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Show The Bridge Disuster. Northampton, Mass., 14. An eyewitness eye-witness thus describes the bridge disaster dis-aster to-day : Hampshire superior court had just adjourned, and there were many teams on the road leading to Hadley and Amherst. Suddenly the most violent gale ever known in the country sprang up, accompanied with hail. People ran and drove upon the bridge for shelter from the storm, until a company of fifteen persons per-sons were beneath the roof. Sud denly the heavy timbers began to creak, and in a second the structure was raised bodily in the air and hurled with a de3iening crash into tbe river below. It was completely demolished by the fall. A gang of men from this place immediately went to the rescue. Thei first body removed was Mrs. Sullivan ui iAnuiuy, uruiseu ana crushed beyond be-yond recognition. Sheriff Cook of Hadley was very severely bruised, and will probably die. George B. Smith of Hadley and W. W. Smith of Amherst Am-herst received serious injuries, but will recover. Others were taken out alive and uninjured. |