From 4th Street Bridge History (Campbell Co, Ky GenWeb):
The middle section of the bridge was completed by June 1936 and three days later a second bridge worker died. Clyde Martin Trimble, 49 of 535 W. Sixth Street of Covington, was hired the day before the accident. Trimble had one eye and at first was refused work. He persisted and was hired. He was walking on iron rods on the top middle span of the bridge, when he slipped. He fell 80 feet into the Licking River, striking the scaffolding around the bridge as he fell. A passerby pulled Trimble from the river, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. W A Krieger of Newport.
The middle section of the bridge was completed by June 1936 and three days later a second bridge worker died. Clyde Martin Trimble, 49 of 535 W. Sixth Street of Covington, was hired the day before the accident. Trimble had one eye and at first was refused work. He persisted and was hired. He was walking on iron rods on the top middle span of the bridge, when he slipped. He fell 80 feet into the Licking River, striking the scaffolding around the bridge as he fell. A passerby pulled Trimble from the river, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. W A Krieger of Newport.
From 4th Street Bridge History (Campbell Co, Ky GenWeb):
The middle section of the bridge was completed by June 1936 and three days later a second bridge worker died. Clyde Martin Trimble, 49 of 535 W. Sixth Street of Covington, was hired the day before the accident. Trimble had one eye and at first was refused work. He persisted and was hired. He was walking on iron rods on the top middle span of the bridge, when he slipped. He fell 80 feet into the Licking River, striking the scaffolding around the bridge as he fell. A passerby pulled Trimble from the river, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. W A Krieger of Newport.
The middle section of the bridge was completed by June 1936 and three days later a second bridge worker died. Clyde Martin Trimble, 49 of 535 W. Sixth Street of Covington, was hired the day before the accident. Trimble had one eye and at first was refused work. He persisted and was hired. He was walking on iron rods on the top middle span of the bridge, when he slipped. He fell 80 feet into the Licking River, striking the scaffolding around the bridge as he fell. A passerby pulled Trimble from the river, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. W A Krieger of Newport.
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