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 Silver Bridge Disaster - Point Pleasant, WV
N 38° 50.460 W 082° 08.369
17S E 401107 N 4299748
The "Silver Bridge Disaster" is song of remembrance about the December 15, 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge which spanned the Ohio River from Point Pleasant, West Virginia and Gallipolis, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM18W06
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2023
Views: 3
Apparently reacting quite quickly to the disaster of the 12/15/67 Silver Bridge Collapse, Reverend Ray Anderson was able to release a 45 RPM single that very month to commemorate the disaster. While the bridge collapse is famous on its own as the collapse resulted in the deaths of 46 people, it is probably more well known for the surrounding legend that the tragedy had been caused by some sort of mythological "Mothman" as alleged in the 1975 book The Mothman Prophecies.
Here is the YouTube link to the song playing over historic photographs of the disaster aftermath.
Musician: Rev. Ray Anderson
Name of Song: Silver Bridge Disaster
Relevant Verse:
“It was sad when that great bridge went down,
Oh so sad when the Silver Bridge went down,
There were husbands and wives, little children that lost their lives,
It was sad when that Silver Bridge went down
In the twinkling of the night it had happened,
The great Silver Bridge it did sway
From the cars and the trucks lined upon it
Lord, I wonder if they had the time to pray
A man’s voice screamed out, ‘My God, help me’
From the cold icy waters there below
He was calling on God in his trouble
For he knew that his time had come to go
It was sad when that great bridge went down,
Oh so sad when the Silver Bridge went down,
There were husbands and wives, little children that lost their lives,
It was sad when that Silver Bridge went down
There were husbands and wives with their children
They’d been shopping for Christmas that day
There were thinking of living not of dying
When that great Silver Bridge it gave way
Oh my friends do you know that we’re a-traveling
Day by day as we journey along
And some day we must cross this chilly river
Cross the bridge into our eternal home
Let’s prepare now to leave all our loved ones
In that land where no bridges give way
And no heartaches will come to God’s children
For my God shall wipe all their tears away
It was sad when that great bridge went down,
Oh so sad when the Silver Bridge went down,
There were husbands and wives, little children that lost their lives,
It was sad when that Silver Bridge went down”
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