Show A bridge at uniting gives affat many people are on it HALIFAX july 11 special A terrible accident occurred at dartmouth to by which a number of people were drowned but the exact number of victims will not be known till tomor to mor row the disaster happened by reason of a chain to a ferryboat blip ping out of place and allowing the front of the bridge to sink and precipitate the crowd faix or seven hundred men women and children into the water the people were cro eded there for the new ferry steamer ajax just arrived from new york to dock aheu the steamer bot within two feet of the landing a number of persons jumped on board and at that moment the accident occurred the outer end of the bridge went down suddenly and alie terror stricken crowd slipped off into the harbor though they were on a slide piling on top of each other help and scrambling for safety and for some moment there was a confused mass of men women and children atrue gling in the water but the accident had hardly happened before a dozen men leaped to the rescue the drowning people were rapidly passed up to the men standing above on the wharves and the rapidity with which performed their work resulted in a great majority of those who fell in being saved dom death when the crowd slipped of the binding stage the people around numbering some hundreds crowded to the sides of the wharf and threw sticks and boards to the struggling mass in the water while a number of life preservers were thrown them from the steamer many people were struck and injured by flying boards and all the bodies recovered bear cuts and bruises statements madd show that most of who fell in were women and children and the acenet immediately following the disaster were frightful when all those in sight bcd been brought to land the work of grappling for the drowned was commenced within two hours four bodies were recovered but up to midnight no other victims had been found it is believed beli evad that at least three or tour others were lost but the exact number cannot be told at present intense excitement prevailed in dartmouth ana halifax when the news of the disaster and thousands flocked to alie scene where they remained until a late hour watching those working in the owing to the confusion it is impossible to tell who are missing but the number cannot be large |