The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-16


ports. Some of the escaped men say
there were a hundred. and as but Jew
have been taken out of the water from
the debris, the loss of life is put down
as at least fifty. Others say that just
before the accident a number of men
were called off the span, and that not
more than fifty remained, some of
whom escaped to the other span, and
that with those saved from the water
the loss is not more than twenty or
twenty-five. The latter is probably
correct
A report from Jeffersonville, at the
other end of the bridge, says there
were $50 men on the span, of whom
only sixty-five are accounted for.
The span would have been completed
by this afternoon, and after the tray
eler" had been fastened to the pier
there would have been no danger of
the wind or current breaking it down.
n pile driver was sent to the scene
this afternoon, and the work of clear
ing the wreclsage and searching for
the dead under the debris was at once
commenced.
The following have been taken out
dead: Lester Gardick, Frank Miller,
Pat Kelley, Frank Slmons Chas. Muir
ply, J., H. Burke, John Courtney, Bud
Cavapaugh. l.. G. Gartero. f. BIrns,
C. W. Cook.
Mlssing-C. f. Holderer A. Sodden,
j. Gregain. M, Solan, Frank Simons,
Jeffersonville; G. II. Hinkle, Dauphin,
Pa; j. Holden, j. l.. Wilson, j. r.
Owens, f. Sheridan, J. Allen, p. F..
Moore George Lilly, r. l.. Derhing,
Virginia; II. Piss
Injured-J. Meyers. Lexington left
leg badly fractured; Harry Lee, New
Albany slightly injured; H. d. Hide
brand, three ribs froctured, internally
injured, and will probably die; G. w.
Brown, IlWingt"n, Ky, arm broken in
three places; C. Tharp, ankle badly
sprained, Oswego, N. Y, G. E. Shhe-
han, Greenup, KY, flesh wound; A. T.
Hall, East Tennessee, tadl$ Bruised
S. Parks, Scotland, three ribs broken
end sprained ankle. r. Galloway, South
F'ittsburg, Pa, fractured leg; e. Sher-
iff, Chicago. fatally injured; E. Hobin,
fa tally injured; w. A. Sharp. LouisvlllA,
left arm broken, hurt internally.
Tho East End Improvement Com
pany has been acting as limited agent
in the construction of the bridge und eI
the reorgani 4ation last March, when
the property was disposed of to syn.
dicate controlled by three roads, gem
orally supposed to be the Big -Four,
Chesapeake and Ohio, and b. & S. W.,
for the purpose of completing the
bridge and providing suitable terminal
facilities. A bond issue of $5OOO,OOO
was authorized. This gave new life
to the enterprise, and the work of com
plotting the structure has been going
on rapidly since.
The span that gave way was the last
but one needed to complete the struct-
ure. The history of the Louisville and
Jefferson9iie Bridge Company is 4 ser
les of disasters, financial and other
wise. Originally projected in 1879, fail
IRE overlook it in it's incipiency IN
1883 it was revived under new char
ter, and ground broken in 1889. Two
caisson accidents took place during the
building of the piers, resulting In the
drowning OF twenty-one men. Today
was the third big occident In the
chain. Several minor ones occurred
between times. Jacob E. Kreiger, the
leading spirit, broke himself and the
Masonic Bank of this city in further
ing the project, and finally sunk into
an untimely grave under the load Of
Ills, resulting from the multiplied dis
asters caused by the bridge The third
span of the bridge collapsed at $40 To-
night. SO far as is known, no one was
injured The total loss to the bridge
company is about $175.0OO
AN EXPENSIVE BLAZE.
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