Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-23

ity hospital
{. W. Cook, Mantua, o., died in City
Iospital
J. i. Burns. Franklin, Pa.
Frank lstels,
Fred Miller
The Missing Are:
Henry Plaiss, Eighteenth street
New Albany.
Pat Kelly.
Frank Simmons, Jell'ersonville-
Russell Durfiin.er
W. A. Sharp.
A. Soden.
j, kregan.
NJ Solen.
G.. II. lIenkle,
J.. Pierce.
J.L. Wilson,
j. Scott
7. sheridan.
George Lilly,
The Injured Are;
Sam ----. of 9?O Spring street, New
Albany; AL Moore, engineer OF the
traveller both arms broken; &. W.
Brown, lrvngton, arms broken; d, +,
Shehan, Greenup, Ky,;C, +. Hall, Bris-
tol, Tenn; Harry liughs, MERCER, Pa
both arms broken, back hurt and in
tcrnally injured; Harry Lee, Jefferson
vile, cut about head and injured by
shock; Ed. liabcn, Chicago, slightly in
iured: r. y. Galloway 931 east Market
street, ankle broken; John Meyer.
Lexington, Ky, leg amputated; Ed
Schecrs, South Pittsburgh, Pa, Will
die: Ed llildebrand, North Hampton
Pa. spinal injury q. Thorpe, IN
iurcd about knees and side, and +, D.
Hard
Just ON the Eve of Cunpletloin
For weeks past a large force OF mel
has been at work on the big 5oO-too
,pan over the middle of the river lh'
iron work was all up and resting on
heavy framework of piling driver
down into the bed of the river and Sc
,'o.,i' ',..,1.. I,,l,od and hraced Yesterda'
afternoon the last bolts were to hav
been put in place in the iron sope'
structure, and the gigantic span wou'
e'' WV, Wv ~, ,.,,,,,,a,.rod it. own wpiobt
h''' '"lP'' WV ,aso, ,v III
The "ir'''''' VIM
ma, ,,..n,on in beoinnine work We.
..,ia,. ,nornino noticed that durin
''''''s ,Lo ,.t,ovolcr "o buve de
,,;rl, used for placing iron IN posltlol
ia l,,a, ,ynrl,nd loose by the VIM
nnd m ha ordered it drawn back I'M
,,lone The wind was high at Il
,ims and the gentle swaying of Il
fal.e work gradually forced the "tra
,Iar,. off Of fine piles on which it w
rs.,inr
,,. rsutra, Bent Goes Down.
-. a,a slin,od the wbc
Nh'" wv ~ ,I,o man rcalizi,
WORK '1e l',nn .no'e'' ,tnrted ~ for the pie
thclr aoliS''' 80 ,y"' ,'o,,o ' :, ,ho cent,
As lU''nch "ou'u e, -. llN ,,i,o ,,ov and +
bent was ['le ',''Y . ~ ,5sa,t dawn TO
! men Oh W. '"'9 ,,a ,nass If iron and ii
, eo'e'eo e ., "S a,hor ~, hcnts which fell
per "i ,,,L;sto,v ~. carving with tn,
! .'''S, ,,ror,,nen who failed to rea
c tue ''''N fa,,,'nn tho nicrs
| y
/ The north oeht' OF 'i'e l', Wv. . fa,l
i. to the Indiana Pish W." '' 49,,
+. five minutes aiVei '''' 0'''>'
: down. s, ,,u.
!, The oen'rai spa" '''
lF The last pier the '. pGr''a' 'i af,cr
+ not fa for twenty minutes ai'''
; first span fell The great S'I'.n n,'1 ~
u stoned by the sunderihg anu fe'''
ie of the bridge naturally eoll'''''
II Gated itself TO the unhil's''eu 'p
and it took its plunge ,iNe '"u ,,,a'
" into the water o''' ',r. hnt aoa
framework, did not s'hN' 9", IN, "'',
= slowly down the 'iy'!, =, .'han !,
said to be four men on II Wn1n l,,
al and one was subsequently "l''e"a a..
II small "trayeler on '"'e Sp"" 'ad 4,
- down several hnnurcu N"t"''
gradually the heaNl @ :"n' ,hn for,
,ir like matches SHOWING
c, ot force OF 'n' 'an, c,o.. Their
hc he witnesses Involuntary ~, t'o scene
70 'r0' ,,,a1 '"s ,no attention
aa 1S The crash at'rac'e" "nd .,'' many tn,
M those on w. tn, ave." as thev saw the
of Of away tne'' , ,S,, :! ,,id.air in their ma,
rn- struggling IN in'o.'" 1onror W
nd forts to cllmo oe. -. .oviaI strucl,
'''' vi =, ,.,s concealed for an ms
yes water al was 'ol'. Wv, ,,as tbr,vn
ZEN by 'hS Np:"s A. the water subs
-ne lne ln'o '"e , "t thore could be seen
iu, mere "'" W. desnerately to climb ,
strugel'nE u' dat thrust their
VAS yss the timoo's '"'N
ia, above '''' ""' ',aaa.d IN c,imbin.
set set \ 1ew snl,, Sa,r and were quickly
his places oil safety '.m ,,.,s,od honei
~ cued. "t''' , ,ha ,.urre
~ and were carried on oS '"o
,a1 .nS ,>,,.t ,s rescue was at hand'
,s SINK aii'o'' become.
wv wv To the "es''
oss s.,, ho,ts City of ,lefie
anl Inc Terry p ,,..4 "a ,h,
sc' ,;lIa and the w. I. Hltt an" WV
,., ,,..,ys were the first TO !
,,n a the wreckage, Wnl.n
tlon blocked the en''n"a '',l and d ,egs were I
adj with broken d, ;anos ~" of timber.
n 'ae ne clnglns, s,,oJ 10 into boats and hurri
Wplc pullcu INV ~