Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-06-25
A BRIDGE FALLS.
The Iron Work Was Being Strung
Across the Huge Piers,
When Something Gave Way and the
Structure andthe WorkmenWent Down
About Thirty Killed, Twelve Miss
Ing, and Two Fatally Injured.

CINCINNATI. June 16.--The new bridge
over the Licking between Newport and
Covington, the two approaches to which
are from Twelfth street of either city,
was Wednesday morning the scene OF
an accident unprecedented in extent OF
| l1ss of life in the three cities.
The entire supcrstructure which was
well on the way to completion, fell into
the river, carrying with it small army
| of workmen, contractors and others.
Tbs main span gave way carrying
with it 'he Baird brothers, who were
, 1T, ti,',l ~ he work, ald the men work.
ing with them The huge iron truss
carrying its weight of human flesh fell
with loud splash into the river below,
manning and injuring those who were
not killed instantly. Boats were quick.
ly put out from the coal barges near by
and an attempt at rescue made Those
of the victims who were not killed at
once were pinned down by the heavy
iron beams and drowned
The bridge was an iron truss intended
for foot and vehicular travel, and being
built more especially for the use OF the
new belt electric road owned by the
Cleveland syndicate TO run back OF
Newport and Covington to Latonia.
Forty-fve men were engaged at work
on the scaffold of the bridge, which
wGs being erected on the cantilevcr
, plan, and out of the forty-fve only two
escaped without injury. The two men
who were SO fortunate were Murray
+. Reardon and Jim Caldwell. The other
I fortv.three were buried in the debris of
:, | falling timbers, and were either bruised
: or killed by the force of the fall, or
y drowned.
n Following is the list of casualties
= Killed Andrew Baird, Pittsburgh
Robert Baird, Pittsburgh; Billy Allan
.op bridgeman Jack Ruby, 81, married
t Newport, viii Ruby, Newport; Charley
l. Champau, foreman, Canada, boards OF
. Thornton street; Billy Wessling, cnr
i penter, Newport Dick German, car
;, penter; Thomas Downing, ll7 Mon
= mouth street Newport; Dick Sponsor
o Coyington; Fred Brent, ironworkei'
unrecognizable man; Charles Dreneck
Sig West Eleventh street, Newport Jin
O johnson, iron-worker, boards in New
port, George Burgo, iron-worker, New
ii port; n. w. Burton, iron-worker; Den
l. mis- Harlow, iron-worlier; B. f. Phelps
Y iron-worker. boarded in Newport; JOIN
.e O'Neal, Eleventh street, Covlngton; I
e. w. Pfaffenbach iron worker, boards II
!. Newport; h, Thomas, Pittsburgh, cat
le penter; VIM. Wilson, inspector, 10
ID East Twelfth, street Covington, Thot
lg Burke.
is Missing in river-Franlt Muir, fore
u. man, Newport; Charles Tarr, ironWorI
es er; William Barton, ironworller; WI
Tx liam Alvis, carpenter; Henry Crame
N. G.. L. Shohan; i. Krousc; Ed. Nolai
er waterboy. Ed. Sullivan; Dan Brinkle,
81. Pat Murray; j, }. Murray,
ed Fatally iniured-Ben. Arnold, Joh
to Tilley, Elmer Barbour, w, ID. Rob,
Henry Osborne.
,e. Slightly hurt-Chas II. Vetters, lroi
he ton; Frank Walas,
nd Later-'rhe missing, according
to best estimates, number only iiftee
Jt. Three bodies were found in the LiclSir
en- river late Wednesday night. Th'
Ter could not be removed or identified. A
a ter the collapse of the bridge the way
u. of the river ran red with human bloc
US Twcnty-six dead bodies have been taxi
IN from the wreck. The death list W
a run almost, if not quite, to thirty.