The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-18

cleveland, Nov. 1.-THE people Of this
S1'y stood appalled, today when they real
4%e0 me tuA horror Of the terrible accident
"h3ch occurred last evening an The ne
eohsfal Viaduct Ii was the worst sc.i-
9eAt thai h2d ever happened in ms ,,.tv
anu the story Of how the car. loaded wsth
men. women and children. had plunged
through an open draw. straight down teo
1ees INTO Jne river. was told over and orsr
4salh. thousands OF people remained ~
the river bank all last night, ana thou-
SANDS more were there early rms morn
.ls- The lrst reports Of the disaster nave
peen verified n every particular. with the
possible exception OF the number Of vic
L-hls, winch II SofneN hat smaller than ms
al first supposed. The work. of res,,,j-,,
the Bodies CT the victims has gone on
steadily since o'clock last a. ght. and il
= no" beiieNed nothing more can be done
uH'4 ihe last b.' OF wrecSage Of the car
mas been recovered from The river.
me scenes about the river last night.
"i1ie me work of rescue Wis being prose-
euted. were pathetic in the extreme. The
thousands Of people who had assembled
waited with bated breath for the discovery
ol the nodles. II was a sad crowd and o1f
q respect Tor the unfortunate dead but
very Ettie noise was made. Occasionally
the wlld scream OF some frantic woman
VINO oeIeFed some one dear to her was
among the unfortunate ones would re-
ecuo over the flats. only 10 be taken IN At
distance by some other woman whose
heart was breaking over her loss. IL was
almost impossible TO get to the river. Pa
Goi wagons dashed this way and that
thelr oeiis changing, adding 10 the con-
fusion. Ambulauces dashed up To the scene
only 10 turn and drive away again ear
f4lhs me remains of some unfortunate Ii
was almost impossible TO work with any
he
near the scene as possible and the efforts
OF the large police force to maintain order
were almost IN vain. II was with great
uIIiicuitS that body, when recovered, was
taken 10 one OF the dead wagons -Four
oCdies were found almost at the same time
Ihey were placed on stretchers. and the
solemn march 10 the ambulance began.
AS the bodies were passed from the fire.
boat 10 the willing hands on shore. an
aisle was made and the bodies We passed
along. Every few feet some woman would
step out from the crowd pee~ into the
lace OF oody as Il passed. and with a
II IS not him. thank God would retire.
As the body of young boy was taken
from the flreboat, an old lady nearly fell
INTO the river in her anxiety TO see the
face or the dead body. She would not be
put back. She threw herself onto the
oody, looked into the face. and falling on
her knees, she raised her voice 10 heaven
ana prayed as only q mother could under
the circumstances. Pressing close around
her were anywhere from 1000 10 5.0p1
people. Those who saw her raised their
hats and not a few joined in the PRAYER
On board the fireboat. alongside OF which
was the raft from which the divers wers
working. Coroner Arbuckle and several
OF tne oodi hands were busy graphing for
bodies. and all was confusion A hook
would catch on something in the bottom Of
the river. The man handling it would
say: I've got another" and the crowd On
shore would take up the cry and repeat
u 10 the waiting thousands But In many
cases the man was wron; his hook would
bring 10 the surface an old board or a
piece Of rubbish.
All the time the search was going on
cars kept running over the Viaducr both
rails from the west 10 the east approaches
Of the bridge were blocked with people In
the center of the bridge men, women and
children went this and that way, tastlins
each other and crying. Women tainted
and were trampled on by the mad, rush
ing and insane crowd. II was a crowd
with a common grief. Not one Of the null
utudc but knew that perhaps a brother.
mother, father or sister, was al the mo-
ment lying at the bottom Of the river.
Every body tried to sympathize with cv-
cry one else. From the dizzy height the
thousands Of people who occupied posi-
uons on the bridge watched the proceed
ings below. Their view was unohstructed
and they saw everything that took place.
When a body was brought to the sur
face. those at the rail on the bridge re-
ported TO those i'm the center Of the bridge,
ana then rush to the rail was made by
the crowd
The finding of the body of little Gertie
Hoffman nlied the cup OF sorrow for 4
". Hoffman. She was the last member
of his family. Ills wife and son Harvey
We're taken from the river last night. The
little girls body Yves found against the
bank OF the river. Her little bands were
filled with splintcrs ana her face was bad
~ bruised When Hoffman realized what
had happened 10 him he became tercft ~
reason Rushing 10 the river no plunged
in and tried Go drown himself. hut was
rescued by friends Who took him away.
The final Identification OF the body Of
Curt Leuhne, by his s1epfather Prof. 9.
r Clements. today disclosed romance.
Lephne's mother Was an English girl.
Several years ago She went 10 Berlin 20
study music and Their. met and married a
German army cf1cer named Lephne Four
children were born 10 her. when her hus-
hand died Last SIMMER she met Prof.
Charles Clements and tbs Two became en-
gagel Prof Clements was a teacher t0 a
musical school ln P~rln. but ne obtained
an OFFER of position iu tnia city. He
came 20 Cleveland and Mes Lephne foI-
lowed him here. arriving only last month
with hoy children They were married
soon afterwards. curt. who was li years
o. age was her eldest son.
Charles Branuer tne bridge captain.
saws II was on duty az the time. d. lt was
about -.-4 when a boat coming up f1e
rleer ~ histled for the draw bridge J them
gave the signals 81 Eneine@r Patterson
cd.