knight Alex Thomas.
Henry letter. i. p. Phelps. r. Kramer.
CovingtOn; Frank Wallace. Boston.
INSPECTOR BROWNS ACCOUNT.
Thomas Brown. general inspector of the
work. WAS seen by a reporter while he was at
tending to one of TIE injured He hurried to
the scene when summoned by telephone.
Brown savs; i cannot state positively the
cause Of the accident but il j. INV belief that il
was caused BY = lack of brscing in the piling
The piles ecrors the Licking were
forty feet long and had been driven
into the river bed about ten feet As the |
water WA high We were unable TO get proper |
braces ia place. | think there must be thirty |
feet of water in the eLInnel. Only two panels |
o: iron were III position at the tine of the |
accident Al the men employed were
insured l0H the contractors Baird I
Brothers. had insured the lives of all their en-
Plores in the Employees Insurance Company |
The company agrees To protect the con-
tractors against all damage claims L
think the average amount of insurance |
on each mGn killed Is $1,000. but cannot say
positively. Baird Brothers had been very sue
eessful bridge builders. there were four of
them and two were killed in he accident TLev !
are married men of families and are qJite
wealthy.
They had just completed the great can,elever
bridge at Memphis, which is the largest in the
world with one exception. They had never
before met with such disastrous accident. The
property loss is 800 900
There was great difficulty in ascertaining the
exact number of the victims. The reports
varied from fifteen TO one hundred