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Show COLLAPSE OF A UIIIDQE lour Ylorkni.M JI..I ll.tli an I all are N.rlou.ly InJuriHl New "i ork, April 11 Tlie temporary uperatrm ture of the Willis arrnue brhhie now being built orer tho Harlem Har-lem rlrircollapsed yesterday afternoon kilting fojr men and seriously Injuring Injur-ing six one of whom may die 1 welre or more workmen also recelred InJu rlei of A moro or less serious nature Die accident was lauscd by too great a weight liclng put on the trnv Ing derrick that crossed the superstructure super-structure I he superstructure connected con-nected the north shore austalnlng wall with a pier nnd was a ttlmsy nlfalr stretching too feet nirosx dieii water built In three sections ono nbore nn other, to a height of ntxmt sixty feet Twintyllre or thirty men were cm ployed on the strintffre when the collapse col-lapse oci nrred Many otlhomrnwere arrlnl donn In the wreck Only a few suicecdrdcil In gi ttlngto the pier the majority either falling Into tlie water or Into the tangle of Iron and woodwork |