TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE MANY LIVES LOST NEAP, WASHINGTON. A GPIM STORY. i By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright--1 Australian and N.Z. Cable Association WASHINGTON. January 4 A message from Kelso, Cowlitz County, states that it is believed that at least, thirty lives were lost when a 700-foot suspension bridge across the Cowlitz river collapsed while crowds of home-going workers were crossing. A cable quipped, one tower fell into the river and another against a. new stt el bridge being constructed. The central span buckled, hurling scores of pedestrians and several automobiles into the water. Many of the former were rescued after clinging to wreckage. Huge bonfires were lit throughout the night to aid the rescuers. Later. The authorities now estimate that SO lives were lost* in the bridge disaster, the horror of which was heightened bv the oudden failure of the electric light system, which threw the entire town into darkness. Eye-witnesses of the disaster declare that a 'bus carrying 20 school children plunged into the river when the bridge collapsed. Only four children have been rescued.
LATEST ESTIMATE
EIGHTY LIVES LOST. (Received January 5, 7.20 p.m.) VANCOUVER, January 4. The latest estimate is that eighty lives were lost at Kelso.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11411, 6 January 1923, Page 6
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201TERRIBLE TRAGEDY New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11411, 6 January 1923, Page 6
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