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#12 people died working on a pier foundation when a caisson flooded (about a year after construction started); | #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 (several months after the first accident); and | #4 people died when a wooden beam broke in a different pier caisson (several months after the first accident); and | ||
#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. | #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.<ref>Kleber, John E. (2000). Encyclopedia of Louisville. University Press of Kentucky. p. 89. ISBN 0-8131-2100-0. Retrieved April 8, 2014.</ref> | ||
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. | 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. | ||