Show BA TILE fOR U liff iN fROZEN r ST. ST LOUIS Jan 1 Three I. Three hundred feet of false structure of the McKinley now tIOW under co construction across bridge the the Mississippi river was knocked out by an Ice Jam at 5 o'clock last night One hundred and thirty men were at j work on the structure when the jam be began began began be- be gan to move move Seventy heard the warning warning warn warn- ing snap of the timbers Umbers In time to es escape escape ell es- cape to the steel work worle but sixty others went down In the twisted mass of ot tim tira- bers Three hoisting engines and a traveler also went down imperiling the struggling men below Captain John n Short in harge of t a af tugboat tugboat tug tug- f jacked f boat bo boat tP and two barges picked up forty men V and d got them W ashore after h a two hour hot Battle e with I the ice which I is jammed Several e ar six tones Ohie feet t f the high barges In g many threatened r places d to crush rush th the tug and several times the vessel ves- ves set Eel nearly turned turtle when forced upon the Ice by pressure behind it The twenty men unable to reach te he tug are aTe believed to have reached shore across the floating l ice ite e floes but comp company ny officials said tonight they would not know whether any lives were lost until tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- when the men will be paid flit row The and property roC completion e loss yg is I of t estimated ef the bridge at will will 2 0 be delayed several months The bridge is being built by the Illinois Traction tem te nI that tha Company officials said last night been lives would certainly have many lost bit but for tor the heroism of ot Captain Short Twice his little tug was caught caugh the barges and threatened with between destruction and an each time he ough fought them back the men on board to prevent risking their lives livE's on the floes from buhe but bu buthe buthe Twice his rudder became jammed risked hi hilife his he stuck to the boat Once he ho life lite to clear the tiller r by climbing down Into the Ice and pulling out the jam The rhe second time the rudder jammed he could not release it and the boat boa drifted helplessly down stream threatened threatened threat threat- th the ened with instant destruction by and Ice balf barges Finally rescue ie parties with ropes rope reached him from shore after a two two- hour battle and he be and his mep men were landed Seven Se men were II unable to get aboard the clambered m tug ed when upon nth the a pile driver span 8 went moored down eda and In Ina ins a s small barge This barge drifted with the Ice for three miles before the men rescued were ere Gus a boatman saw aw th the warn warn gorge the begin men en to at atte move work and on attempted the bridge ridge t to by running across ro the Ice He was wa caught halfway halfway w to o the bridge in th the breaking Ice and nearly lost his life Ute beLo be- be beo be be- J. J o Lo tore William William a II he was Frederick rescued tc- tc one of ot the men men res res- cued on the tug said I I dont don't know whether all allot of those a af at work near the river got aboard as every f himself It many trie man looked after jumping the floes some x V to of pet them n ashore S certainly by the drowned j floes som some Shorts Short's battle with the ice was witnessed wit wit- i by a great preat crowd on shore am and andi f ff i there was a long cheer when hen rescuers rescuer reached him f o The company a has been e working I on the ther th thI d oo ooh shori shore shor h I r bridge br g from both ends d and the two i i spans pans were connected by the false wor work J that collapsed I The river b banks are b being patrolled OI k but there Is little r hope e of finding an any anybodies bodies bodice in case some of ot the men were IV t. t L drowned as the river is choked with Ice |