The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-10
TWO MORE BODIES FOUND
FICIIMs OF THE FEARFUL BRIDG Y
 DISASTER NEAR BRISTOL.

They Were Identified as Those of John
 Mack of Now Britain and Charles Cos
 tello of Hartford-Hanks of tho River
 Lined All Day With People.
 Bristol, Feb. e.-Two more bodies of the Pequabuck river accident were found in the river this afternoon, They are those of John Mack of New Britain and Charles Costello of l5 Charles street, Hartford. This leaves but one more body supposedly unaccounted for. It's that of Patrick McCarty of New Britain, and an effort will be made to- morrow to bring that to light. Ever since the accident Mack's brother has patroled the banks of the river and seached up and down with boat in a great effort to find the body. About l:S0 o'clock this afternoon he was watch ing the water by the bit shop dam, about half mile below the bridge. He suddenly saw a arm, and in a mo- ment more he had poked the body to the bank with stick, and in a moment identified it. A score of people were on hand. and Deputy Coroner Hull was summoned. Permit was at once obtain ed for the removal of the body, and it was turned over to Curtin & Co.,, New Britain undertakers, and left on a late afternoon train for that city. Mack was thirty-two years old, and left wife and one child. He belonged to the sec ton gang of which Patrick Glen was foreman. An hour later Costello's body was found It was discovered by James Ryan and John Davids, and brought to the shore, where it was viewed i)y a morbid crowd. Chief of Police Howard Arms took charge of the remains until Deputy Coroner Hull arrived. It was then turned over to Undertaken Funke, where it will remain tonight in his charge. The body will probably be sent to Hartford tomorrow.
 For three miles on each side tue river has been lined to-day with crowd seeking to recover the bodies, ;.nd there also from a point of curiosity. Despite the rain and snow they patroled each side of the river wearing big patch in the mud and slush. The river has fall en to a point little above its normal, and has become clear again. It is now believed McCarty's body has washed down under the ice in Plainville pord as the crowd would have discovered it in the clear water to-day if it had iot hoated down below.
 New Britain, Feb. 9.-The funeral ot Martin Curry one of the victims of the Bristol bridge disaster, was held from St. Mary's church this afternoon at 7 o'clock, and largely attended. Mrs. Cur ry, wko is doubly grieved by the loss of a brother, Partrick Mccarthy, in the same disaster was unable to attend the funeral. Curry was about thirty years old and was married about one year Previous to her marriage Mrs. Curry had been employed in the family of ex- Congressman Vance. The burial was in the Catholic cemetery.
 James Mack and Patrick Mccarthy both of whose bodies are still missing, were residents of this city. The former was married and had two children. Mrs, Mack is much prostrated
 Willimantic, Feb. 9.-The funeral of Daniel O'Brien, the section foreman who perished while overseeing the work at the Bristol bridge and whose body was the first to be recovered from the flood, will be held here tomorrow O'Brien was a resident of Hartford al the time of his death, but had formerly lived here. He was a member of Mont gomery hose company. and the com pany has ordered a floral badge for their comrades funeral
 Southington, Feb. 9.--Among the pas sengers on the train which came so near being precipitated into the Pequabuck river by the collapse of the Bristol bridge, which later in the day fell to pieces and let twenty workmen down into the flood, was T. H. McKensie of this town. He was riding in the rear car, which was left helpless on the weakened bridge, in company with Will liam Bartholomew, formerly of this place, and a travelling salesman for a Boston wholesale house. In speaking of his experience tonight. MT. McKense stated that he expected every instant to see the car drop into the river. He considers it almost a miracle that the lives of all the occupants of the last two cars of the train were saved As an explanation of their escape he says that the rgidity of the rails was all that prevented immediate disaster. The rails were in reality all that held the structure together. The space between the ends of the rails were entirely talk en up by the sag of the wooden work so that the bridge was transformed ed into single span sixty or more feet MT. McKensie says that when the en. gineer saw that the bridge was weaken ing he put on all steam possible in an attempt to get the entire train over be- fore the bridge went to pieces. The re- suit was that the coupling between the tender and the first car broke Mir. Mc. Kensie says that the train was not heavily loaded. There were between fcrty and fifty passengers in the two rear coaches. He says that the people on board these cars were not slow in making their escape. They hastened from their seats by way of the front platforms and left the train as soon as possible. By the time that they had reached the ground the bridge had sap. ged fully a foot in the center. The pas. sengers stood on the shore and watched the supports of the bridge go sailing down the stream Finally. when the engineer saw that the cars were not go- ing to the bottom of the river he back ed his engine, and a new coupling was used to join the parted train.
 Mr McKensie said that he could hea, tha tie rods SlaD as the train naSsad