Show BIG BRIDGE DAMAGED Fire Causes Loss of HalfMillion Dollars Dol-lars t to New East River Bridge New York New York Nov lOThe new East ilver bridge In process of construction between New York and Brooklyn wan damaged to the amount of at least a halfmillion dollars tonight by a lire that for four hours raged 3Ci5 feed In the air on thc I summit of the great sjlcel lower on the New York aide There was probably no loss of life Owing to Die enormous holght of the tower It was Impossible to reach the fire wltn any apparatus In the lire department de-partment and the flamey after devouring devour-ing all the woodwork on the top of tho tower seized on the limber falsework of the two footbridges suspended from the main cables burning away the supports sup-ports Nearly D million feel of blazing lumber fell with a crash and a bias Into the stream The falling footbridge carried l away a score of lighter cables and guy which trailed In the water lenderlng I It necessary for thc t purpose l of safety to stop all trnlllc up and down the river Tho steamer Puritan and other crafts had narrow escapes while running the gauntlet of the fiery brands that fell J Sn Khowers from the burning bridge The1 fire WUH the most spectacular conflagration that has over ben seen In Now York While the fire wns at Its height n party of firemen were cut oft nt the base of thc tower where they worti exposed to IL torrent of brands and icdhot iron and steel They were rescued res-cued after several had been severely burned LJninds from the tower vet lire tothe I big 1 storehouse of the Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania Steel company I was en llVelv I consumed and the contents wero Ir < hill cl Into the river together with two hoisting derricks on the platform It was 11 oclock before the names l devoured everything combustible leaving only the steel tower I and the four great 18 ½ inch steel cables stretchIng cables Ing across the river These InS recently completed save for the steel sheathing and it Is feared that they have been ant damaged by thc Il he necessary Should Intense heat ntceSHU to replace them the labor of two years I would be lost t I I |