Show iS OF Gil GREAT BRIDGE They Number at Least Seventy Five and anil May Considerably Exceed That LESS THAN 20 BODIES FOUND n Among I I i I nd Searching I fl Ini or u r tho hC t III MII to I Ii lit J In Quebec Aug A II l AVIth the break of Df o dawn a n half doren govern government ment rn nt and it nd I 1 Bridge tugs R began a ot lIe search of or o the Iho St SI Luw te 1 e river 11 r for or the victims of nC o last lut lo nights nigh I catastrophe Tho The toll or of dath by b the tho collapse of o the tho great grut cantilever cn bridge a numbers 1 nt 11 least 1 75 5 RiI nay may reach Sf Up tio to 10 an tin early curl hour today toss II es thin than O 0 bodies had Icon lieen recovered Tho The weight of ot the tho 1 structure falling fulling Call III linni ISO SO ted feet above the th surface of oC tho Ih river cru hed the Iho bodied hod 1011 of o many o of 01 HII workmen In III a n frightful manner and It H III i feared many will never io In hi 1 Many duny of oC tho Ihu I dead Ameri Amei Americans t I cans cn 11 II brought here hern by b lio Iho company of Ii Pa had hn the contract for tor tho the Iron Ironwork work eric orl on the Ihl bridge SO NON DEAD IH AD Among Inong the Hw known dead are ale Jl 13 A general for forthe forthe the company co II Chief Engineer l hk Davis of the lie bridge switch engine ell John W V fireman Jim JIn TrInh foreman About 30 3 Q 11 Indians urn wn us tn Victor James mull I Honry of Now New Liverpool Quebec of oC New Liverpool Q ephrian La Lt France Quebec this mornIng were sent out to 10 examine the tho superstructure tUtu lUre showing above tho th water w atei near the shore to ascertain If Ir any IIII of oC the tho workmen were vre Imprisoned In III the mass inas massof mil milot of ot twisted Iron work None word found alive Just JUal below the tho surface nf n the water ater two Iwo bodies bodle were Werl seen seon but hul It will be he impossible to leach llach them until tho the tide goes out Doth Both the thu local bent and Dominion authorities have havo taken steps to Investigate the cause ellus of o tile the disaster Unit and If It possible to to fix lix the thc responsibility Somo of ot the workmen tho the belief hellet that the pier Iel gave way under tho the tre ire tremendous strain tr am of ot the overhanging teet work Al M 1 I P 1 Davis of nC Ottawa the tho th contractor who Ito built th piers made a n examination last lo t night nl hl however anil reported thorn them to 10 be In good joud goOd condition although h the tho steel superstructure had fallen upon them I nS ESCAPE A locomotive and ami several freight cars loaded with steel gliders gIrders worn vere moving out on the bridge Just JURt before the tha structure collapsed Engineer l went vet Into the tIt river with his h en cn engine gine gln but was Wits picked up III OO feet reet be bo Iw the bridge Fireman Davis per perished Ishell Engineer Joss JeM was as removed remove to 10 Levis ho he lie rapidly re recovered recovered covered from run tho the effects t CIt of O his plunge Into Inlo the tho river According to 10 his hili story the ibe work wOlf overhanging the thc river wan H the th first to 10 show signs of o weak ne s After Aner the lie first sign of ot danger J s shut shUI off ore steam hut but his locomotive to 10 move moe toward the end of ot the bridge which hud hail begun to to tot totter tel leI and a 1 moment Inter later the tho engine v nt Into the th river Several Severn engineers visited the tho scene today It was evident they said that there had hll been be un miscalculation of ot ten tensile RIle sile strength In some somo spot That weak spot had given under tinder the tho strain of ot hundreds of or thousands of ot tons tinA of ot Htoo stae and this hail had at on once neo CD upset tha 1113 balance of oC n II portion of nf tho the structure and caused the tho The number or ot dead ns as S stated nt nl tho the office ot nt the Phoenix Bridge company to today today day wa IS IS 18 Canadians 28 Indiana Indians and aitt 1 17 Americans but the tho officials would rot rol venture to 10 give out any names just nt Rt present They also ato state stale that five Canadians four our Indians and three Americans are arc Injured Tho Th Quebec Bridge e company officials place the number of dead at lit 78 INI KILLED D Although 21 2 hours have I lne Inee the Quebec bridge e tell foil Into Inlo the tho Ih St SI rIver three score bridge workers are still I I II held In the tho meshwork of ot debris nt ut the bottom of oC the tIle river 1111 At the this afternoon 70 il men failed falleti to 1 answer to Ihl r and won not among the Injured nt III the tho hr Fifteen arc nrc nt at n t the morgue 11 Of Ot the total of ot 7 79 0 dead len 1 or 1 rc re skilled American me mo goime bodies call bo ho b seen below trip the Ih tightly wedged In n ll n 11 11 of ot steel |