Show SEVENTYFIVE MEN PERISHED Result of Horrible Bridge Disaster In Canada Quebec Canada Tre toll of death caused by the collapse of the great cantilever brldgo numbers at least sov entyflvo and may reach eightylive Tho terrific height of the great steel structure from 180 feet above the surface of tho river crushed the bodice of many of the workmen in a frightful manner and it is feared many will never be found Many of the dead were Americans brought here by tho Phoenix Bridge company of Phoenix Ia which had the contract for tho > Iron work on the bridge A locomotive and several freight cars loaded with steel girders were moving out on tho bridge just before the structure collapsed Engineer Jess went into the river with his engine but was picked up 300 feet below tho bridge Fireman Davis perished |