Evening journal., 1892-06-16
AT LEAST FORTY KILLED
Dashed to Death by a Failing
Bridge.
REMARKABLE EgoAPE OF TwO MEN

They Fell Sixty Feet with the False
work of New bridge Near cincin-
natl. but Escaped with Few Bruises.
A survivors, Story.
CNc1NNArI. June 6.--At least forty men
were killed by the falling Of the false work
Of the new bridge that was being built over
the Licking river between Coyington and
Newport.
superintendent Sullivan says there We're
sixty-three men at work on the bridge
when the crash came Those who escaped
We're at work on the up stream side Of the
bridge. They fell with the wreck, but for.
tunately fell on top Of 1t. Those on the
down stream side fell under the wreckage
and were either killed or injured 1t is
certain that those who cannot be found are
lying at the bottom Of the Licking river.
A list of the Dead.
Following is list Of the dead:
@ d. Champoux semple. OF Boston; Thomas
Down, Wheeling. Va; an unknown man about
forty years old; j. r. Roby, Radford City. Va;
Elmer Barber Cincinnati; William Alois, Ohio:
O. W. Paafenback, Wheeling, w. Va; Dick
German. Dolphin, Pa; John Adams, Cincin-
natl; Frank Adams. Walnut street, Cincin-
lAlls AuhtfI HlliAs contractor OF luz AoiNlla
bia street, Newport Andrew Baird. contractor
Of Pittsburg brother OF Robert Charles
Gresham, Covington Ky; Edward Sullivan
Ludlow Ky; james johnson. of Havre de
Grace, Nd Dennis Harlow Parkersburg, ".
Va; A. Moan, Erie, Pa; Charles Stall Iron
ton, o.; Charles Tyre, Mitchell, Ind. William
Burton, Pendleton, KY. Patrick Murray,
Greenbrier, W. Va.
The missing and probably dead are;
Martin Luther, La Grange Ky. Frank Mure.
Newport. head oarpentet: George Burge Irv-
ington; n. w. Burton. Winchester. Ky; Viii
liam Wessiing. Newport Fred Brant, n Main
street, Cincinnati; Dick Adams, Cincinnati.
Twenty-Five others were injured, some OF
them fatally.
A Survivors, story.
William Wilson, an iron work inspector
OF Covington, KY, was on the fatal structure
and had thrilling escape from death. He
made the following statement Immediately
after being rescued and then relapsed into
Inconsistencies;
Il was standing on the false work, near
the traveller, on the Newport side, talking
with Andy Baird, one OF the contractors
who had just arrived, and we were chatting
together. Suddenly we felt the structure
sinking beneath u.s. and with common i'm
pulse we started to run for the Newport
end. We had scarcely gone ten feet when
the whole thing went down and we were
thrown headl0ng through the air. lost
consciousness, and did not recover my
senses until I rose TO the surface OF the
water. The first thing / saw was the form
Of Baird, fearfully mangled wedged in be-
tween the timber He groaned several
times and died. I managed then to seize
piece Of drifting timber and TO hold on
until small boat came to my rescue.
cannot tell the cause Of the accident"
1t Was Horrible Scene.
Soon after the crash came both banks
were lined with people. A big portion OF
the false work was submerged, and with II
were the unfortunate workmen. The scene
was horrible one In minute the ali
was filed with the shrieks OF the injured
and dying. Those who could free them
selves from the tangled network Of tinbei
struggled 10 the surface Of the water ani
tried to get ashore. One after another CAV,
up'tho desperate and uneven struggle an,
sank into the muddy water Among tn,
first to be taken out was one Of the Bairt
brothers, the contractors His body was il
a horrible condition, his back being crushed
and broken. Next 10 be taken from th,
water was John Sponsor
A log weighing a couple Of hundred
pounds crashed through Sponsors abdomen
driving it through his back The look o
pain on his face was horrible The bones o
all the dead men were crushed, broken ani
splintered, and in many instances wer
forced through the flesh, presenting a sick
ening sight The terrible calamity is dul
directly TO the recent heavy rains. Th
traveller was fully seventy feet high, IN,
the false work sixty feet Two men wer
at work on the top cord Of the false worl
/ when the crash came. They fell into tn
: river, but escaped with few scratches
They were J. p. Lynch colored, and Bruc
Conas. Lynch fell with the bridge ant
landed on top Of it, Conas fell undeneatl
the work but, singuiarly enough, escape
with a few hruiseR