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Show BRIDGE COLLAPSED. ! Three Killed and a Number Injured at Portland, Oregon. 1 A section of tho brldgo which spans tho Wllllnmctto river at Morris treet, Portland, Oro , collnpsod shortly short-ly aftor 3 o'clock Trldny afternoon, precipitating more than 100 pcoplo forty for-ty foot Into tho wator. Three pcoplo I aro known to have been drowned nni it Is feared that the list of dead will bo much larger when all aro account ed for. Jinny struck on two small boat-houses boat-houses moored to a pier of tho bridge Immediately under tho spot where It gave way. About twonty-flTO were injured, either by striking on tho boat-houses or by falling timbers. Many people fell from tl roofs of the boathouscs Into the water, but dozens of small boats aud launches In tho vicinity vi-cinity In nn Incredibly short tlmo commenced com-menced to pick them up. Thousands of people had gathered on tho brldgo to watch an armless man swim tho river. |