The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-12-23
TELEGRAPHIC.
A Bridge Disaster.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec, ia large
span of the Jacksonville and Louisville
bridge across the OHIO river fell at 1890
this morning. The bridge would have
been completed In a few days. Fifty men
were thrown into the river. The num-
Der drowned is estimated all the way
from 20 to 80 Bridge timbers and false
work, iron and msngled humanity, are
lying In heap in the river. Several
thousand people inc the shores on sither
side, and boats near the spot are crowded.
Heroic efforts are being made at rescue
The bridge has been III der construc-
| tion a number of years. Several times 1t
| was interrupted bv lack of iunds Three
years ago, during the construction of the
piers, an accident happent IN caisson,
by which 12 lives were lost. Accidents
have been frequent, and it Is sad fifty
persons in all have lost their lives by
them The bodies of Ell Summons and
10 Unidentified have been recovered
The accident was due to the insecure
placing of travelling crane Last Dight
hen the engines started this morning
to draw 1t back into its place. the sway
ing of the false work In the high wind
forced 1t from the piles on Which 1t was
placed, carrying the bridge down With 1t.
Ten workmen saw the danger in time to
escape. Forty-one went down 110 feet
into the water.
The injured were brought to the hos
pital at the rate of one minute The
first seven TO arrive were unconscious
and their names are not learnable. Some
of them were negroes The first dead
man taken out was James B. Burns.
Henry Lee. of Albany, is among those
badly hurt. The accident occurred on
the Indiana side.
] w. Baird, secretary and treasurer of
the br dge company, was one ut the wit
nesses of the disaster. He was complete |
ly overcome for time. He said that be |
was the originator of the plan to build |
the bridge and added: Il CUES 1 will
be eternally damned for it," Civil fn-
gineer Selby says there were only 80 men
on .he collapsed portion.
As to how many were on the span when
1t fell there are conflicting reports Some
of the escaped men say there were 100,
and as but few ale taken out of the
water from the debris, the loss of life Is
put down as as least so Others sag
that Just before the acciden. a number
of men were called off the span, and that
not more than so remained, some of
whom escaped to the other span, and
that with those saved from the water the
loss is not more than 90 or % The lat
ter Is probably correct.
Twelve have been taken to the hOspl-
tai so far, of whoH Two have died sincr,
The others are all unconscious. No
doubt number of bodies are buried un-
der tons of iron in the bottom of the
river.
report fIem Jacksonville, the other
end of the bridge, saws there were 150
men on the span, OF whom only 65 are
accounted for.
The following have been taken ou'
dead: Lester Garlick. Frank Miller, PAT
Kelly, Frank Simons, Charles Murphy, j
B Burke. John Courtney, Bud Csvan
aueh and a man amed Russell.
Injured-Al Moore, both arms broken,
will die; Galloway badly; Jack Lehey,
legs and arms broken; d E Sneehan,
badly; G Hall. seriously; Harry Rose,
arms broken, back burt. internal injuries,
Will die; Harry Lee, bad v; Poby Moore,
both arms broken and faially hurt In
ternally; Harry Pugh, fatal internal in
juries.
TIE accident was chiefly due to the
high wind and the pressure of driftwood
against the piles.