The Anaconda standard., 1896-05-27
THROUGH A BRIDGE
An Electric Car and 100 Passengers
Submerged Under Water.
A LARGE NUMBER DROWNED
The Sad Affair Casts a Gloom Over
the City of Victoria, 3. Cit
Was an Excursion Party to
Witness a Sham Battle,

san Francisco. May 26-An afternoon
paper has special from Victoria, b.
C., stating that a crowded electric car
returning from the scene of a sham bat
tie fell through the Point Ellice bridge
into the water, rs fet below. Fifty per-
sons were injured. Ii is supposed there
We're upwards of 100 people on the car
but II is known that a number OF them
escaped. In Captain Grants garden
about 20 bodies are lying upon the lawn
and are for the most part being dill
gently worked upon by willing hands,
In some cases successfully. 1t is fear
ed the death list will be very large.
possibly upwards of 80.
sham fight and review was to take
place at Macauley Point, near Esqui-
mault, this afternoon. and crowds were
making their way there by every route
All the tram cars were packed. Two
cars left Government street with more
than 100 people. The first got over
Point Ellice bridge, which crossed Vic
toria arm, safely, but when the other
was half way over the middle span OF
the bridge, about $50 feet in length,
gave way, and the car plunged into
the river, some 100 feet below. The car
was completely submerged and all on
board were drowned with the excep-
tion OF some of those who were stand
ing on the platforms and who, escap-
ing injury from falling timbers. man
aged to save themselves by using
floating ruins of the bridge and thus
got ashore. Numbers of bodies have
already been gotten up and the work
OF Identification is proceeding. 1t Is
difficult matter, as a great many
bodies are those of visitors. So far as
at presents known the dead are:
Mrs. Adams, Victoria.
Frederick Adams, her son.
II It Carmichael NJ U{rtn,.fa aVH hfe
wife.
j. B. Gordon of Victoria
Miss Nathan of Spring Ridge, Vic
toria.
Mr.. Bessie OF Victoria.
Arthur Fullerton, son of w. It. Full
lerton of Spring Ridge. Victoria
Mrs. Heather Bell wife of William
Heather Bell OF Victoria.
Mr.. Wilson of Victoria.
]. A. Van Bokkelena, a prominent
citizen of Port Townsend.
Miss Annie Keast, Victoria
Captain Leveridge of Spring Ridge.
Victoria.
Mrs G. I. Post. Victoria.
James McCurdy, Port Townsend.
Besides the above, Mrs. Lout OF Seat
tie and Miss Ida Goodacre are known
to have been on the car and are miss
ing.
Among the saved are the following:
w. A. Robertson Of Vic
toria. head badly cut; Canon Paddon
of Victoria. bruised and nearly drown
ed; @. w. Biggar. badly cut about the
head; Mrs. Biggar. bruised and nearly
drowned; DIR. Lang, badly bruised.
When the bridge broke there were
several carriages on the bridge and
these were also precipitated into the
water. Superintendent Wilson was
driving one of these and had his wife.
and five children with him. He sue
ceeded in saving himself and four of
the children. The fifth, a little boy,
was wedged between some iron bars
and was drowned.
The sad affair has cast a deep gloom |
over the city. As soon as the news of |
the accident reache Macauley Point. |
the review was brought to as speedy a |
as, under the circum- |
was possible. and the sham |
fight was abandoned.