, 1923-01-04
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W. $3.50
nd backed of to safety for himself
nd companions.
Mrs. ]. A. Zlegler, whose husband
superintendent Of the county farm.
as on her way home across the
yer afoot. With many others she
oined in the mad dash for solid
round and reached it. Men 10 feet
mind her went down with the wreck
se, she said.
From a point out on the middle Of
re span, ]. j. Lefeur. police officer
n duty along with William Braack,
ridge tender, rushed to the west
pan and to solid ground While plank
z dropped behind him His com
anion, Braack, likewise made his
ny to the bank.
Milo Allen of Kelso was regretting
9 loss of a span OF, fine draft horses.
though on the east span OF the
rIdge he was unable to turn about
nd went dow with his horses and
$ draw. Somehow he escaped the
1reshing hoofs Of the two terrified
n,mals and swan to a mass OF
,reckage whence he was pulled up
0 the new bridge.
ENGINEER DESCRIBES
COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE
"I was on the new bridge" said ].
=. Hamilton, engineer in charge Of
obstruction for the Long-Bel Lum-
or company, when I heard a snap
ing sound and ran out. The broken
able was then crashing through the
op of the east tower. In a twinkling
- 1903 -,,.~anGlAr anan nranf down
n a heavy swirl OF foam. At tn.
rag of the river on this wreckage,
he, towers cracked. swayed and fell
With a crash and the jack knife span
tumbled into the river. There was n
mass OF falling carr and struggling
people.
II saw no swimmers. though ] ran
20 the farther end of the new bridge.
SIX or seven men had scrambled from
the river and were marooned on the
wreckage Of the span draw. OF the
cars that went down with the bridge
but four were TO be seen. smashed
and stranded on the t'mbers.
Some viii say that the weight Of
the river and the log jam that had
accumulated against the weakened
structure had caused II to collapse. 1
"a not agree with his. for only n
few days ago I Inspected the piers
and they were not weakened. It was
tho cable which broke for some un-
known reason, possibly at the impact
OF n heavy jar"
Scant as the warning was at the
swapping Of the cable, many of the
pedestrians on the bridge raced 10
safety and IN one or two instances au-
tomobiles were backed away as tho
chasm gaped before them. Har1
swimmers rose to the surface and
struck out against the muddy torrent
of the stream being carried far down
river before they were rescued.
Unable to back his n from the
tumbling %structure. e. F. Hatch, N
sh'ngle weaver, living in Keiso, sat
helpless at the wheel of his machine
as It sank with the bridge. The
shock of cold and swirling water
aroused him from a half stupor
Struggling desperately HI manpSed TO
tear away the curtains of his car ard
crawled out, swimming to the sur.
face. encountered the wreckage OF the
bridge. through which he flnall;
crawled to safety.
II am looking for my brother" sad
Percel Godfrey. Have they found
him? He was with me when the
bridge went. They told mo you had
him here"
with dozens OF relatives and friends
OF missing men, he had raced TO h
morgue. chasing the m that sew
erai bodies had been recovered. They
told the boy that his brother, John.
Godfrey, was still listed among the
supposed dead.
There were tour of us in the car. 4"
laid young Godfrey. John and l.. A
Darr and Charles Stroud and myself
Dnrr was driving. I don't know how
1t happened. One moment We were
talking and laughing with three OF
US Is the back seat and the next the
car was diving into tho river. The
noise was deafening. Then I can no,
remember anything except the flgh
to get out OF the back seat with all
the weight OF the water against me,