| Show A DARK HOUR tVorlmen JIfct With a Terrible Dealli at lmUiiHc KrutncLr DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE A ttitupte Horror Ohio 1oHHw Tilt Kplffln 3Ij t < ry A Lore Trarrolr Cr Telezr rli to the MirtI A X IOLEVT DKAT1I Vorkrueli Pronni autt Crtetirl l I nt LonUtllle I LOUISVILLE Jau 9Tbu most ppalllng accident known here In I may years occurred this eve nllll at about elx oclock Cateon I Vo 1 about a hundred yards from I Kentucky shore used in the con tnution of Lie new bridge between I xmisville and JefleiMnvIIIe sud culy gave way and the workmen I mployed In It were cither drowned or crushed to droOl by the btone and Imbers As the workmen at the 1 11 JCUjU evl1 < 1 UUI < U v the men In the caisson to put oil In their boats leaving for the night they suddenly raw tho low dark structure Mnk In dashing white waves The livesavins ttatlon was Immediately notified cube accident and three tkifTswere manned and jiulled to the scene of the wreck Word was also sent to the police elation nut a Hjuad was at once ordered or-dered to the ground to aid in the work of recovery The situ of tho bridge Is at the upper end of the city Just below Towhead Island Within nn hour of the disappearance of the caisson SOOJ people were on the chore and trained their eyes trying to floe tomethlDg of the wreckage A dozen boats were plylig about over the spot where the caiton had ttood and the lifelights danced to and fro with them hut there was not a trace of the massive structure of tone and timber It was soon known that only four of the eightien men Oh ho were nt work at the time of the accident l had escajxil Till LAST MAN out of the caisson was Frank Had dir He was barely rescued by a man who dragged him from where he was quite waist deep in quicksand quick-sand AbeTayIoroneof tile caved aj she htood nearest Uie Iron ladder by which they got In nut out He heard a rumbling and there was a rush of air almost the same instant He Jumped up the rungs of the ladder lad-der followed by the other men They had hardly got clear of the caison when the water burst through the manhole knocking the men all into tin river where they were picked up Haddlx said he saw Morris who was climbing next below himself IIwlUy drawn under by the sand and heard hl cries for help but could do nothing The cabson is not wrecked as first up > osed but lull settled down In the bed of the stream completely filled with sand and the water I pumping station is hard at work clearing the way to the bodies but none will be reached tonight There I seems to be no hope for any of those caught withIn tile caL son The negroes Who escaped tay John Knox the gang boss had them dig too deep efore letting the caiKm settle and the digging was too close to the shoe of the caisson Just be fore the accident Knox gave some order to the keeper in charge of the upper door to Uie exit He opened this door and the compnssed air which kept out the river rushed out letting In the stream The men they were workiuglnanuglyqulLk sand at the time The mison was I about 30 feet by SO alit built by tim hers twelve inches square teafii alastretilte SAX FitA cisoo Jan 0 Shang hal aJvIces jier City oJetin In the theatcrcollae Shantung China reported by telegraph from Shan hal In these dLpatchfs It appears that the temple where the Jfrform ance was being held stands on a high terrace The hill was once the Rrsbut but all has been cutaway temple except stands tlie portion A wall on about which fifty the feet high was built up from the street to sUIport the terrace During the performance the entire wall suddenly gave way and the whole mass of men women nut children wire hurled to till street below Many died of suffocation and others met death by being trampled upon by l their fellows while trying to scale All tills l time immense blocks of stone and concrete from the broken wall fell with deadly force and heads were burst open bodIes crushed arms and legs broken The list of dead numbered nearly two hundred and fifty IMC Tntewlj In IrnnojltBnIn PjinauEjrjii Jan 0 William Torreuj after lovers quarrel shot Belle Carter and then himself He will probably die Tile S rn moIst Cnrtl > EAV YORK Jan 9Tile Jima says the nevr postal cards are not uii to tile contract The matcrhl is to InJ that ink spreads like It does OU a blotter Al Doggetl the Brook Jyii politician is Ole contractor SuIcIde orn lollh Edl XEW YORK Jan 9 Joseph Ivasco aged 43 a Kusslan noble inan bj birUi commItted suicide Ibis morning hygaHiIng the arteries of totli arras with a razor nud rapid ly bleeditig to death Despondency induced by rulfortune was the direct cause of the act Ho leaves wife and live children in destitute circumitaucw Ko co was of a noUIo family that was for centuries a power in Poland Russia During the revolution of 1S53 the govern nietit NII i > ecteJ Kcco anj hanlHtd hlrtitobiberiafor > erJa or ten years The estate was conO 8led Five years no he e came to tllls country within oil tht Was leCtoC his fortune SIO OOtJ but ill luck Kemed to follow him or nil his ventures dlstter rtiUlted In A Surprise BERLIN Jon 9 Surprise Is ex tIe pressed ellCtlon over the very early date for February 2otb This action Is Interpreted EnlfyinJ Intrprted I signifying that the Utt government has nuauiloued all hop of forcing the socialist MI through the present ldflg A Snleuultequlu UEELLV Jan 9 Tonirlit solemn 9lnlht a rlemll rmquhen was given In the chapel Gf the lolace gven collie was carried by so noncommissioned officers of nonmmlRlone ug I regiment ao companied by torch bearers The I Emperor T and Grand Duke of Baden followed f the remains on foot Thr Nncar Crop of Cilbn Nzw YOKK Jan 9 Cubaa total sugar crop for 1SS9 9Cml tons nut that of 1SSS C19S03 I t SS8tS The bet consumption In 1SSO wasJ5000 tons Udilone on L1 srntnrnlli lion IXMDOX Jan 9 Gladstone 9Glstoneat1 rent dinner given to lib Hwarden tenants gen the subject of the naturalizatIon of land He ctould not approve it because he Ie Cult to tee how the State could be a and capable landlord coull good The mJCal DEn Jan 9A Holyohc CoL special After being out forty two hours hor tin jury In the White Cp case came Into court at noon coulj odayaud made n reroit that they not agree upon n verdict They were discharged The enIle I C or the second trial has not 21 d ecidedupoij trl h net yet been jp |
