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:: Thursday, February 19, 2004 ::

Fourth crane crash victim dies AP
Investigators searching for cause of collapse
TOLEDO -- A construction worker died Wednesday from injuries he suffered when a crane collapsed earlier this week on an interstate bridge project and killed three other workers.

Ironworkers mourn three comrades lost in Toledo tragedy Catherine Gabe and Molly Kavanaugh
'See the red there,' he said, pointing to a stained portion of a concrete pillar. 'That's his blood up there.'

Schiewe described a worker dangling from the machinery until he was delivered into the arms of ironworkers, who carried the dead and injured to ambulances.

'That meant a lot to us,' Blaze said of that step in the healing process. 'We dispatched them to the project, and it's important we take them home.'

A communitywide memorial service has been planned for 5 p.m. Sunday at St. Stephen Catholic Church, near the bridge.

Tuesday, a bar maid at Consaul's Tavern, in the same neighborhood, consoled weeping ironworkers. She pointed toward the ceiling, where a can of beer was safely tucked. 'We saved a beer for Bubba,' she said.

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