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 Our research indicates that many deaths occurred during the construction of the Big Four Bridge, which is a railroad bridge a half mile upstream from the Municipal Bridge that opened to the public in 1895.
-A summary of these fatalities includes:
+Construction of the Big Four bridge began on October 10, 1888.  A summary of the fatalities during the construction is as follows:
-#12 people died working on a pier foundation when a caisson flooded,
+#12 people died working on a pier foundation when a caisson flooded (about a year after construction started);
-#4 people died when a wooden beam broke in a different pier caisson
+#4 people died when a wooden beam broke in a different pier caisson (several months after the first accident); and
-#21 workers died when a construction crane was dislodged by wind, causing the supporting truss and 41 workers to fall into the Ohio river.
+#On December 15, 1893, a construction crane was dislodged by wind causing the supporting truss to collapse which resulted 41 workers falling into the Ohio river.  21 workers died as a result.
 In William Branham's vision, 16 people died when they fell off the bridge.  With the Big Four Bridge, 37 people died in the construction of the bridge.   All of these fatalities occurred before William Branham was born.