Memorial To Fallen Construction Workers - Oak Grove Cemetery

Memorial To Fallen Construction Workers - Oak Grove Cemetery. . Names of victims:, W Spaulding . L.J. Collier . D. Johnson . J. B. Beardsley . A. Stroepler . R. Luffsey . John Lee . T.F. Jetticord . J. Fanning . M. Masterson . M.S. Odell . D.C. Carr . G.F. Joyce . F.C. Fletcher . S.P. Thompson . J. Conway . Walter Ross . J.W. Miller, History of the Wabash Bridge, 1868 - Construction on the Wabash begins in August., 1870 - A 15 foot steel column collapses during construction. Eighteen bridge workers were killed., 1871 - Bridge is completed in May and, at the time was the first bridge to span the Missouri River., 1879 - A portion of the Wabash Bridge collapsed while a train was crossing. Eighteen cars fell into the river and five men were killed., 1881 - The Wabash Railroad Bridge, once again, fails. 31 cattle perish and freight cars are hurled into the river. John Kirby, an engineer, was the only human fatality. , 1884 - The steamboat Montana collides with a Wabash Railroad Bridge Pier. There was no salvaging the boat. Its remains are on the bottom of the Missouri River and can still be seen in low water levels.