The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-16
The Unfortunate Builders Crushed and

CINCINNATI, June IA casualty such
rs throws pail of sorrow over COM
munity and sends thrill of horror
through the civilized world happened on
The Licking river between Newport and
Covington, Ky., this forenoon. wagon
and street railway bridge Was in process
of construction between the two cities.
The contractors for the iron work OF the
bridge were Baird Bros. of Pittsburg.
They were Andrew and Robert Baird.
They both went down to deaUh with their
two score or more of workmen. The bridge
was Il strong Wrought-lron structure. The
span between the two shore piers looks
TO be $50 feet The height of the truss
which was 10 form the bridge span be-
tween these two piers was % feet above
the water. False work in piling and timber
had been constructe ed IN the river On top
Of this false work the construction OF an
iron truss WAS begun, exactly midway De-
tween the two piers, and the work was
pushed from the middle both ways.
Five bents or sections of the ponderous
iron work had been constructed. Each
bent or section was thirty feet long, MAX
ing nearly half of the span. On top OF this
was an apparatus known 10 bridSemen as
a traveller which is used TO extend the
structure from the ends. This traveller
rose some thirty feet above the main struc-
lure IL WAS fIll of men at 1880 O'Clock
this morning, and some OF them, near the
top Of it, were nearly 100 feet above the
water. The timbers Of the false work
were beams about sixteen inches square.
They we're old and weather-beaten, and had
evidently been used before. However, in
bulkiness and to outward appearances they
We're strong; but the facts show that they
weIe not strong eEough for the immense
weight of iron they were required to bear.
AT The time of the accident thirty-four
men were on the traveller. but no one alive
eau tell how many men were working be-
low when the awful crash came. 1t came
like Il bolt from heaven. No warning came
from the over-tnxed beams of pine Sud
denly they broke and crashed down into
The river below a mass of ruins, under
which score of human lives went out.
or course, there was rush to the scene
from both sides of the river. The debris
filled the deep stream from bank to bank.
People filed up both sides Of the stream.
but aid WAS most easily rendered from he
Newport side. The stream was soon full
,f skiffs and the work OF rescue began,
and went on bravely during the day and
is still going on tonight The police of the
three sister cities were soon at the scene
and rendered noble service in caring for
the dead and removing the wounded to
their homes or to hospitals.
Charles Wilkerson is the hero. His
home is at 630 East Main street, Louis
willie, ky. His work was on the end of the
Newport approach He rushed TO the
rescue, saved many lives of the wounded,
and tben went to diving for the dead. The
first dead man be got MAS james j. John
son of Havre de Grace, Md This man had
a. brother injured at Canova, w. VA, who
had become insane from injuries received
while working for Baird Bros He bad
sued Baird Bros. for sic 900, and was here
on the bridge looking up testimony among
the men engaged on the work. The next
man WilkerSon recovered by diving WAS
Andrew Baird, one OF the contractors, who
arrived here only this morning and was Cd
1he bridge with his bFothe- Robert in
S sectinS the work. These Baird Bros, by
The way, were engaged on the great bridge
ut Memphis, and have had much eXper
ience in bridge building. Wilkerson at
sunset was sull zealously diving for dead
bodies.
There were sixty-eight persons on and
about the bridge when 1t fell. Following
Is the revised list of the killed, injured and
missing:
Robert Baird, lU24 Columbus street,
Newport, Nv
Andrew Baird, Pittsburg, brother of
Robert.
Charles Gresham. Covington.
Edward Sullivan. Ludlow, hy.
James johnson, Havre de Grace, Nd.
Dennis Harlow. Parkersburg, W. Va.
r. A y JlaG, Erie. Pa.
Charles 1yro, Mitchell. Iud.
William Burton, Peuallon, Ky.
Patrick MUrray, GreenbTier, w. Va.
Champion Temple, Boston.
Thomas Downing, Wheeling, w. Va.
An unai maa about 10 years old.
d. X. kOhY, RlGtOrd City, Va.
William Roby, brother of J. Il. Roby.
Elmer Barber Cincinnati
William Alvois Cincinnati.
{. W PisifOauCh, Wheeling, w. Va.
Dick German, Dolphin. Pa.
John Adams, Cincinnati.
Frank Adams, Cincinnati.
INJURED.
David Binkley, Hills Station; seriously.
Bruce Thomas. indianapolis, seriously.
Joseph Airing, Newport, ny.
A German, uicknamd 'Shylocks," name
unknown.
Charles II. Wilkerson. Louisville, Ky.
Benjamin Arnold, Nicholasville Ky.
John Murphy, Newpor', Ky.
William Ghomas, Neuia, o.
John Phillips, Newport; Will die.
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Ie,niger; seriously.
c II. Eetter>. lronton. q; seriously.
4 Thomas, J. T. Lynch, r. Burkley and
William Wilson. inspectors OF work;
seriously.
Frank Wallace.
Harvey Osborn, London, Eng: skull
crushed; will die.
Thomas LAWN, Covingtou, Ky; seriouslv.
Henry krarler, Newport, by.
Daniel Rinkley, NewporG
Harry He'll
thomas hrause
MISSING.
Martin Luther, Lagrange, K,.
Frank Mure, Newport
Head Carpenter George Burge, Coving-
ton.
\. W. Burton, Winchester, Ky
William Wesslipg, Newport.
Fred BrSnt, Cincinnati.
Dick Adams, Cincinnati
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