The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-20
BROKEN CRANE
 KILLS TEN MEN Awful Accident Under Railroad
 Bridge at PittsbuTg FALLING DEBRIS SINKS BARGE
United States snagboat Was Close By and the Crew Went to Rescue, Pulling MangIed Bodies
 From the Water.

Pittsburg. October 19.-Ten men are dead and four seriously hurt as the re- suit of the collapse of a traveller crane on the Pittsburg end of the new Wabash railroad bridge over the Monongahela river.
 The Dead.
 William c. Fleming.
 George Wells of Heron Hill.
 James Lod of Esplen.
 Frederick Sallinger of Homestead. J. c. Campbell of Philadelphia.
 William Kittlinger of Sheraden.
 Frank Dalby of New Castle.
 Edward Morris.
 James Simmons.
 Two bodies are at the morgue unidenti- fled. but one of them is thought to be that of William Kempton of New York.
 The Missing.
 Phillip Morris.
 The Injured.
 Adolph vosburg of Duquesne.
 Frank Hoover of Allegheny, recovery doubtful.
 William Jay of Beaver Falls.
 A. M. Fowler, aged 2S, of Paterson, N. J., left foot crushed
 The bridge is of the cantilever pattern, and is being constructed by the American Bridge company for the Wabash rail road.
 The men had been working on the Pitts burg end but short time this morning, when suddenly the traveller which is pros jected beyond the finished part of the bridge, dropped and fell, landing on sec ton of the bridge which was being placed in position. So unexpected and sudden was the crash that few of the workmen on the wrecked section were warned in time to escape.
 Fell on a Barge.
 The wrecked section of the bridge fell on a barge loaded with steel, on which a number of men were working. So sud- den were the snapping of the traveller, the falling of the section of the bridge and the sinking of the barge that scarcely any of those in the vicinity had time to get out of the place of destruction. Those on the section of the bridge were crushed or drowned
 Near the new bridge was the United States snag boat E. L. Woodruff, whose crew immediately began the work of res- cue. Soon they had recovered four bodies, most of them badly crushed. Another vic tim was rescued alive. but he succumbed to his j injuries before his body had reached the shore.
 The towboat John O. Watson, leased by the American Bridge company came across the river from the opposite bank and joined the work of rescue It sue ceeded in taking two mangled bodies from A were manned and succeeded in taking two hodies from the steel-laden barge, while five men, more or less seriously crushed or injured, were taken by them to the shore.
 Rescuers Come Quickly.
 As soon as the accident happened the hospitals and police were notified and all the ambulances and several police patrols were sent to the vicinity of the bridge At the same time large corps of physicians were sent to render such first aid as was necessary.
 John McTighe. who is a blacksmith helper, employed at the city machine shop, happened to be on the Mononga- hela wharf watching the men at work when the accident occurred. McTighe in giving a description of the accident said: '"rhe men were preparing to ram one of the pins on the bridge when the ac-
 
 had happened I saw the entire of the top traveller collapse and the next min ute the men were falling through the afr.
 One of the men who fell from the top of the structure lighted on his head on the barge and rebounded, falling into the water. His crushed body was taken out later. One man was at work some distance from the barge, having hold of one of the ropes which was used in hoisting. He managed to escape and I saw him about the place later.
 When the traveller snapped the hoist ing engineer realized what had taken place. He opened the whistle of his en- zine and blew loud warning. This con- tinued until the breaking sections of the engine threw his steam pipe out of gear The warning however, was heard by Foreman William Riddle and the seven men at work on the barges under the bridge They scrambled to the blanks and most of them got ashore.
 One of the men in his nasty flight fell from one of the gangways and had to swim ashore.