Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 6, 1873, Page 1

VOLUME 26. C CARRIAGES, BREWSTER & ©0, OF BROOME-ST., WAREROOMS, . SAPOLIO, et ENOUH MORGANS SONS® SAPOLIO Tsn substituto for Bosp for all Houschold pur- ‘oxoopt washing olothos. SAPOLIO For olenning your Lonso Lhis Bpring will savo tho Iabior of ono loanor. OHINA,CROCKERY, &o. AT RETAIL. Plain Band and Decorated CHINA. ¢ Tifth-av,, cor. Fourteenth-st, |y S AP O T+ L O ° IMITATION CHINA, | ~ow wommx. |3 Himmmmatmoesteme At about half cost of French China. g E SAPOLTIT @) BOHEMIAN GLASSWARE, ‘ : © o, T et o e e "LAVA & PARIAN GOGDS, Elegant Carriages, i s"A5¢ T.TO SILVER-PLATED G0ODS, Tnat th asonablo uttion feom olgoat s o £ DR 4 °7 il CUTLERY, WAITERS, &0, | ioinnstisansiicsssan et it 1R S A P O T T O Chesper than at any other Btore, st ovory Garringo olfored I rue Wioorocine o (oo 8" Olosns BathTubs, Tablos, Floors, &o., qulokor 1d Lot Ronap. o o o e ary soopoot, (o thoto bullt ta thy | B 2242008 tpsiHon, Tryiton. orderof the moat valuod customor. ‘In addition to our stock of tho LARGER vehialos, wo SAPOLIO:- offor & complota assorimont of ROAD WAGONS, with O dmittiout tops, IN ALL WEIGHTS, for PLEASURE <] }',;}!;fi’,‘{;}{‘{;“’?":fl;flmffi,::‘ffi‘! MagiWazsn, DRIVING OR BPEEDING, ombracing in thelr conatruo- a - iISAPOLIO. Hon tuo varions improvemonts Introduced by us durlng the psst fittoon yoars, and whioh bavo mado the < For washing Dishion and Glasswaro 1t fuvalusble. Gheapor than Soap. “BREWSTER WAGN” ‘s A morTTo The Stan dar & for Q“a]ity- ‘Romovos Stsins from Marblo Mantelw, Tables, and Hiatuary, fom Hoard-finished Walid, snd from T Forectamm. 1 oeids, o OUR PRIOES BEING FIXED AKD UNIFORM TO ALL, orders by mail-havo equal advantages with thoso Aih bt SAPOLIO o oeas out oonfaston, o publis will ploaso romombor | Bere {ining nod Groaso from Osrpots and ot that o aronot connootod with a Jolnt Stack Company of : - Oaevingo Doslors now sooklug ta shara our ropulation by | Depot, 86 and 88 Bouth Water-st., adopting s firm name similar to our own. SEITOAGO, LT, SALE PRICHS, in order to make room for BREWSTER & (0., Avosion sauzs. Soott &OvingtonBrog, |, ezz=ox=e= |Gl PAINTINGS At Auction, 210 West Madisonst .| SARRI AGES. T0-MORROW, ARTESIIK‘NOP‘)V}EEL MEN. of 14, ufifiia?finiffiffimnm-s&, BUTTERS & CO., 55 & 57 South Canal-st. NEW YORK, j Tsmanutasturing, and i threg largo short roomey eqsal Tn compliauco with instructions from tho Oity Council Jon POSITIVE SALE.: _° INSURANCE. 10 400 feet lan! by s lexta‘ldfi llod with Id a8 Phoenix Ins. Co., OF BARTFORD, CONN. Phoenix Ins. Co., OF ST, LOUIS. REMOVED TO 149 & 151 Madison-st. JAMES AYARS, JR, Agont, COD LIVER OIL. CARBOLATED 00D LIVER OIL 18 a Bpacifio and Radieal Guro for CONSUMPTION AND SOROFULOUR DISEASES, Romomber tho name, ** Willson's Oarbolnted Cad Liver Ol " Tt goinos {n largs wadgo-shaped bottles, earing the . inventar's siguaturo, and is sold by tho bust Druggista. ! Prepared by J, H, Willson, 30 Platt-st., N. ¥, For sals by all Druggis RUBBER GOODS. The Original Goodyear RUBBER STORE. HAT.LOOK & WHEELER, 160 Randolph- ;lg.é nrn}nr IllleBnfll:l; &ul&bomdfinmur E‘,}:\i Engine snd Conduo Py o Babber Gogda. & Lot 48 [ | LOTTERY. $76,000 IN OASH FOR $1. OMAHA LOTTERY! F. & L. JAEGER', 73 WABASH-AV. WE ARE SBLLING hitp Ghira Dimner Sets, 141 Pos, fr $36.00, Wit Civa T6a Sets, ~ 56 e, br G40, In fuot, we oro olosing out our entiro “Wholesale Stock, at Retail, AT WHOLE- rtod d W og Ci of the Shnof Donvor, Cotorado, proposals, aud somark- | 0S50 Top sud Light Kead 01 og Uhste, o0 i ba sacelsod by mo for tho sinking of an Artoslan | Hookaways, do. Partiesin Clitoxgo, by calling on 0. M. TWoll to tho dopth of 3,000 foat, providing flowing wator is | CLARK, Nos. 70 and Bl Sixteonth-at., can sco samplos, 1 Dot obtainod a dopth, Tho Well to bo six inches g;’g,,g'"h“'"w sad ordgr ‘,{1{",‘;4’,\,‘;{,";;‘ morg cagva- T diamotons and casod. Twonty-ivo por oont to ba paid | B \when each four hundrod feot ls sunk, and tho balsuco TO RENT. when tho contract fs comploted (all {0 bo paid in curron. | sansamasee o e e S ¢5). Biddors must stato tho rato por eachono hundred foot, and bo propared to give sufliciont bonds to insure tho faithful prosacution of the work. The right is ro rorsed to rojoct anyorall bids. Work to commence by Julyl. W, J. BARKER, Ohalrman Committoo on Water for Irrigation, Denver, Colorado. A fow Very Desirable Offices are offered for rent in the Trib- une Building. Single or in suites. ‘With and without Vaults. English Tile Floors through- out the Building. Notice to Builders. Blevator running d\u_'ing all Troposls wanted for bulldlog s Warchouge ftty b7 one Dundsed fouty two storios and basomont, Part paymont o mado fo roal estate. Applyat 110 Madlsun-e from 13101 o'olock, BESETIETS s s es FPUSTEP TN Y . ]]flsn'ahlfl II].VBSI]B.B]].I. business hours. Tam fantructad by omaors 0 aforfor o, on favorale | | L2050 Offices are not equaled tormag, 5 10 0, R, or 40 neren of tho property known as | T the city. o Sicol Fana," siusted 1n Soc, 3 T, B1nle | The best for all clesses of REAL ESTATE. souta by Tronty-sixth snd Thirty-firs ‘wost by Kodzo-av. and Mowsy-s s aioina Tomat tho soutt, and 1s | CAIOD. . C. DOW, . g, e Room 1 Nevada Block. The attention of Capitalists is called to this Advertisement. Applyto JOHN JOIINSTON, Agont for Owners, Room 4, Nos. 84 sad 8 LaSalle-st. Higiland Park Builting. Co, Offics 163 MONROEST., Room 4, Kont's Duilding. Touses and Lots for salo on oasy tarmt. FRANK P. HAWKINA, Agent. LUMBER. HENRY N. HOLDEN, ‘Wholossle and Retail Dealor inall kinds ot HARDWO0D LUNMBER. Also, Mahogany, Rosewood, Florids Oedar, Venoers, & 0. Particular attontion paid to filling bills for any kind of Hordwood or Fanoy Lumber. OFFICE_AND YARD--No. 211 South Marketst, REMOVAL BANK OF MONTREAL. THE OFFIOE OF THE BANK OF MONTREAL TO RENT. MARBLE-FRONT STORE And Basement, No. 68 West Lakost. }’fll“bflflfl lgcluurlfl {:)‘l‘ a0y d‘ll‘!g fl'tllulillu t ) sk, - Htont oliesp to a wood. tonamt. o owaar, Je 150y SR an Brormiso, Ttooth B, or 418 Parkcar, Furnished House, Nilwankee, for ront untll Septembor or Ootober tos amall family, a furnithed housa {n the moyt doairable location in Milwau- keo. Address *"WISBOONSIN "' OFFICK, Mitwaukoo, Wis. For Rent. Corner Btore, and two connocted with Hotal, in Briggs Fouze, corner of Kifth-av, aud Randolph-at. Applyto OHABE & ADAMS, 81 Bryan Block, ar_Paulina, Bize 26275 FINANCIAL, Lamar Tnsurance Company: In purenance of s decroo of the Buporior Court.of Cook Gounty, all persal ns having claime against this Compa: O beii Kyank LgbBisot, e, A 2 Gce, Roorss Noa, 81 &nd hicay nd wof May Init., at o oh day. Olatina not provon will oot particlpate in tho Srat disidend, GEORGE CHANDLER, Rocelver. SOUFELDT & BALL, Attornoys. DIC. HAS BE! T t tho Nobraska Stats h N RERAVED 20 TS ahave Atioracys ovorywhore, and sollest the osims dn?v{”n;’, n.::blg::xg‘n_.y i, Bluql_i_??o‘-.lfivfi.y{‘:%‘l"nllfe‘l’z o T ‘Sach, "oF B0 kgt MATOR BLOCK, of Wholeagle Morcants sud oftiers In ans pact 00108 | 82 82°h, R “dearod: §07, lesgie seni by cppiase eollections are made, ABIER' MERGMT‘LH 1 Cash_Prizo, 15,0001 1 Oash Prizo, 8105y 0 COLLECTION AGENOY, 148 Madison-st, 0‘;“ .fl‘gfl‘z"(.“;“ll ii"!‘lllu\flfll‘fis'i‘ 20 llc‘t‘o‘\'p.d:: Ht Corner of LaSalle and Madisonsts. WE BUY AND SELL Sl Skl st ol o Bl of . g:‘:v‘." WL fin\u‘;‘;fi-}, (o ot bulso Taon of (a6 WML RICGHARDSON, Menager, | BULSIN €SS Paper, |t AN bt s, onms, o, REMOV.AL. And negotfate loans on Collatorals. WANTED. GILLET, McOULLOCH & CO, Propristars Gillet's Ohemigal Work yoriag Exiracta, Bakiug Powlor, @ 84 and 65 Bouth ‘Wator-st., botweon ah and Miohl- ganave., whoro thoy will Ho plonied o 300 tholr frioads, REMOV.AT. Mrs. Stoughton Has removed ber Millinery and Drossmaking Parlors to GENERAL NOTICES, 364 WABASH-AV., “WiBasiAv, | HUNBOLDT PARK REMOVAL. Residence Association. . Tho M R8T Dr.E. W. EDWARDS hasromoved | pivor sioorinioh ‘.“.’{‘,‘::‘{,Z‘}’E:g‘}"‘;fi': disersi his office to No. 101 South Olark-at,, | §p-im. ia i oiics e roumobuuia's liutldtog, NG, 18 ‘between Monroo and Madison, DR. WOODY.ATT "iv., Hoom 4. 'Tho Prosonod of evory morbor s sulfoited. OIARLFS PRORBSTING, Scoratary. Has romored to 90 Washington-st., botwoon Olark and Offco houra: Dta 13 8ud 4 f08, ' NOTICE. WILLCOX & GIBBS SEWING MAGHINE, WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Temoved from 573 Wabnshnv. to Arorequestod tomoot at tho ofiice of G. A, 389 SOUTH CLARE-ST,, CHAMBERS & 00, No, 4 Honore Blook, on TIHURBDAY, May 8, ot 2 o'clook p, m. 0, 3 b lar Fami) By order of Qo a "Mliroad snd Attacimonts. Maohine paprud o goute WRENN & BREWSTER, Bankers, 90 Washington-st. Money to Loan. Tn sums of twonty-five thousand doll ot ey oa L:l:vrn::(::’l‘l{‘f:\"\wuurr";-ua Remaria WIGIT & FYRRELL, Toom 8 Tribuna Bullding. A anted! 2 B dy to know that for tho t 15 days, and for the el :ln:x‘f. 1 'un'n"glnm Svery poregs: taking oRo doze roa, ono-half dozou'ot storssooplo vl o ie Tulus of Ohioago. pio viirs T. 8, JOTNA 760 Oottago Grova-av., cornor ’l'hlnx—nl?h‘l‘fiql, ; LAWN MOWER. PHILADELPHIA TAWN MOWER. The DBest and the Cheapest! 10-INCE OUT ONLY $15! 144nch cut $20; I5-inch 825; 04nch pony for parks €83, Erery machin warrantod, 1t oo favorably knawn fo nood *ipufiog " For asto at mg D BRORLE, 50 Hiato-se., Chloago, D.S. ETREEFRON. BUSINESS CHANCES, To Capitalists. Parties in Chl atandard husi ‘protit will ploas go doslring o aafo, xospostable, and at will pay from 100 to 800 por conl dross. oo oy, OPERA. GLASSES, Opera Glasses At cost pricos st M. POLACHIEK'S, Optician, 76 Madl- T Squares AT J. G, VANGGUTI'S, OPTIOTAN, #2 Btata-st., botwoon Wealilogton aud Raudatoh, HIBBARD & SPENCER. Teubner's Edition OF LATIN AND GREEK AT L, BOHIOK & 00,'8, 102 Enst Modison-st, CAUTION. ‘W. W, PLUMB is no longer in our ¢, W, BHERWOOD, omploy. Gonoral Agent, HICAGO, TUESDAY, MAY 6, DIXONY HORROR Addiiional Particulars of tho Fearful Bridge Dis- asiers Thirty-two Women and Six Men Sent Into Eternity, Complete List of the Drowned and Disabled Victims. The Death-Trap Before and After the Catas- trophe. Yesterday a Day of Agony and Mourning in Dixon. Interviews with Survivors of the Terrible Wreck--- The Death Cry. Hairbr¢adth Escapes and Ileroic Sacrifices Views of Fngineers on the Truesdell Bridge. The community, on reading the hurried dis- patchos from Dixon in tho morning papers yos- torday, were shocked at tho oxtent of the ealam- ity thoro doscribed, but o littlo hope remained thnt the horrora of the occasion had boon exag- gorated. Tho succinet and -dotailed roport of this sad Bundsy in tho thriving littlo country town fully confirms tho hurried announcoments of yesterdny, and eerves to show how wide- sproad is tho disnstor. 'Thore is little room for oxaggoration in this gad narrative. The mourn- fal lst of dead and wounded tolls its own talo, Tho majority of tho victims were young girls budding into womanhood; somo of thom, 88 scon from tho bricf personal rio- tico below, wore factory girls, the eolo support of aged mothers. RIS Othors woro i~ ronts with their children, enjoy- ing the first fino}d day of "the son- son, and watoh- ing, with intonso interest, tho-cor-| omony of bap-| tism, in which = NN S Dy the Limo P e the labors of tho precoding doy ; one smoked dieconsolatoly, and the others gazed mournfully on tho mehing river bencath whoso crucl watora woro tho forms of beings who, twonty-four hours provious, wero full of lifo and hope, and for srhom loved ones woroe weoping during the long watches of tho night. The sirwas chilly, the water dark and ewift ; through the gloom could bo dimly scen the outlino of the ruined bridge,— tho ongino of deatruction,—and on tho other side of tho river wero lights, indicating tiic homes to whicl the dead had boon roturned. . MORNING CAME AT LABT. Tho sun shono in of] his glory ns ho did yestor~ day, but his rising bronght no comfort to those whoso benrts were stricken with sorrow. Tho scono of tho disnster was in the midst of lovely sconory ; not wild or grand, but soft and mild,— g0 much 80, indeod, that it was hard to realizo that 8o pure and boautiful a prospect must hore- aftor bo linked in tho mind of man with & calam- ity 80 torriblo. The rivor, following tho courso of tho sun, runs east and west, tho . fatal bridgo crossing it dircctly north and south. Somo 600 feot onst of tho bridge is & dsm, over which tho watersrolled in their mad earcor, boiling into fonm. Aboye the dam is Van Ampun's Tsland, planted in the middle of tho rivor; and, nbovo that ngain, & bay gurroundod Ly hills fringed with dark forest. Therois no visiblo oponing. Tho wator scoms to como ont of somo mystorious covor boneath tho hill and tho forest. 'Tho bay is ealm, the wator gliston- ing a8 it mirrorad the morning sun. Tho cur- ront is accelorated as it approachos the dam, and nires in the cight miles an hour, Bome sank to rise no more, Somo wore Lilled bofore they touchod the wator. fomo wero ontangled In the dobris. Somo Jumped from tho bridgo to the river, and swam astiore, Tho wenk genernlly succumbed. ¥n that mixed mass of men, women, and children, horsos and buggios, thero was & slim chance for life. Tho planks of tho bridge wero loosenod by the orash, and, flonting off, wero tho moans of saving 0 largo number who clung to them. Those on shoro did all thoy could, but for many mothing could bo done. ‘The larger portion of the orowd woro on tho sidewslk of the bridge, botween the hand-rail and tho iron truss, 16 feot high, which separatod the footway from the rondway. Whon the span gave way, thia truss fell ovor with the woight, and imprisonod tho doomed in an iron cago, with which they sunk, and from which thero was no cseape. THE NEWS OF THE DISASTER. spread liko wildfiro. 1t didnot tako overy one by surprise, for many hnd learned loug boforo that such & calamity was not only possible, but probable. Tho people flocked to tho river bank. Iardly o family In tho city wns unropro® gonted on tho bridge, snd mono wero cortnin thoy were not boroaved. An immeonsa crowd gathored on the south shoro, but all they could do was to stand ond gaze wistfully over tho stream. Tho ontiro bridgo was slmost im- passablo, for, when ono section went, tho othora followed like ton-pins in n row. THERE WAS WEEPING AND WATLING, poronts Inquirlog for thoir children, childron waa n pitiful sight. Strong mon wopt, women for thoir parents, and frionds for friends. It hold down by tho dobris, and ho brought tho dorrick to raiso thowunken span, that tho ladics might bo oxtricated, To him and to Mr, Kottla and Mr. Cuylor, and to everyono who oxtonded a helping haud to tho stricken pooploof Dixon i the hour of thoir diro nocossity, much praiso id dito, and, if they oro not rownrdod hore, thoy will bo in & botter sphoro, whoro it is hoped une golfish and noblo decds connt for something. COE TOWN AUTHORITIES This morning the Common Cauncil met, but a8 it roquired o legal notice to hold o logal moet- Ing, businoss of an ofilcial character was post- poned until to-morrow, when another meoting will tako placo. The Moyor ordored all iho sa~ loons to bo closed, and other placen of business wero shut by common cousent, excopt dry goods stores, which wero allowed {o romuin open to supply tho burial clothoa. ‘M1 housios wore drapod in mourning, the sym= Dol of tho foeling of tho entiro community. Tordly o person oucoped the ca~ lamity; it had its ramifications i overy hoart and a common gorrow bound all cltte zons togother ine bond of charity. The rick responded genorouely to tho necds of tho poor, many of whom had not tho menna to pay propes -respeot to thelr dosd, Every cluss in society, ovory school, overy chureh, alinost oyery family, lns o missing membor. An afffiction 8o univer~ sal hiag ot fallon upon Any peoplo in thiv land since tho night of tho Chitago firo. 'TIE BTRICKEN TOWN, &0 suddonly plunged into tho depths of unuttor- sblo woo, 18 thronged with thomourning frionis thoir sons and, daughtors or]f brothora and sie- tors woro partici- pating. Thoy wore plunged into tho gwollen stream beneath them in & moment, without sny other waming than the crash of the broken frame-work and the collapse of the entire structure. The cause of all this loss of lifo, and tho broken honrts and desolated homes that it ontails was tho adoption by the city suthoritios of & bridgo of unsound construction, built in deflance of the true prin- ciples of ongincering, and roprobated by overy sclentifo man whoso opinion i8 worth having. It was chosen by tho local suthoritios of Dixon from & large number of plans presented, whother from ignoranco or dishonesty it is difiicult to toll. If the Iattor, the men who choso it boar to-day tho responsibility of desolating 100 homes, and of causing the wide-spread misory that must follow 80 awful & calamity, As thoy aro human, thoy must oxouso thomsolyes to tho acousing voico of consoience. It ignorance was thoir oxcuso, thoy must bear in mind that thoy woro warned by sevoral oxperienced engincers of the result of putting up 8o unsclontific & structuro, and that thoir failure to take action on this advico has roaulted moat fearfully to the innocent citi- zons Jwho placed lifo and happinoss in thoir hands. THE DISASTER. Spectal Drspateh to The Chicago Tribune, Drxox, Loe Co., I1l., Moy b.—I rouchod hore at 8 oolock this morning. Tho night at that timo was dork, the moon haying disappoared, and but o fow stars twinklod in tho dark blue of the shy. ‘“Taking tho omnibus, it drovo rapidly in the direction of tho town until stop- ped bytwo men, who carrleds lantern-torch, Satisfiod thot the grappling-frons thoy had or- dored from Chicago wore on board, thoy took posrossion of the 'bus, and; after o dotour to the hotel, whora a fow elocpy passengors alight, tho vohiclo continued on {ta rapid way to the rivor. Thoso gontlomon woro Mr. A. Willinms, o law- yor of Dixon, and Mr, J. B. Kittle, Tioad-Mastor of "the Illinols Central Railrond, who had como byspecial train with mon from Amboy. Thoy had walked round by tho ratlrond bridge, o dig- tance of to milos, {0 got THE GRAPPLING-IRONE, a8 it was nocessary to havo them across tho stronm by daylight, that tho worlk of rocovoring tho bodies might not bo delayed, Thelr objoot . wns dolayod by tho abeonco of & boat, but, nfter o short time, Oapt. Kip, “tho huntor of ook River,” asho iy familiarly called, camo up and offered to tako us noross, Tho offor was gladly accopted, and soon wo were afloat on tho dark stream, propolled by tho strong arms of a lusty huntsman, 1o know overy crook and crevice of the river, aud guided his Loat with unorring in- l:uuct. Iiaving landod, a short walk brought us o TUE BOENE OV THE DISASTER. On the rocks bolow thoe abutment of the bridgo #nt o dozon mon round & wood flre, built to keop out tho cold and dry tholr soturated olothing. "I'ro or threo wore nodding asleop, overcomo by deopor places o volocity of EIGUT MILES AN FIOUR, Half & mile west of, and parallel to, the Iate bridgo, is anothor, o far moro substantial struc- turo, ovor which the trains of tho INinois Con- tral Railroad nro constautly passing. Diroctly in front of tho bridge is the main streot of Dixon, of which it wasa continuation, Tho factory chiimnoy, and statoly epires of tho town, stood ont in bold rolief against tho background of tho eky, and tho smoke curlod as it rose on the morning air from the nent whito cottages of tho working men, and from thomoro clogant monsions of tho wealthy, Altogetlier it was o scono that would inspire tho most mattor-of- foct mind with onthusinsm, and nono coutd imngino anylhing but peace and happiness for the inhabitants of this enchanting valley, But whilo theso notes aro being made the men aro proparing for work, and it is proper to go back and toll how it camo that they wore gathorod on the river bank this morning to porform their sad duty to the dead. TIHE DAPTIST CHUNCI OF DIXON hos been undor the pastoral caro of tlio Rov. J. H. Pratt for a poriod of some nine yoars. llis offorts during tho past winter were ocrownod with success;. many persons woro converted and becamo candidatos for baptism. A largo concourse gathered to witness the coromony.. Somo wont beosuse thoy believed it & srcred and indisponsablo rito of the church ; sonio ont of curlosity, somo por- haps to laugh and scoff. The chyirches had boen diemissed, ond, the day being fine, many woroinduced to attond. Wole familics went togothor, parents and childron, and brothera and -sistors, and lovors, Thoy littlo thought thoy wore going to denth. TUE PLACE SELEGTED FOR TIHE DIMERSION was immediatoly wost of tho north end of tho bridge. Tho church had gatherod on tho banlc or loveo, which slopos abruptly to - tho water's edgo, tho upeotators who wore not immediately concornod In the oxorclses tnking possossion of tho bridge, whenco they could look down and command & viow of what was going on below. ILven to thoso who do not boliove in immorsion, the gor- vicen aro solomn and impreasive. Tho congraga- tlon had assembled to rejoice with thoso who do rojoice ; the converts woro prepared to dedicnte thomselves to tho sorvico of thoir Master, under- golng Laptism us an outward and_ visiblo slgn of an inward und spiritual graco. Two of the can- didatos had beon immersed, A Jndy named Mrd, Brower was tho (hird, Bho wont down to the wator's odge. ‘Tho miniater mot hor, The choir beogan to sing as_thoy moved out. ‘The speota-~ tors wero hushed and silont, and tho strains of golomn musto gounded far over tho valley. BUDDENLY A ORASIE AND A DIPAIBING BUIIEK amoto ol hoarts with dlsmay, and well it might, for it was tho denthi-knell of many an unbap- tisod soul. Tho bridgo had brokon, 'Iho span on which two hundred porsons sud slx horses and ugglos woro s{unding bud given wway, aud 176 of ~the- 200 wora struggling for life in tho rapid curront, 'Thoy fell from o hoight of about cightcen foet into thu water from fifteon to twenty feot doop, And yuuning at tho ratoof THE DIXON BRIDGE AFTER THE DISASTER. R IE: % fainted, for tho Angel of Death bad boon abroad, and it was difficult to toll what houschiold ho had omitted to enter. The sus- penso was awful, Finally, o fow adventurous epirita clambored ovor tho wrocked bridge ab tho imminent poril of their lives, and others took onks and rowod to tho scono of tho eatastropho. When tho truth was known, mothors lsmented thoir childron, tho fathorless cried for thoir stay nnd support, wives for the strong arm and truo loart on which they had boen accustomed to loan, and husbands for tho love of early man- hood, whose beauty and comeliness tho unruly waters wore dofacing. And WHEN THE BODIES WERE RECOVERED who can describe thosceno? Thoso who enwilio woo, tho mieery, tho brokon hearts, tho vain appoals to tho doad to roturnto lifo, tho bitter anguish of thoso who, on that ‘bonutiful Sabbath day, with the sun shining so gloriously, tho Dirds singing so sweetly, and all Naturo laugh- ingin gladuens, were robbed of sll that made Jife worth having, without whom they Lnd no desiro to live, in whom all their affeotions wero concentratod, will nover cosso to romembor what humanity is sometimes doomed to suf- for. What ugo {a it to say moro? What nood to describo the finding of the bodies, tho esger crowds that gathored around as they wore nid out cold and stiff 1 their Sunday raiment, tho agonizing shriek that recognition ovoked, iho sobs of mon, tho &wooning of women, as they ombracod tho lifoless forms? Tho corpses wora carried tondorly to tho boata and forried across the river, and the wounded cared for in hospita~ Dblo houses, every door being thrown opon for the rocoption of tho unfortunato. ASSISTANCE RENDENED AND OFFERED. . Mayor Crawford had beon to chureh, and, ro- turning home, was abont to sit down to dinner, when & boy ran in and informed him of what had happened, ITo wontas fast as ho could to tho scono of disaster, and tolographoed to varioua plucos for nssistance, Mr. Cuyler, Buperin- tondent of tho Galons Division of tho North- wostorn Railrond, immediatoly tolographed offor- ing all tho rosources of tho road to alleviato the distross of tho sufforers, A dispatch was soon aftor rocoivod from Mr. Kottlo, of Storling, saying that thoy woro gotting up stoam, and would bo fn Dixon vory soon, with modical nid and othor assistance. Tho traiu soon after arrived with tho doctors, who rondored humano sorvico, and with sovoral ear-londs of sympathizing residonts of Btorling. Mr. Jacobs, of tho Illinois Contral Road, who hag had yoars of oxperionco In clear- ing away wroeks, wag in Amboy wlen ho hoard tho nows, 1o ordered out @ gang of wen, snd in forty-fivo minutes had stoars up, and, witha full hoart nnd roady hand, was on his mission of morcy, 1o camo and saw the ‘aituation of affairs. 130 smw that the poople of Dixon should not bo burdoned with any labor othors could re- liove themn vf, Bo ho sont his train back to Am- Voy for a dorrick aud other apaaratus used in raisiug bridges. Tho dorrick was up and in working order st 2 o'clock In the miorning, and at 9:80 Mr, Jacobs and his men woro sitting round the blazing fagots waiting for daglight to onable them to prouc- cuto thoir woarch aftor tho bodies. Iio wag informed that fiteon or slxtaon ladies waro Steto. Amoro me' = R prosented on tho of public resort - i imngined. Afow, aro looking for rolau.. tonances oxhibiting all the which thoy aro barassed. Thu. - streets aro os silont as 80 many colucis:.. pooplo searcely sponk above their breath, dlucussion of tho torrible subject which isupy most in thoir minds is carofully avoided. Now and thon men and womeon, Who havo just dise covored oach othior after woary hiours of almost lopoloss search aud inquiry, can bo scen om- bracing and hand-shaking, and the sightof fami- lios meoting with an absont little ono can be wit« neasad ;. but in many instauces tho joy {a Lalt dispollad by tho know [odgoof the fact that other Genr friends will novor bo mot on earth again. Evory window-blind is down, and on nomly avory door the sombro emblem of death 1§ fluttoring. Wit olso is necded to coms community sloto this ead pictura of @ Phat_ only o fow Liours ago was in the full orie Joyment ot lite honlih, hd & bright, cheerful nbbath? If it be ploatant homou deserted for tho ohilly_tiver bank, thoy cau be plontifully found In Dixon to-day. If it bo aged people, ‘monning ahd wailing for thoir childron and their hildron's childron, thoy, too, can bo found almost overy stop. 'The sceno ou tho river bank annot be adoquately doscribed. All through Tnst night, though it was cold and choorloss, a largo concourso of peoplo was in attendauce, pa~ tiontly waiting for dawn, when the work of soarching for bodics could Lo remewed. And Whon doylight did como, sud the firsk Corpso was borno to tho ' whoro, it wag ainful to wseo tho osgornoss with whiclk lio pooplo prossed around o catch o glimpso of tho face or the clothos of the dend. Thoso from whom Liopo had flod could soon bodistinguished 28 tho crowd would fall back from tho body, and rivot thelr gaze again upon the mou and darricks in tho centro of tho rapid stroam. Then the crlos of tho boreaved frionds could be hoard, and tho corpso would bo carriod wway to mako room for othors, This heart-rondiug scono wea Topontod muny {imos during tho day, snd all tho whilo the numbor of watchers kopt increasing, mnnyof thom bolng from neighboring tawns. Thoy continued to watch and wait all ihrough {ho day without food or driuk and at darl tha ibee on eithior banlc was fully a8 lurgo a8 a6 any other timo. . A CORONER'S INQUEST was commonced in the Court-lfouse oarly in ngvu morning. Considerablo difiienlly wus oxpori« onced in gotting togothor twelvo meu whosa foolings would pormit thiom to sit calmly by and listen to tho dotails of tho disnator. "Thero wera but fow peoplo in atfendanco, At last necounta the \|ryHmJ not acquirod auy importaut infor- mation concerning tho ronl causo of Lhe acci- dont, Tho witnessos thus far oxnmined woro unable to state whether they considorod the Dbridge snfo or unsafo, Tho geueral improssion of fhio citizons iy, that (Lo structuru was do~ footivo in many particulars, This important Doint will bo dofiuitely docided, howevor, in & fow days, THE FUNERAL, 1t s proposed that each churel uball hold ona sorvico for tho buisl of ity dead, and that the funoral of &1l shall take placo ut the same time, Although tho Baptieb Church was most noatly {ntoronted in tho baptismal servico, 1t has not lost ne wmany of Its congrogation as othor ohurches, ‘Fhe loss of lifo would havo bgon moro up- pailing, becauso moro ntmorous, Lad tho oete- mony taken place Linif an hour Intor, bocnuse the Rabbathi-schooly would have Loen out, und the [ Continued on the Fifth Page)