The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-05
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DOWN ] STREAM !
Her oi i Efforts e /:
,ere { u nav railing;

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Were i u navailing
The new bridg &c went out again to-
day q III :45 4 .clock. z5j q: .at +
lis the second time that the false
work has gone out for the Toledo Mas
sssi Hon Bridge Company while con-
strnct ting the structure over the Mo-
Snongahela river here just as the iron
work had progressed with in a few
being able to support
Itself On January Just as the
s:bridgeEEhad Sprogressed within a few
avs being past the danger line an
dee gorge swept the work away. To-.
day the same event was duplicated
only to-day the debris that caused tho
sbrldg to collapse was drift that col.
H1ected from the river and Its laifluents.
superintend sweede had the,
bridge this time nearly where it was
sseltsup porting. Steel was being put
&, IN place rapidly and the work was get
ting sin shape thai: a ;large force OF men
could be put to work. This morning
before: the danger became imminent
the sriyeting machine was started and
the irons placed were being riveted to.
gether- But SO far! all the! work that
has been done except the building or
satheG piers has been lost. Z.
ssas The river this morning was full
Sot heavy drift that collected in
i a. large quantity above the. tres.
stle work. So much OF the drift
collected that the men who were
working on the bridge became
alarmed and had to quit work on the
structure and 60 to work trying to
get the drift through the trestles in
hope to save the labor already put on
the bridg I.
The men mounted the drift already
TANNED up against the timbers and
with; hooks and poles s1cceeded in get
ting much of the drI' through under
RtheS bridge. !'1a 6, q;
Afgreat deal OF trouble was caused
by an gold forked log that caught
samong the timbers. Effort after ef-
fort was made to, dislodge the log but
4dtswo,ild not yield :. "A faisting engine
was employed. It was thought that
could be lifted from It's position.
Hooks were fastened to It and the
8GEengineS was started but It could NOT
-dislod geg the log. The yard engine
limask sent for and a long rope was
Shitched on the log, and the yard en-
CINE hooked ON to, the rope The en-
BElnes started and succeeded Ia dislodg-
Ing the & dreaded obstruction. 5if While
this was being done other debris hal
collected In alarming proportions and
the men could not keep che incoming
drift from accommodating.
3superintendent Eweede, remember
ing how he lost "a lot OF steel when
the false work: collapsed jonrstaeS night
S1f January IL had part Of his men 10
load the pieces Of steel that was on
the, bridge hut not In place on truch
x s!a carry It Oh: to the bank.
Hundreds 6of people stood on the
bank 5of the river and watched the ef-
forts Of the. men to save their work.
They could be seen on the east side.
on the west side. from the station.
from the hall above, the station and
:WhereTerythe eye would rest one could
seeSEanxious groups watching. The
sskodaks man was there wrh his cam
EZRA taking Views that he could after.
ward turn into merchandise.
If At y twelve-thirty o'clock the men
S-anlt work. They: concluded then that
I'll was too dangerous to work longer
and ithatSits going ont was only. mat
sterlof, time. However. cables were fas-
tened to the bridge and these were
coupled TO "a locomotive on the short
line track, Yardmaster w. r. Riggs
assisted Mn every way that he could.
s 80 one of the trestles split
and the erpwd knew that in a few
minutes the whole thing would go
sreeHngE and itumbling into the muddy.
stream below. More heavy drift
came floating around the bend OF the
FLYER and those who were watching
1T closely were heard to say that she
will 30 now and sure enough it did.
The 4trestles began to yield to stlie
heavy presume and soon the stimbers
i and the iron cam d q tumbling down tvE1
sNeeplng AeyeFyt hhlitn.,g. /. .;:.s
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