Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-13
SON FINDS mother,
. LOST ON BRIDGE
irwin springfeIIow, Back in
Chester With Bride, Finds
Mother Victim
pREMoNITloN BORNE OUT

o,o ~ the most pathetic aftcrmaths
Il, the bridge tragedy that has made
W..ater city of mourning, came TO
Nsst early this morning. Erwin spring
n,lov 35l Parker street, son or MRS.
Mary Springfellow. one OF the victims
.io crash. came home and learned
o. ' tho 6rst time that his mother was
iop ~ ~ tbe dead when he say the gray
.rsne "u hanging on the door, ,,.
crtpe crtpmer;nofellow, with his fancee, Miss
,nIion Bartholm. Of Sun Village. had
i., b, IN an automobile trip to Niagara
ys.mn wsms II was intended that the trip
or,v a week end affair, but the
mos,omobile broke down and the party
suso' s 20 return by rail- Not until
sau sfcllow's train dropped him in
pp;iodelnhia did Springfellow have an
!,LI;ng of Saturdays disaster. He saw
,he headlines in the newspapers on the
sfsnds and some premonition Kept MIN
srom buying paper. His hancee en-,
outraged him in obeying the urge ana
No did not buy a paper FOR rear OF GET
Hng some dread news.
Funeral This Afternoon
Whom he approached his home the
..,,;,ation came that his dread was too
r.ol, founded. The crepe told him the
va story before he got inside and saw
lie mother's form in the casket. Mrs.
Snr;nofelow will be buried at o'clock
,b;s afternoon in the Chester Runs'
Relatives and friends Of the victims
NV form n temporary association for
\ the ,is' nurpose Of fixing the blame for the
crash. That is the latest development
Il, situation fraught with the con-
b,siou of charges and counter charges.
ali Of which is tinged with the dr,Ip
SORROW attendant on the melancholy
task of burying the dead.
While some say that many of other
h-;dpes in Delaware County are unsafe.
imnroperly inspected and menace to
tbe nublic safety, others refute all these
charges and say that no sort of inspec-
,;nn could have detected the admittedly
ueok gusset plate. the breaking of
which sent hundred screaming persons
into the waters and caused the death of
twenty four. 1t is possible that the
whole matter may develop into politi-
cal fight against Judge Isaac johnson.
who comes nm for denomination at the
sentember 90 primaries. All the fac
TORS seem to agree that Judge Johnson
mas obstructed the appropriation OF
money for bridge repairs in many in
stances.
i Safety Directors Charges
.L,uoos u,ore norticularlv
vo;ced nv Il. Woodward Trainer, Di-
rector Of Public Safety at Chester. He
said: o,o ,u;,u +, Do,
lhe.e az onJ 20 focta aro learned
have no doubt that possibly 100 would
be condemned.
.'Recently there were nine bridges in
the county that were condemned by
engineers representing the county, and
by one or twOs bridge experts, specially
called in by the county commission.
The Grand Jury, in its tour of the
county during which 1t examined the
bridges, confirmed the finding of the
county commission. All were a unit in
declaring the bridges unfit
Notwithstanding these findings. the
court refuses to sanction funds for re-
construction of the bridges, taking the
position that it means expenditure of
lots of money. / think the court au-
thorized only recently work on two con
demned bridges. On the others, Judge
Johnson has called for hearings
Even when the county authorities do
try to keep the bridges in good repair.
they are meeting this hindrance from
the court. | have in mind particularly
the bridge connecting Upland Borough
and Chester city, which has been con
demned and closed to traffic for three
months because Judge Johnson cant be
convinced Of the need of the work which
authorities paid to look after such work
have found necessary"
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