The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-31

with Injuries received in the accident
aud of these two will surely die, one
may possibly recover and the balance
are, for the greater part, seriously in.
jurrd.
Atiird Outright.
Charles Waipol. crushed 20 death
stephen J. Thomas, crushed 20 death.
John Fay, head crushed,
Richard Sherman, head cut of
Edward Murray. head and Dv,n tegA cut
on
Theodore Thorne. crushed to death.
Misaing and supposed to be under
the ruins:
Frank Logan.
Alexander MlliAH.
bamuci Smith
rae FATALLY Injur~a.
John powd, both legs broken. both eyes
John White cut on head and right side.
Internal injuries,
The Seriously InImred.
Cornelius Toouley. head crushed. inter
nal injuries. May recover
John Georgian, right hand and right lcg
Ts,er Pelieisrs. crushed about shoulders
and chest Serious
John Hawthorne. head cut; Internal in
luritR Serious
AstNNl NtAN NMf4 hNA HtEi0Ah
rhe Job Almost Completed.
Al Of the ~ arches were standing.
thc twelfth and last having been
cnr1plcied yesterday. II was the IN.
iention OF the steel contractors, the
Pittsburgh Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh.
"a, ie turn over It's work lRst night
10 the general contractors. The Inn
monsr traveller" or derrick which had
bccB usrd In the erection Of the arches
haG been removed and the agents ui
the bridge company were accounting
their work m practically completed.
when suddenly md without the slight.
est preliminary warming the arch lnst
put IN place fell over against the one
uext 10 II. The weight wns too much for
this and u gave way, crashed against
the third and then one by nne the
great steel spans fcll over 10 the south
precisely ia the same manner aH q
number OF cards would fall.
Caught On TsH OF the Arches.
Nearly all the men who werr killed
we're NJ work on top of the arches. N
feet above the ground. Some Of them
made futile attempts TO slide down the
,iir NJ the arches. but before they
could help themselves they were
hurled TO the ground. Many of them
uttered piercing Shrieks for aid m
they fell. Most Of them were killed
outright by tho awful nnturr OF their
injuries. The skulls Of the unfortu.
nate men were crushed into shapcirss
misses; th~ir limbs were cut OF as II
by monster knife, and they were
mrngled Seyond recognition.
Moved slowly at Fir.t.
The immense structure began fail.
Ing slowly. each arch being sustained
b. the cross leams supporting the en.
tire structure. " the mass gniucd
impetus. bars Of iron inchrs thick
snapped with loud report aud the
greHt mnss moved faster and faster IN
It's descent. To the ground with u
crash that WINS heard blocks distant,
the structure fell. leaving the wallis
practically uninjured and sending up
great cluud- uf dust aud dirt.
The Work of Resrar.
An immense crowd gathered around
the place, and despite the efforts ~
the police, who werc close az hand,
they swnrmed over the mass Of wreck.
age making desperate. but ill-lirected
efforts to drag out the dead and 20
saw the worndrd. II wnS only with
thc greatest difficulty that the police
were finally able to drive back the
crowd and give the hremcn AMI unin.
jurcd workmcn chance to rescue the
injured.
Little Less Thaa a Miracle.
That mere were not killed and In.
iured wits almost miracle. Fully so
mcp were af work In the space Gov.
cred by the arches as they
fell. a number Of the men fell into
small excavations of which there are
many IN the ground be aeath the steel
work, although somewhat battered up
by their tumble. acre saved from tn,
great p'asses Of steel that era SHE'D
down over them.
Several of them were standing undrF
the ARCHES when they began So fall
and running to the side wallis by great
good fortune happened to stand IN the
space left vacant by the curve of the
arches away from the sir.e walls