Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-16
BRIDGE
FELL IN
THE RIVER
Between Jacksonville
and Louisville
WHILE ALL THE WOUKGEN ON IT
Were Plunged Into the
Water Far Below,
whore Many Were struck by Fail.
ing Ironwork aud Floating rhn-
her, aud Many are supposed
to Have been KILLED
and Wounded.
Were Plunged Into the
Water Far Below,


Ky Associated Press.
Louisville. Ky, Dec. i5.-Thls morn
trg no r,is. ,...r. .,,a ,,,tr n,rt nr
Tx,
,un u"ulIe epah oi Tue lf"n'7Nluo 'NN
Jollrr,nuvlln bridge gave way, aud With
ni the ,yorl.inan. Nns urrelpitatel 10
t,.t .t,,, Ill.,. ..,,.. ,rt ..t
wv "'u '"N N"''' p''uN' N' n''''
bie accident Is ono Of q long list Of ca
taatrophps TINT have marked thr COM
sttrrtinp ,f thfs brid., frho f,r,,,su
M I...i,,,i.... ,.,.. - a., .t..t...,
the night ID Traveller pnt IN place last
night had bern worked loose hy the
,t,I nm, .,.t.. O.. 1,,.. Ia t.h t.t.
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lts place was given ana me mon ami
engines started Tho wind was high at
uip dne md D,r enntt, .tveviua nf tbe
49, - ,...,..ii.. -, ,,.' ..,..,.'t
l"l7' N'ih tI1un'n3 lurN'u 'h' tlNN"'
err OF the plies ON which u was r,Sllug
whom the end sipped, the whole work
trcn,tl,I nnd Ala. pnu r,ati.I,,- ti,,lr
-, l,.'.,,t ~.
HNhk'l HNNli'u i' Ni' P'IH,
The crutral bout was tho first TO give
way and flo mon an This wont down
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~
TIMBER ni tho nlhcr ptnlA' Wh'ch ie'i
almost Immediately. carrying with them
no ,tbey ,voritn.n WIN fnilnd la rpaeh
blhcrg of anG,ty. Thr north hont. of
| ,tn nuo ntn,ehrJ tn tho indinpa Dior.
XXI unt ioii Ior fifteen minutes after
! Xxx 1tb,r nttis ,rru dn,vu IA uenr
m ,,,,, Il, nse,rt,iuni tharo were INV
IN. mon, nn rho briIg. ,,heu Inc nlerm
,, ,,il,,, t,, nu, ef,lpeer In ebnran OF
M vorE 81 t6s uuinbrr. several snr-
who went down SOME wcro covered h.
! fir mass of timber aud IRON, ana u VIII
be- days before the bodies cau bc re-
covered. 900
The center bent gay" WHY az lui@'i,
| aud II was then mat frrni iiWnper M
fatalities occurred Tow ininnlea Mlrf
! tha bout gave way un ile lndiinn side,
BY this it j. believed INT bat one was
killed Wh1h me hnEn mus Mrueh
The water all Nor" concealed Tor nn M
| slant by spray thrown ~, n lie Wntor
subsidized here aud there could De arrn
mpn struggling desperately 10 climb upon
the timbrra that thrust their ends above
the water Only q ioW succeeded in say
Ing themselves Ihp wives AMI children
Of many ~ the w0fkmeh were soon o. the
river banks, VIA win greet Inc officers
Of the bridge c9nihng were peaeigod WIN
those looking Tor ihoir loYci ono4. "
whose doors cnn be lad The RESPONSE
hilty Of the disaster VIII probably never
be- Known ~ I houhur7H one ~ iilo-t
unforeseen accidents ilai occur " spli'
NJ nN precautionary neas ufes' The gen
crll opinion nHerlbea The cause 10 me
siif VIVID sweemns across The river That
the structure NaH oinefNiHN ilnn h1t'
never occurred 10 tilfr me engineer "
charge or me workmcn. Every prncau
ilqqn mas hefn elpN9yel - insure The sta
biN'y OF ihe ifllhc work
a plle.driger was sent 10 the aeon,
tbls afternoon aud the work of cledrini
the wreekhee nnA searching FOR me deaf
nnder tbe debris was nj once Commenced
That no many we're sapad N mo OF az
I usual. though unnrronntnhIe. connie
mrnts af IN grpH onianronhos I'M
epan mai give way was ilr lasi buf onl
( ueedod 10 coupirie me structure. M
nroden. was seen by tie lOolout oi
+ dnty Wt the life-saying station, and fwI
h,sts ,eera Al onra manned and rowe,
M onieiiy as pos1bls Ia lie rescue. Jh
iieols"tees found tIiFy were unnble n
H. ,a,,et, ~ thrg ennli moi re, to ,yAer
/ W.. y,ciims were ifnnris6nel.
. u T,tr8 s,,rrsiarY and traaetir,
/ 80 t-ii,, e,npane. WA Ia H. no,n