Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, December 23, 1898, p. 1. BRIDGE WASHED OUT Over Salt Creek at Seven O'clock Tuesday Morning The recent rains have raised the creeks in this part of the county, and Salt Creek especially is on a big "high." Piling was driven under the middle of Salt Creek Bridge on the Monon, six miles north of town, some time ago to make it bear the strain of the new 88-ton engines with safety while a new bridge was put in. Monday night driftwood and floating trash lodged against the piling in such quantities that it formed a sort of dam and brought a great pressure to bear upon the structure when the ice broke up. About three o'clock Tuesday morning four carloads of scabbled (sic) stone that were in the Bedford yards, billed for New York City, were hastily run up and place on the bridge to hold it down, if possible. At seven o'clock Tuesday morning, the bridge was torn out by the pressure of the ice and water and went down together with the four cars loaded with stone. The five o'clock train from Chicago got over the bridge all right that morning, but the accommodation was caught on the other side and did not make its run.