"Where were the rest of your people at the time the bridge was destroyed?"
The fire didn't take hold and was put out before it could destroy the bridge.
A few years later, in 1631, the bridge was destroyed.
"And you turned to run when the bridge was destroyed?"
The bridge was destroyed in a fire 10 April 1845.
They were not about to waste time watching a bridge being destroyed.
The bridge was totally destroyed within a matter of days.
In the course of the conflict every bridge across the river except one was destroyed.
A few bridges were destroyed; however, no loss of life took place.
The new bridge was destroyed in a flood after only a few years.