The Helena independent., 1893-12-16

the pier won't crashing down TO the watsr.
carrying with them = mass of humanity
mixed IN horrible confusion with t'mbers
and iron.
Tho partial span. the last enc. did not
fall until twenty minutes after the hr.t
had gone down, but IL was ths direct results
OF tho falling Of tho fyst.
The revised list Of dead. injured and
missing II ~ follows:
Dead: l., q. 0arsoek. Buffalo; John
Courtney. C +. Barns 9. Murphy Q. W.
Crsgan. Ii. solsn. Frank simmons, Joiier-
sonville; q. II. Hinkle, Dauphin, Pa; J.
Holden. J. L. Wilson. PAT Kelly. J. T.
Owsns. Z. Sheridan. J. Alien, +. =. Moore.
George Lilly, B. l.. Dorfiing, OF Virginia;
II. rliss.
Injured: J. Myers. Lexington, left leg
badly fractured; Harry Lee. New Albany.
sliQhtly injured; II. d. Pugh; 4. Hide
brand. three ribs fractured, intensity in
jursd. probably die; g. w. Brown. irving
ton. KY, arm broken in three places: G.
Tharp Osveeo. y. T.. ankle badly sp'ained;
Y. y. sheehan. Gresnup. KY, flesh wound;
A. 4. Hall. East Tennessee. badly bruised;
y. Parks, Scotland. three RIBS broken and
spsainsd ankle; 4. Galloway. touth Pitts-
burg. Pa, fractured leg; +. Sheriff. Chi
csgo: fatally injured; L. Hobin, fatally in
lursd; ". 4. sharpe, Louisville. loft arm
Tho history of the Louisville q Jefferson
vile Bridge company is series OF disasters
financial and otherwise. II was originally
projsctsd In 1879 and failure overlook IL in
Its very incipienoy. In 1888 1t was revived
under new charter and ground broken In
October. 1883. Two oaisson accidents
took place during the building OF the
pisrs. Tho first was caused by the oupidity
OF the sub contractor who engaged himself
40 an expert. when he was without expert.
ence. Air escaped from the saisson and
water rushed in. drowning fourteen men.
! The second csisson accident resulted from
the foolhnrdinsss of fofsmsn In tho man
aRement Of tho structure and caused the
death of seven men.
To-day was the third big accident in the
chain. Several minor ones occurred be-
tween times. Tho enterprise WAS ovet-
taken by q worry serious financial disaster
carly In its career, az a reault Of tho Barring
depressing effect in money centers, pre-
vented floating $1,O0OOO0 bonds. arrange
nnents for which had oil bot been consum-
mated. Tho reverse was blow from
which the enterprise never recovered In the
hands Of the originators and promoters.
himself and the Masonic bank Of this city
in furthering the project. and finally sank
| into an untimsly grave under tho load OF
Ills resulting from multiplied disasters
caussd by the bridge.
The enterprise lanRuished several times.
and at ono time it looked like thos, who
| had projected 1t would reap nothing but
loss. However. in March last, they sue
ceedsd in disposing Of tbs property TO q
| syndicate under terms considered very ad-
| vantageous. It is estimated by engineers
OF the Phoenix Bridge company that the
loss TO tbs bridge viii be at least 800. .0O0
The third span of the bridge collapsed a
S:20 tonight. So far as known NO one was
injured. This will be an additional loss o!
about $7b 900 to the bridge company. Thil
span had bsen completed. but the oollaps,
of tho fourth span to-day is supposed tt
have loosened and displaced il.