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Show LATE S"rl)ISr ATCUES. j GENERAL. j BRIDGE IMVWItKS. Fulling ol Hit Ouittlni Uullrond Hi'itlKt: L,om, (vt.)0,()0(. Cumins ol an Ohio Bridge. Omaha, 25. At about 3 30 thia morning, during the prevalence of a te-nfic rain aud windstorm, about 501) feet of the eastern end tif tlie Union Pacific iron bridge was precipitated pre-cipitated into the river. The pioru , are left standing uninjured, but the I rest of that part of Lha bridge is a total wreck. For the nresent all trains Irom the const will probably have to transfer passengers and freight via Plattsmouth, .Neb., and Missouri valley. Tnere are variona surmises as to the immediate causo ot the accideut, but the general opinion ia that it was a cyclone which struck it. John Pierson, night watchman, waa at the guard house at the east end at the time the accident occurred, aud had a narrow escape from death. He was pinned in the river for half au hour before being able to extricate himself. The load is estimated at about $350,000. It will probably take two or three mouths' to rebuild the structure. The omnibus stable at Omaha waB also blown down. No other damage. Cleveland, 2o. The covered bridge (panning the Tuscarawas river, just south ol new Philadelphia, Ohio, was completely destroyed by fire at noon Lo day. It was a three Bpau, double irack bridge, 325 feet long. The loss will be about $10,000; insurance, fS.OOO. |