A Bridge Horror.

Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3195, 18 October 1880, Page 2

A Bridge Horror.

ONE HUNDRED MEN DROWNED M THE KIYER EBfip7 )at New Yokk ; September 3, - The " licrald'a " Madrid correspondent' telegraphed the particdlnrs of tfio:frlglrffuil catastrophe at Logrono, a beautiful town built on theright bank of the Ebro, where ■ the river is deep, and opposite * a banlf ;:• picturcsquo with viueyards and mountaicj, with Navarre rising ia the distance. A. regiment of the Hue was crossing on a .. pontoon-bridge, the band playing gayly; when an awful crash was heard. The ibridge gave way, - carrying into tlic river more than 100 men,flgdf officers. The scene that follower was of indescribable horror.' Tbf panic-stricken soldiers onshore were unable ]■ to assist their drowning comrades, -who-1 were clinging to the ddbris 'ofi the bridge. The result was that most of them Bank to 'rise no more, all.being ia marching attim and armed with Itcmington rifles and sup. 'M .ply cartridge?. The inhabitants of Log; -, rone 'crowded ia' thousands to tile ''banks of 'the river, many of them having relativalJ among the victims, and were frantic with' igrief. The authorities procured boats, and I ■had the river dragged with nets and hooks..' 1 :The-«ea*ch! was prolonged by the-aid'"of* itorches until late ' in the nigh t. . The bodies of five >officers and•; aevenly men base been, recovered-in" this way, and others have been' found by villagers lower down "thei, 1 riyer.jWhere; ijb.ejr. were carried by the stream. [{The pontoon-bridge had been, erected to enable passengers to cross tho river, jand had been pronounced safe by the engineers, fc'cvcuty-niue persons in all are •Knwu to-nayeiimsa drowned:, it is learca that the full* extant 'of the loss of life hasi not yet be'enase'ertained,",;. L FVRTHBB DETAILS.. New York; September fiI.**'! j A Madrid special .to the "Herald " says:, iff Further accounts of the Logrono catastrophe? 1 show that one captain, six lieutebai>ts*an<l> if our ensigns of the regiment from Valencia, one lieutenant of engineers, and ninety* *S eight privates' perished. It seems that the I battaiion was crossing the liver on a largo raft, constructed on pontoons, and iv tho middle of the stream, which ia deep and I rapid, the rafti. began- to break, and !the men- become alarmed aud capsized ' ■it.. Only half*'of the battalion eacaped with tho assistance of boats and ropda^ Planks were quickly cast in the fcbro togf-Sl the inhabitants of-the vicinity;- 'The g&mffi ut uight in recognising tbe 'bodies wer# heartrendiug. Many of the officers afld sergeants' 'were -married .men, and ]thoif> j wives and, families rushed to the banks' during this tecarch for the bodies by torchlight. On the next day, in-the presence of the garrison, and an immense concoursoaf people, the 110 bodies.were laid in two* graves. King Alfonso, the Queen, and the royal family -have headed.a Subscription Jiat- ; ,with.so l oqp/ ~ j ,'t^E GREAT FIXE IN 'NEVAiI^B 'Details have arrived from Sao- FnaSOTO^^ of the great fire at Eureka, Nevada. Aboptpen b*c"W6fc on the morning of ,theJ7|O|f,'^. 'an alarm of fire was souuded, and a dense quantity of smoke was seen to issue from s the rear of Mrs Poplin's fruit and vegetsWi?.' ;stbr6ih Marine-siieet, jiistfsouth otJUii-.. jfellows"1 Hall. In two minutea^flß^fc-'i jwoodenbyilclrjigsin'tn'o' immediate yioiiii^ were enveloped in flames. ;Tho^rfrlwSß^^ 'to make unprecedented v .hja4way from the. :; \ istart. The wuid"wos.blbwing'a gale froni _■':] the southward until the flames had mn^ ,: I their course. .The fire backed up against ' the wind on the southward to G«ji;fltroot^ j crossing Buel, and in turn reaching to; and Pfiul-streets/its course and sfcope brfn^" almost identical wjth the great courUgVatio»< ! of April/1879. It went alittle iurther;soutjj: and shopucd a little short of tlie old maifcoa ' the :borth. Possibly 360 houses, many* of. j them business establishments, stroyed, alao some of the finiat privwej ' residences in t°wn. ' A space equal to fifty acresin thehoart of town was swept aw»y-1° this area only half-a-dozen buildings te> main.l The."Leader• offices, OddfellewsVIlall, theatre, International Hotel, A'. gtSM Hillhonse's elegant residence, '''Ijiii&Q&ikfj Methodist Church wero among tha'jftfflJEpl] ings destroy^edi;lilThe JacksofPraowWnß* .v gutted, though still standing, and thftlnternational Is melted almost level with the. .-b«mhiH iEWLWHre^line ol braidings on the west side of Maine-streefr"lsT?tshiriPßtji£. and many of them badly damaged. The exact origin of the fire is unknown,., Wbcn tfcje fire ,had got ,beyond control ja scone ensued which beggers all 'attempts'at dcs-v criptiou.. .Hundreds of men, women, and childreri" were fleeing in all dire(jtion»;fw . safety, some bearing with them articles of . personal or household goods. Those on tlie line of Spring and Paul" streets scaleSiftibjS, - mountain to tho eastward, while persons | further down the flat sought refute :inr tb« direction tof Mob-hill. . In the .mean|inio ,■ drays and wagons were dashing round in Urn - utmost / confusion to bear property from the doomed district. Finally the sun went down-on the stricken and. exhausted peoplfc The "Sentinel" roughly estimates the ■ losses at $750,000^ covered by aboutsiso,ooo ! insurance.. , A BURNING COAL ;MINE.—TiEiS RIF-IO EXPLOSION. SHENANDOAifI, PA., Aagiistaß. , Thefiro in the Keely Kan. Collier^ is still burning. All breaks leading inUrthe • mine' are being filled with dirt," and it is hoped that in a day or two the mine will be^; air-tight. The bad gas that escapes almost suffocates the workmen, and every lew hours during the day someone is being being carried home unconscious. Yeßterj day a large stone was rolled down an old break leading into the mine, and in making its rapid descent Jit came in contact withanother stone at tho bottom, striking nre and igniting the gas. The explosion that followed was terrific, and the citizens of Shenandoah imagined that there was an earthquake. 'I'he black dirt, particles of coal ,and other fragments were blown through space for a considerable distance, bnt fortunately no one was injured. The process W be used is the application of carbonic acid gas and nitrogen, .manufactured by am improved mode, wherein steam and thfr root blower will produce 15,000 feet of gas per minute. , Superintendent Ormrod, the three inside bosse?, Messrs Hemingray, Band, aud<.

Gregory, Engineer Jones, a miner named Beck, and a carpenter named Lingham, went down into the mine, when a fall of coal occurred inside, near tho Ore. The concussion was tremendous, and the men around the battery were blown iv all directions. It was immediately reported that all were dead. Mine Inspector Gi.y and d rescuing party quickly descended the black pit. Evidence of the terrible concussion was seen on every side. Props were blown away, and a car at the bottom of an inclined plane was forced up the incline at a high rate of speed, and then went back with frightful velocity, currying destruction in its wake. Mr Ormrod and his companions were blown against the pillars, and then fell into old ditches along tho gangway. When found they were all unconscious) and shockingly, bruised. Their arms and legs were broken. The body of Mr Gregory was found at 10 o'clock this oveniug. it seems upon further investigation that the accident was caused by an explosion of gas.