The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-07

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BoGANsBuRG. n. Y, Sept g.
About noon to-day ihe south spans Of
ne International bridge across the ST.
lawrence river about three miles
,boye s.. Regis Indian village. fen
vIthou, warning with sixty men at
work on the bridge, all being thrown
Into the river, some sixty feet below.
over thirty we're picked up and taken
:, Cornwall hospital, and twenty'seven
are missing.
The bridge consists OF three spans. Of
which two we're completed and the third
was nearly completed when the south
rlsr gave way at It's foundation, causing
both spans to fall into sixty feet Of
water. taking its load OF human freight
with 1t.
The names OF the killed and wounded
eapno, a, present be ascertained. as
they we're mostly from Pennsylvania,
excepting a few Indians from the ST.
Regis reservation.
The scene OF the accident ts located
abou, four miles from Hogansburg.
above the St Regis reservation. The
bridge that gave way was being built
across the St. Lawrence river at the
foot Of the long sault rapids near Rein
harits Island. The water at this point
{, known TO be as swifr as In any part
Q. the river. The immediate cause Of
the disaster, the giving way Of the
span Of the bridge. seems to have been
from the washing away Of one of the
lrse piers.
The ll;es, information makes 1t prob
able that the death list will reach thirty.
As tar as can be learned. eiEhty-seven
men were un the pay roll. Of which
elghty-two reported for work this
morning. OF this list only thlrty-eIght
have actually been accounted for.
Among those thrown into the river was
the foreman, Thomas F. Brady (Or
Br!cerly). whose home Is in Pottsviile,
Pa. He had not been accounted for up
TO a late hour tonight. All efforts to
Sc; a list Of the names OF the workmen
aad :hose missing have proved futile
as yet.
story Of an Eye witness
CORNWALL, ont. Sept. San eye
witness OF the fall of the New York &
Ottawa railroad bridge says he was
sitting on the bank OF the river watching
the workmen above him when without
warning there came fearful crash.
Two spans of the bridge collapsed, the
immense mass OF timber and iron drop
ped out. and the agonlzlng shrleks OF
the men who were being crushed in the
wreck were drowned by the rushing
waters. Then he saw bodies coming to
the surface and the work of rescue be-
gan. This was helplessly Inadequate.
there being only few boats in the vi
cinity and very few men who would un-
dsr,ake to swim out into the turbulent
waters. Many who might have been
saved were drowned before help could
reach them. Plteous. appealing faces
sank beneath the waters before the eyes
Of helpless onlookers. Mangied bodies
came to the surface for a moment and
then passed out of sight. !, was ter
rible and hsartrendlng scene. Even
those who were got to land alive we're
IN such condition that many we're taken
away 10 the hospital. Some had their
hacks broken. others both legs. while
others were crushed by the heavy irous
About fifty Of the men employed on the
span were Americans who came here to
work for the Phoenix Bridge Company.
The remainder were mostly Indians
Who acted as assistants. Every man on
the division went down with the wreck.
Many OF those who escaped climbed up
the lrorwork. which stiiI rested on piers
at either end.
The scene around the Hotel Dlu. where
the wounded and dying wsrs taken, IS
hear,rending. The wives and relatives
OF the missing men are anEiously In
quIElng after their loved ones.
Deaths From Grade Crossing DiSaHtsr.
TROY. n. Z, Sept. s-There are lf-
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