The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-12-19
PLUNGED TO DEATH,
Fifty Men Fall with Bridge in tho Obi
kiver2O Dead and Missing.

Louisville, KY, December 13.-At few
minutes past 10 o'clock this morning the
false work and that part of the middle span
OF the Louisville and JeffersonviUe bridge
gave way, and, with all the Workmen, was
precipitated 10 feet into the water below.
There was but q moments warning, anc
those who escaped going down with the
mass OF iron and timber, started for the
piers after the first trembling that Indicated
the giving away of the false Work.
Inc accident WAS horrible one, ana Is
the last of u long list OF cataStrophes that
have marked the construction of this bridge.
"A lew minutes after the accident the news
was sent to all parts of the city. Near the
bridge 1--we the wives and children OF many
Of the workmen. These were soon on the
river bank. Many We're wild with grief and
rushed frantcaily about, wringing their
hands and tearing their hair. The office or
the bridge company, on Campbell street,
was besieged with anxious mothers and
wives inquirlng for their loved ones. Hair
an hour after the accident there
were at least twenty thousand people
on the river bank.
Who is RcspUnsibte:
TO whose doors must be laid the respo1-
sipility for the terrible disaster will prob
ably never he known. 1t is doubtless only
one of those unforeseen accidents that oc-
cur i'll site of ali precautionary measures.
Bridge building. prob@Niy more than any
other thing, is fraught with manifold dan-
gers and the worilmcn whose iabors are
utilized in the work practically take their
lives in their own hands.
General opinion ascribes the cause of
the disaster to the stiff wind that has been
sweeping the river all day. 1t bore with
great force ON the ponde"ouS framework,
which necessarily became loo3ened from the
constant strain and SW&ying Of the heavy
t;mbers.
1t is believed that forty lives were lost.
Three patrol wagons were kept busy and
guards. assisted by the fire department, in
carrying off the dead and injured. The
wagons could not go to and from the hospital
fist enough to receive those taken from the
river.
Further Particulars of the Disaster.
Louisville, KY, December IA large
large force of men and pile driver were
at work all Saturday in clearing up the
wreck at the bridge. but no bodies were
taken out.
Most of the injured men and those killed
had their lives insured for various amounts.
i.lsG sf iJSaH.
The list complete is as follows:
Dead q. GA1:LOCK. -9I Market street.
,FkANK- MILLER, thirty years OF age.
=, COURTNEY. twenty-five years of age,
6. ". COOK, twenty-eight years Of age,
FUNK BURNS. twenty-five years of
CHAKL1s3 MURPHY, thirty-e ght years
of age, AS State street Chicago.
Injured-Georg W. Brown. irvington,
Ky, left arm fractured; John Meyers, Lex
ington, Ky, left arm fractured and hip
wound: Edward FEildebrand, Easton, Pa,
three ribs fractured and internal injuries
Pa. lower jaw cut and leg fractured; Ed
Hogan, i61 South state street, Chicago,
thigh and arm fractured, internal injur es,
viii die; W. a. Sharp, I22 oldham street.
Louisville, left arm fractured scalp wound
ana internal iniurieS-may recover; Thomas
Galloway, scot!andl4a three fractured rips,
badly bruised q. r. Sheehan, Ctreenup,
Ky. flesh wound; George Tharp. OsWego,
n. l., sprained ankle; Harry Lee, New Al
bany, slightly injured; John L9he, Cam
bridge Mass. injured IN face; Q. T. Moore.
Philadelphia, fatal injuries; II. d. Pugh,
Pittsburg. slightly injured; a. 0. Lee, p.
Mssing-C f. Holderer. A. i3idden. J.
Cregan, M. Solan. Frank simmons Jeffer-
sonviIle; George II. Flinkle Dauphn, Pa.
J. Holden. J. II, Wilson. Pat Kelly, ]. I.
owens. F. Sheridan, J. Alien, George LILY,
r. L. DerfinRer. Virginia; Henry P.aiSs,
New Albany; George LeCompte.