Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-27
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Excursion Car PInDgos Through ;
BrIdss and Falls 100 Feet.
sEARLY ALL on BOARD DROWNED.
lhey Went TO See a Sham Battle when
suddenly Overtaken by
Horrible Death.

vioioua, u, g., says:
From tho brlghtness and glory Of
holiday fosiivlties, Victoria was yesier.
10y plunged into tue darkness aud
horror OF n terrible accident, which
sent q thrill Of unutlerablo taInrts
through tho thousands OF guests and
allied tho city with mourning.
An electric tram car on its way from
tho city 10 tho sce0u Of tho military
Parade and sham batlls crashed
through the E.lico Point bridge ard
without moments warning, ti1ty.
lne souls were plunged into eternity.
The list OF identified dead follOwt.
Mfs. J. a. Trout, Seattle; Sophie anu
Alice Smith; James Thompson Pattor.
sot; Oracle Eliord; Mu. llllord,
unughior Of y. Eliofd; Mrg. Fred
Adams; Fred Adams; hlfs. wm.
HeatheTbell, Spring Riuge; Mrs. G.. II.
Muodhouae, Seattle, Wash. Mis- ID. T..
Ballard. Providence. X. f.; H..
A, Van B1kkolon, Port rowntond;
j. X. LuvCridgc, Spring Ridge;
Gabrielle Maratth, Of Seattle; Guizopps
Muuto, Seattle; Mts. Thomas PhysicE,
wife Of rncmAs Physick, Vancouver;
Miss Emily Nathan, Victoria; Mf.
nuu Me. Simon Pearson; Mr.. james;
Mfs. T.. Eliofd, 5ouwanigan Lake; u.
W. Murray, SON Of Foreman Murray,
city vatyTwOTks, W, j. Crowell; Mu.
Puestloy, Minneapolis; -- Matattp,
hu Italian hsfpisL Seattle; Mfs. DIR.
PtOy.st, seattle; Mrs. Edward n0OBen;
Clarence HJOsuu; --- Edmunus; W..
A. FulloItoi; Mrs. q. 1. Poet aud her
son; kfung Ofuftu; Mics Minnie Rob-
entOu; the Mirsea Bow ntss (twoG Ida
Florence fOo1aorg. TacOmr; n. =.
Holmes, aud Mrs. Fl0st, New what.
oum.
rue carnival OF sport with which
Nic.utlA nad Tor nearly q week been
uuing honor 10 the queen's birthday
was Just closing ana the manas emont
had planned 10 make the day the eli.
max Of the celebration. a military
parade hal been arranged 10 take place
ht Port Macnulay, the rugged ptom0n-
tory that halt girdlba tue harbUr TO tue
west Of the cliy,and afterwards sham
battle WAS 10 be given,
Early In the afternoon the crowd be-
gen making iuH way toward the parade
ground. The main route from the city
~ by the electric line WHEN crosses
Victoria arm on n bFiugu ut Eliio0
EliiCu bridge safely, but when tue
SECOND, which was heavily laden, was
about half way across, an ominous
sound was heard that told OF something
giving wsN. Tho next instant the
middle tpan Of the bridge, shout
$50 ic0t IA length sTetrou hOttnward
toward tho g1fge, tbs car went down
Wl.b n torriiiO crash. The tide was
nigh al tbs lime aud the car was COM
pleluly tubmttgtd. going down into
lully twenty-five feet Of water. Tue
people who were packed on the plat.
i0ims were In the most fortunate
position, Tho majority Of them, who
esoA pUd Injury by falling timbpts, sue
utuuUu in saving themselves, as there
was sufficient debris floating about 20
euaDlu them 10 maze their way 10
uhofs, Soon boaB anu carriages came
from every direction loaded win men
who nj once began tho work OF roscu.
ing thosu who were struggling In the
water aud tho unioTlunat6s who were
submerged ia the car. The IRE de-
paTtnent also turned out and assisted
materially In tho work OF rescue.
Captain Granis' grounds and house
were thrown open 10 receive those APP
Iatontly drowned. As soon Ha tue
volunteers, under the direction OF
lhysicians, quickly arrived on the
Hoeno and began the work Of rtscusoi.
talion. In many cases their envTls
were crowned with success.
While many Niolorlans were on the
fatal car, the majority were visitors
and the WORK OF Identification IL CON
gequen,ly difficult. Fiity.sovun bodies
have thus iar been Identified. There
hTb others whose names cannot yet be
hsoer,.inuj, aud sii!l more und0uoted-
ly whose bodies have not yet been re-
covered from the water
Thousands OF soTtOwing friends and
relatives crowded around tho ap-
proaches TO the bridge eagerly scan
ming each body ~ 10 was brought 10
LAM. Mothers, cfazed by the lOss OF
husbands or children, attempted 10
Jump into tho water ia their eageFness
to rescue thslr loved ones. ~ body
after body wa brought 10 tho shore the
crowd rushed forward 10 search eaon
mEngled face, yet dIendiug the possl'
blllly that II might DO that Of some one
whom they hoped had escaped from
the death trap.
Twenty pertons known 10 have been
on tue bridge nt the time VI tue accl-
uenA hlt ullHtlhk hAA ~ ~ HhlHVHNA
thoy have peflshod. Tho car regis-
tered ninety iates aud II Ia probable
thAt over 20 people were on board.
GA the suriaGe VI the Victoria arm
struggling people fought to gain the
shore, Strong men and trail women
bAttlud for their lives, Husbands
emerged from the wteokRge, only to
nuu that their wives had gone u0Wn
to death. Children were carried down
by those VINO were stronger, anu
fathers had also struggled from be-
meath the timbets anu uebTiH OF bridge
anu car anu carriages returned TO their
doom In vain enIeayOr 10 rescue their
babes. The WHtrrs Of the arm for
yards around were dyed RED with
blood Aud floating out 10 sea went
corpso alter corpse, borne on by the
toe.
The shrieks d men, the screams Of
women aud Ohlldrun nliej the aif uul
nsived tho crowds Of reacueH on ~
featsthal endangered liio and Limb.
The number Of carriages lost aud the
foot pasHeugeIs carried down Ia the
vrprk cannot 10 learned. IL 10 claimed
by many that July 200 persons went
down with the span and that more
than half NJ tbetu perlshud,
The rescue u some Of the victims
Wng. under the circumstances, AlmOAt