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MILL CREEK ?
Mill Creek
April 2, 1915: "A very serious and what narrowly escaped being a fatal accident occurred shortly after 8 o'clock last evening when the covered bridge over Mill creek, near the boys' industrial school, collapsed while a team and heavily loaded wagon, driven by Harry McBride and Frank Hasbrook, was crossing and precipitated team, wagon and boys into the stream. The bridge fell on top of the wagon, and it is a marvel that either of the boys escaped with his life, but neither was injured very seriously, and the team also came out of the mixup with only a few minor scratches.
The bridge is a very old one, having been built about 20 years ago, but it was supposed to have been in fairly good repair as a heavy 14-ton road roller passed over it in safety about a week ago, and County Judge Bushey, who, accompanied by Roadmaster Culver, visited the scene of the wreck last evening, is of the opinion that the boys drove too far over to one side to allow another team to pass, which was too much of a strain upon the structure and the lower cord of the truss broke. The bridge tipped and threw team, wagon and the drivers into the river and then the whole structure went in after them.
The boys clambered out of the wreckage stating that they went clear under water when the bridge came down, and hurried to the reform school, where they secured help, and the team was extracted from its predicament without serious injury. The county court intends to put a crew to work immediately to place the structure in condition to accommodate light traffic until it can be replaced with a more permanent one." (Daily Capital Journal)
The bridge is a very old one, having been built about 20 years ago, but it was supposed to have been in fairly good repair as a heavy 14-ton road roller passed over it in safety about a week ago, and County Judge Bushey, who, accompanied by Roadmaster Culver, visited the scene of the wreck last evening, is of the opinion that the boys drove too far over to one side to allow another team to pass, which was too much of a strain upon the structure and the lower cord of the truss broke. The bridge tipped and threw team, wagon and the drivers into the river and then the whole structure went in after them.
The boys clambered out of the wreckage stating that they went clear under water when the bridge came down, and hurried to the reform school, where they secured help, and the team was extracted from its predicament without serious injury. The county court intends to put a crew to work immediately to place the structure in condition to accommodate light traffic until it can be replaced with a more permanent one." (Daily Capital Journal)