Iron County register., 1899-08-31

between Fifteenth ana SlNteeHliI
streets, fell to the ground yesterday
afternoon. 1t is known that six lives,
were crushed out. The bodies of three
men are supposed to be under the
wreckage. Seven are in the hospltaI
with injuries received in the accident
and of these two will surely die, one
may possibly recover and the balance
are, for the greater part, seriously ln''
jured.
Killed Outright.
Charles walpol, crushed to death
Stephen ]. Thomas, crushed TO dea'h'
John Fay, head crushed.
Richard Sherman, head cut OH. 80,
Edward Murray, head and po-" legs Cut
Theodore Thorne. crushed to death
Missing and supposed to be unuer
the ruins:
Frank Logan.
Alexander Millas.
Samuel Smith.
The Fatally Injured.
John Dowd, both legs broken, both eyes.
Knocked out, internal Injuries. ~. .,aa.
John White, cut on head ana riSht Stue'-
internal injuries.
The Seriously Injured
Cornelius Toomey, head crushed; inter-
nal injuries. May recover.
John Georgian, right hand and right leg
Peter PelIetere. crushed about shoulders
and chest. Serious.
John Hawthorne, head cut; lnternal IN
jurics. Serious.
Leroy Fonner, head cut; not serious.
The Job Almost Completed.
All Of the II arches were standing
the twelfth and last having been
completed yesterday. 1t was the IN
tention of the steel contractors, the
Pittsburgh Bridge Co., of Pittsburgh,
Pa, TO turn over its work last night
to the general contractors. The inn
niense traveller or derrick which had
been used in the erection of the arches
had been removed and the agents of
the bridge company were accounting
their work as practically compieted,.
when suddenly and without the slight
est preliminary warning, the arch last
put in place fell over against the one
next to it. The weight was too much for
this and it gave way, crashed againS
the third and then one by one tie
great steel spans fell over to the souh
precisely in the same maruer as
number of cards would fall.
Caught On Top of the Arches
Nearly all the men who were llled
were at work on top of the arcbs, 10
feet above the ground. Some ofthem
made futile attempts to slide dom the
side of the arches. but befor they
could help themselves the were
hurled to the ground. Manypf them
uttered piercing shrieks for aid as
they fell. Most of them wre killed
outright by the awful natuI of their
injuries. The skulls of TIL unfortu-
nate men We're crushed int shapeless
masses; their limbs were ct off as if
by Il monster knife, andthey were
nsngled beyond recognitt.
Moved slowly at srst.
The immense structur began fall
ing slowly, each arch beg sustained
by the cross beams suppting the en-
tire structure As theanass gained
impetus. bars of iron inches thick
snapped with loud port and the
great mass moved fast and faster in
its descent. To the round with Il
crash that was heardiocks distant,
the structure fell, Icing the walls
practically uniniure('nd sending up
great clouds of dust id dirt.
The work Rescue.
An immense GROW gathered around
the place, and deate the efforts of
the Dolicc. who re close al hand.
they swarmed owe he mass of wreck
age making despite, but ill-tiirected
efforts to drag It the dead and to
save the wound 1t was only with
the greatest diHlity that the police
were finally al TO drive back the
crowd and oiv,he firemen and unin-
iured worllnes chance to rescue the
injurcf.
Little lie Than Miracle.
That smoreere not killed and in
iured was aIIt miracle. Fully so
men were atork in the space COW.
cred by arches as thev
fell. A nurfr of the men fell into
small exc,,l pms of which there are
many in tsFound beneath the steel
work. aitilsh somewhat battered up
by their ri.le, we're saved from the
oreat mas of steel that crashed
down ovelem.
Several hem were standing under
the archHvhen they began to fali
and RUM to the side walls by great
good fore happened 10 stand in the
space Ie-acant by the curve of the
arches " from the side walls
arresf - Suspected Murderer.
Kinsn, Aug. 29.-Mail advice, re-
ceivedre from Port Limon. Costa
Rica. brt the arrest there of a nnn
namekutherford. who is alleged to.
be tburderer CT Best Harding Arch
er. d merican, here, in 1897. Ruth.
erfo1t appears, was Archer's part
nerhd disappeared after Archer's.
desand the county coroner's jury
fog Ia verdict of suicide, in spite of
sufous facts in the case. This.