"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.