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the Catastrophe. 5 A despatch. from Quebec says: The nse new $10,000,000: steel 'bridge which was'in~ course "of construction RD ithe oh Lawrence River atl Levis above the City of Quebec, cok lapsed late on Thursday dfterncon, car. rying down 95 workmen, moslly steel workers and: rivefers, a Saliapse of the immense Struc- y wi eat loss of life it ens tailed, has coined the greatest excite ment here and at' Levis, and it is dif- flenlt 10. get 'correct details. "It is thought that the loss of "Mle will 'exceed 70. Ten bodies have been recovered, 10° badly i wounded "men were - picked up in fie river, and there "are 70 missing, all of whom are, no 'doubt, drowned. The bridge, whichis being construcied' by the "Phoenixville Bridge Company. <1 Fillagelpia, ad begun about "seven years ago, and was expecled to be fin- ished' in 1900. The estimated cost: wt the 'bridge vas, $10,000,000, most of which was subscribed hy the Federal Government, Provincial "+ Government and City of Quebec, Only a few of the big staff 'of waork- men who are engaged in various duties escaped. The collapse, thought to have Leen due to the overloading of the su- perstructure with materials, occurred ut an hour when 'the workmen were all in their places, preliminary 0 finishing the work for {he day. When the fall of ihe 'giant structure came, 'the big structural work with which it was being built prevented many of the workmen from 'drowning in the St. Lawrence. These who 'were not stunned by the great lumble seiz- &( the big stee] girders which were car ried. lo the river bottom, and were thus saved Irom drowning. Only a few of the dead and falally hurt were residents of Quebec, * They were employed by the conlracting firms which are building 'the structure," and most of them' live in the' Uniled States, many of {hem being from Pennsylvania, CANADIAN DEATH LIST SMALL. There is no doubt that the Canadian joss of life is small, for the only wark- men' outside of the steel workers from Phoenixville, Pa., who" were employed '0 the span were Canadian Indians. The big span which érumbled beneath the superstructure went without = the .ghightest. 'warning to fhe hundred or more who were on it at the time, and toppled aver into the water, & hundred feel below, like the frailest. kind of a slrucfure, it wds not long after the bridge fell that it became dark, and then /th® work of rescue, which had barely been begun, had 10 be almost' abandoned because there was ng light. A big bonfire was "built along dhe river side, but did mot tielp much. 3 : : From: the flickering glare of the ben- fires, many bodies tould be seen-floating "on lhe surface of the river, but 'the rescuing party had its hands full, 'and had to let many-of the corpsés sweep on down. the siream. Heart-rending scenes are lo be wil K i completed. bridge will have 33,000 tons ol steel; and with ils approaches is es- timated to cost $7,000,000. x The plans were commenced in: 1897. The south shore. plers- were 'completed four years ago,-ahd shice that time 240 feet of sleel superstructure. was built connecting the shore pier to the anchor per. It is" this. 'anchor pier that col- 8 ) psed. THe anchor arm, 400-feet above. the river, was completed in July last year, and onedfourth 'of the superstructusal work on the bridge, or 740 feet, finished and "ihis cantilever 'exténsion from tha fouth Side was then begun, . On' the oth Side of the river fully 7,000 fons of sleel had been -erecled, rising toa height of 360 feet in the lowest lop parts, and 400 feet at the cenire part or 'anchor; pier. 3 hy . % The two centre pillars are 315 feet tugh, 'weigh 518 {ons each, and are 'lo told each oneshall of the cantiléver an- chor and ane-hall of (he suspension' span.' Their ornamental caps are lo be 4060 feet In the air, The flooring of the bridge over which the traffic will: cross is 160 feet above the' river level, so' that ships with the highest 'masts moving up and down' the St. 'Lawrence can . pass underneath without difficulty. I 'was expected that the bridge might be completed hy 'the fall of 1909; but tho delay in obtaining the sieel required has kept back the contractors' and now the collapse of (he anchor pier atifthe south side, together wilh the work that ad been dane beyond it, will very seéri- ously hinder the progress of the gigantic undertaking. MN TUG SWAMPED ; THREE DROWNED, A Triple, Fatality on Lake Superior Near Cutler, : i A despaich from Sault Ste, Marie, Ont, says: According 16 advices re- ceived' in the Soo on Wednesday morn- ing from 'Cutler, & drowning accident; resulting in three fatalities; occurred at that place at a late hour on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that the tug Sey- mour was towing another small" tug, the Alert, behind which was attached a raft of logs. The lines slackened for a moment; and when they tightened, the small tig was unable to. stand the strain and was swamped. Of the five mens who were 'on. her, three were drowned, Their names are Capt. Ken nedy, of Thessalon; Enginéer h Smith, of Sudbury; 8nd a man named Boyer, a: resident of Cutler. ' The bodies were all recovered next morning « and will be taken to their respective places for burial. WAS HANGED TWICE. The Rope Broke at Execution of Car- A despaich'from indiana, Pa., Says: "The first hanging inthis county-for more nessed in -the immediate vicinity of the} disaster. In two houses three. dead bodies of three members of each family re laid out,' with a fourth member ot} _igne with 'a "broken hip. ; 2 reports, the ac- wit nayis © gestion in the channel, Vessels have. al- ready passed through: lo ascertain: the| alin. The loss is estimated at WORLD'S GREATEST BRIDGE, = visitor to Quebec as he crosses ff ol RW) Common Choice