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on-lookers apparently didn't take the matter seriously and started

to laugh. However, when it w obvious th.t scro uf the people

who fell into the water were in danger, a number of by-stenders jumped

into the river and rescued several of those who were not able to

help themselves. There were many instances of heroism, From the

evidence, special mention should be iado of Mr. Rudolph Leslie,

a musician living at the corner of George and Prince Streets, Mr.

hRdolph Ochoa, Police Constable, and Mr. Lesmore Smith, Milan

Building Foreman, who risked their lives to save others.

20. There was a conflict of evidence as to the number of

people who were standing on the apron at the time of the accident.

The number varies from 20 to 75.

21. Frcm the evidence before us, the apron itself was made of

wood. It was in the form of a platform about 10 foot 2 inches wide

by 12 feet long. One end was attached by hinges to the Richard

Sidwalk barge and the other end projected 10 feet over the end of

the barge and was intended to rest on the Pickstock Street barge.

In order to support thu portion projecting over th' end of the

barge, there were two columns about 10 foot high on the Richard

Sidewalk barge and thesu columns were attached to the barge by

steel wires, ey-bolts and turnbuckles on one side, and on the

other side were attached to the apron by steel wires, oyobolts and

turnbuckles. Those wires were only intended to hold the weight

of the apron when it was not resting on the mid-strean end of the

Pickstock Street barge.

22. On the morning of the accident the construction of this

apron was not completed. Mr. Smith gives this description of the

aprona It is attached to the barge with a cable and an oyebolt.

There is column on the stationary (Richard Sidewalk) barge, that

is, the barge that holds the apron. The apron overhangs the river

when the other barge was swung away. It overhangs the river about

10 feet. There is a cctll with an eye in this column and there is

a cable with an eye on the apron. There is an eycbolt on the

 .. column