Evening star., 1930-06-21
BRIDGE
WILL Be REBUILT
State Officials Announce De-
CiSion as Probe Into
Deaths Goes On.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md, June 2l-While
Investigations to fix responsibility for
the collapse of the l00-foot span of the
Monocacy River Bridge at Frederick
Junction on Thursday afternoon, caus-
ing three deaths and the injury to seven
men engaged in making repairs, were
going on, State road officials yesterday
afternoon made plans for the construc
ton of a new bridge. T. M. Linthicum
resident State roads engineer, OF this
city, was unable to say whether the new
structure would be of concrete or OF steel
and masonry. materials used in the
damaged bridge.
Wreckage to Stay in Inquest.
The wreckage will not be removed
from the river, where it fell with q
heavily laden truck Of the M. J Grove
Lime Co., which had just driven onto
the structure, until after the inquest
Monday afternoon at o'clock in Peo-
pies Court, this city. The truck, which
had nearly passed over the span when
the structure gave way. rests right side
up, its load of stone undisturbed, on
the river bed. A truck of the T. A. Ward
Construction Co., Baltimore, and q
riveting machine are also in the
wreckage.
The bodies of two of the victims, Ed
ward Laing, Savage, Md, and Daniel
c. Bortner, Baltimore, were removed to
their homes yesterday afternoon. The
funerals will be held on Sunday after
noon.
The funeral of James Cue, Frederick,
the third victim, will be held on Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
home of his father. Charles c. Cue,
Jamsville. He was unmarried.
Injured Better.
The seven men injured in the crash
were reported improved this morning
at the Frederick City Hospital. A. C.
Smith, Chesapeake Beach, Md, and
Edward Williams, Baltimore, were able
to leave the hospital last evening. The
five others, Elias B. Ramsburg, Fred
erick; Edward Cook. Falling Waters,
w. Va; Richard Coffman, Savage, Md; !;
Robert Laing, Savage. and Birger Lud-
wigen, Baltimore, are still at the in
stitution.
A special meeting of the Maryland
Roads Commission was held yesterday
at which 1t was decided to make a
comprehensive survey of the demol-
ished bridge. The commission author
lied the employment of J. E. Grenier g.
Co, consulting bridge engineers of Bal
timore, to cooperate and assist in the
inquiry.
II. D. Williar, chief engineer of the
commission, at the conclusion of the
meeting. said: plans for a complete
new bridge at this location are under
way and work will begin on the new
structure within week"
Covered by Insurance.
The dead and injured men were au-
tomatically covered by workmen's COM
pensation insurance of the State act
A State accident commission official
visited the scene of the disaster yester-
day afternoon.
The Georgetown route to Washington
AZ miles, and an important link con-
Meeting Washington with the national
highway system, will be closed indef-
initely. State road officials last eve
ming were of the opinion that tempo
rary structure would not be thrown
over the Monocacy River ConStruc-
tion of new bridge will require sew
eral months.
In the meantime all traffic between
Washington and Frederick to the West
must pass over the road by Way of
Ridgeville and Hendersons Corner. or
by way of Dickerson and Buckeystown
About $4,000 persons from all parts
of Maryland, Washington and Virginia
have visited the scene of the disaster.
Maryland police officers have been en-
duty constantly. At times the con-
gestion Of automobiles on either side
OF the river at the bridge site has been
so great that sightseers could not get
nearer than two miles of the scene.