page_title: Madison Street Bridge disaster
section_title: Shouted and whistled warnings
hierarchical_section_title: Madison Street Bridge disaster / The disaster / Shouted and whistled warnings
caption_attribution_description: English: Steamer Elwood at Portland, Oregon, some time between 1891 and 1898.
context_page_description: The Madison Street bridge disaster occurred on November 1, 1893, in Portland, Oregon, United States, when a westbound streetcar drove off the open draw of the first Madison Street Bridge. Seven people died. This remains the worst streetcar accident ever to occur in the city of Portland and also the worst bridge disaster in Portland history.
context_section_description: An 18-year-old man, Joe Kutcher, saw the streetcar move onto the bridge and thought nothing of it, until he heard someone behind him shout "Stop that car!"  
  A messenger boy for a local brewery, W. B. Crabtree, also walking across the bridge, heard someone shout: "Stop the car!  The bridge is open!".  On the steamer Elwood, Captain Lee sounded the Elwood's whistle hard, hoping the motorman would hear it and realize the danger.
caption: Captain Lee, on the steamer Elwood, shown here at Portland, tried to warn the streetcar by blowing hard on the riverboat's steam whistle.
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