The age-herald., 1898-09-07
TWENTY.SEvEN
 ARE DROWNED Bridge Over St Lawrence River Fell Without Warning. CARRYING DOWN 6O WORKMEN Their Shrieks of Agony Deaden- ed by Ral Waters.
 S- DROWNED B . iE HELP CAME
 
 z .S The Main Undermined by Swift c.@ Current.  6 ~ AWFUL STORY OF A WITNESS The Heavy Irons and Timbers Killed Many Outright, and Maimed Oth- CTS so That They Succumbed
 After Being Rescued.
AWFUL STORY OF A WITNESS

Hogansburg, N. T., September 6.-About noon today two south spans of the Inter- national bridge of the New York and Ot- tawa railroad, now under construction across the St. Lawrence river, about three miles above St. Regis Indian village, fell without warning with sixty workmen, all being thrown into the river some sixty feet below.
 Following is list of the .dead and wounded, made up at midnight: Killed:
 W. J. CURRY, Paterson, N. J.
 W. J. JACKSON, Columbus o.
 LOUIS BAUMER, Johnstown, Pa.
 R. L. DIsART, Tyrone. Pa
 J. D. CRAIG. Detroit, Mich.
 PAT MURPHY. Toronto. THOMAS BIRMINGHAM. rNa, DAN HUGHES, Cleveland, o. FRANKIE LEvIGNE. ogdensburg, N. Y. w. S. HERMANN Cornwall, Ont. O. w. SAUNDERS Baltimore.
 JOHN CLAUSE, Caughnawega, N. Y.
 H. DAVIS, Pittsburg.
 CYRIL CAMPBELL, Cornwall Ont
 Wounded Mitchell Reeves, Cornwall, se- rious; Andrew Smith, Rochester N. r., se- rious; John Frazer, Quebec, leg cut off
 Over thirty were picked up and taken to the Cornwall hospital and N are now miss- ing. The bridge consists of three spans, of which two were completed and the third was nearly completed, when the south pier paVe way at its foundafion eausinQ hoth spans to fall into sixty feet of water, taking its load of human freight with it. The names of the killed and drowned cannot at present be ascertained as they were mostly from Pennsylvania.
 The bridge that gave way was being built across the St. Lawrence river at the foot of Long Saulte Rapids, near Reinhard's is- land. The water at this point is known to be swift as in any part of thesriver. The immediate cause of the disaster and the giving way of the span of the bridge seems to have been from the washing away of one of the large piers.
 Pier Undern ined
 The pier in question was begun last fall and work was continued all winter and fn- ished this summer The contract work was in charge of Messrs Sooy, Smith 6 Co.,, who are well known as extensive and ex- pert contractors in their line, and to have instructions from the railroad company to build for permanency. The pier has been accepted as perfectly reliable and safe. It hot ha the current was underestimated Later re- ports from Cornwall hospital say thirty three men have been taken out of the river and transfrred to the hospital Eighteen of them have since died. The latest in- formation makes it probable that the death list will reach thirty. As far as can be learned S7 men were on the pay roll, of whom S2 reported for work this morning. counted for Among those thrown into the river was Thomas F. Brady Cor Bricerly) whose home is in Pottsville, Pa He has not been accounted for up to late hour tonight. All efforts to get a list of the names of the workmen and those missing have proved futile as yet.
 Story of an Eye Witness
 Cornwall, Ontario, September 6.-An eye witness of the fall of the New York and Ottawa 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 tim- Der and iron dropped. and the agonizing shrseks of the men who were being crush- ed in the wreck were drowned by the rush. ing waters. Then he saw bodies coming to
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