The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-16

facilities, a bond issue of S., 10000 was
authorized, 81, 0O0, 900 of which was TO
held in reserve. This gave new life
TO the enterprise and the work of COM
pleting the structure has been going
on rapidly since.
The span that gave way was the last
but one needed to complete the struc-
ture. The accident was seen by the
lookout on duty at the life saving sta
ton and two boats were at once mann
ed and rowed as quickly as possible
to the rescue. Before they got there
however, many boats were at work.
The life savers found they were unable
to do much, as they could not get
where the victims were imprisoned.
Shortly after their arrival the trestle
work attached to the north pier of the
fatal span fell, carrying one man down
with it. The life savers rescued him
and took him to shore.
Work of the Wind.
That the structure was otherwise
than safe never occurred either to the
engineers in charge of the work or the
workmen. Every precaution had been
employed to insure the stability of the
frame work, and the only thing lack
ing was the failure to take into consid-
GRAFTON the action of the wind To the
great traveller" alluded to, is directly
attributable the falling of the span.
ne COuSldDI dcllOn OIL Tie WIFI DOTG
it from it's resting place on the last
pier but one on the Jeffersonville side.
The displacement was discovered and
the work of putting it back in place
was begun, but too late. The center
of the great span began to sink before
the work was accomplished. The wind
had done its work, and the heavy en-
gines near the pier went crashing down
to the water, carrying with them a
mass of humanity mixed in horrible
confusion with the timbers and iron.
The partial span of the last one did
not fall until twenty minutes after the
first had gone down, but it was the di-
rect result Of the falling of the first.
The great strain occasioned by the
sundering and rending of the bridge
naturally communicated itself to a UNI
finished span and it took its plunge
like the first into the water, but being
mostly of frame work did not sink
but foated slowly down the river.
There was said to be four men On it
when it fell, and one was undoubted-
ly killed. The traveller" on this span
hoated down several hundred yards
and then. grounded. Heavy timbers
were splintered like matches, showing
the terrific force. of the fall. Iron CIR
ders, weighing many tons, were twist
ed like one might twist a piece of wire
into every conceivable shape, and lay
with the tinibers, huge pieces of iron
and lumber in an inextricable mass.
The span would have been complet-
ed by this afternoon, and after the
traveller had been fastened to the
pier there would have been no danger
of the wind current breaking iG down
A pile driver was sent to the scene
and the worl of clearing the wreckage
and searching for the dead under the
debris at once commenced.
Dead and Injured.
The revised list of the dead, injured
and missing is as follows:
Dead-L. G. Garlock, Buffalo
John Courtney.
F. Burns
G. Murphy,
c. z. Cook.
Nfissing-C. r. Holderer,
A Sodden,
j. Cregan,
N. Solan.
Frank Simmons. Jacksonville.
G. II. Hinkle, Dauphin. Pa,
J. Holden,
]. L. Wilson,
Pat Kelly,
j. 7. Owens,
F. Sheridan,
j. Allen.
p. F. Moore,
George Lilly.
r. L. Berfng. Virginia,
II. Bliss.
Injured. Meyer. Lexington, XIV,
left leg badly fractured: Harry Lee,
New Albany, slightly injured; II. D.
Pugh, E. Hildebrand, three ribs frac-
tured, internally injured, will probably
die; G. W. Brown, Irvington, KY, arm
pToken IN three places; C. Tharp, an
kie badly Sprained, Oswego, N. Y: G.
E. Sheehan, flesh wound, Greenup, KY;
A. Z. Hall. badly bruised. East Ten
nessee; ). Parks, three ribs broken
and sprained ankle, Scotland; T. Gal
loWay, South Pittsburg, Pa, fractured
leg; r. Sheriff, Chica, fatally injured;
p: Hobin. fatally injured; w. a.
Sharpe Louisville, left arm broken
hurt internally.
ui-Luck Pursues Them.
The Louisville and JeffersonviIJe
Bridge company has had series of
disasters, financial and otherwise. II
was originally projected in 1879, and
failure overlook it in its very incipien-
cy. In 1888 it was revived under a new
charter and ground was broken in
October, 1885, Two caisson accidents
took place during the building of the
piers. The first was caused by the
cupidity of a sub contractor, who en-
gagged himself as an expert when he
was without experience The air es-
capped from the caisson and the water
rushed in, drowning fourteen men.
The second caiSSOn accident resulted
from the foolhardiness of the foreman
in the management of the structure
and caused the death Of seven men.
Today was the third big accident in
the chain. Several minor ones have
occurred between times
The enterprise was overtaken by a
very serious financial disaster early I'm
its career, as a result of the Barring
failure in 1890 which by reason Of the
y 1far~c
preventing the floating of $1,000. 900
bonds. arrangements for which had
all but been consummated.
This reverse was a blow from which
the enterprise never recovered in the
hands of the originators and promo
tiers. Jacob E. Kreiger, the leading
spirit. broke himself and the Masonic
bank of this city in furthering the pro-
ject and finally sank himself in an UNI
timely grave under a load of ills re-
sulting from multiplied disasters
caused by the bridge.
The enterprise languished several
times, and at one time it looked like
those who had projected Il would reap
nothing but loss. However, in March
last, they succeeding in disposing of
the property to a syndicate under terms
considered very advantageous
1t is estimated by engineers of the
Phoenix Bridge company that the loss
to the bridge will be at least 500. 600
TIE Third Span Goes.
Third span of the bridge collapsed
at S.20 tonight So far as is known no
one was injured. This will be an addi-
tional loss of about $3.50 to the Bridge
company. This span had been complet-
ed, but the collapse of the fourth span
today it is supposed, loosened and dis
placed it.
TEN HORSES PERISH.
Million Fire In NA,x York