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Show JPI TIME-WORN BRIDGES m "iA AND BUILDINGS FALL L j ! Several !Land Iilark Structures In the ml' 1 ' Oregon '-STetropolis Collapse M 1 rrom Old Age, Wi M 1 PORTLAND, Or., March 19. An im- W. jfl mense wooden trestle bridge crossing wr a what Is known as Sullivan's gulch ln Jh - 1 East Portland, collapsed at noon today if yA j from sheer decay. The bridge, which V'lHj was over 300 feet long and nearly a 1 tlm 1 hundred feet high, was condctnnod to I IhftJp team traffic a year ago, but has been ii ihM used by pedestrians continuously. Two &m women had Just crossed over tho struc- JH ture when the collapse came, i jHt The Chapman street bridge, which ' H partially collapsed last night as the re- ll 'flf I hu11 oE the undermining influences of 71 fli the flood waters from a collapsed sew- l 9 or, is In danger of complete wreckage 1 I fThe old exposition building, an im- (maT'wI mouse structure 400 -feet long and 200 Wma 1 e$t u'lcle- ls m a precarious condition. rWV-BB 1 It'hos settled ln some places and tho i fl i fear ls entertained that Unless the col- lir fl lapsed sewer is speedily repaired thu l " fl building will become a ruin. The en- M glneers have been trying to repair the w broken sower for ten days past, but tho lm oxact location of the break cannot be fl located. A car barn, containing twelve street kfl cars, situated Just west of the exposl- IH tlon building, collapsed last evening and AH ls a complcto wreck. No one was hc- -;flr rlously hurt ln the wreck, though there 'jPWJj were several narrow escapes. |