COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE
ENGINE PLUNGES INTO RIVER ENGINEER AND FIREMAN KILLED NEW YORK, Oct. 7. The Sault Sainte Marie (Lake Ontario) correspondent of the Associated Press says the mammoth Canadian border bridge across St. Mary's River buckled beneath a freight train early to-day. The train engineer and the firemen were killed as the engine plunged Into the water. One of the two great spans of the bridge collapsed as the heavily-loaded train began to cross from Canada. The bridge is believed to be the largest of the bascule type in the world. The blockage brought the shipping of iron ore, vital for defence purposes, from Lake Superior ports to a temporary halt to-day, but it will probably be four days before the locks are sufficiently cleared to provide a passage for fully-laden ore carriers,including (he largest craft navigating the Great Lakes. St. Mary's canal is one of the world's busiest waterways. A bascule bridge is a drawbridge balanced by a counterpoise, which rises or falls as the bridge is lowered or raised.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24733, 9 October 1941, Page 8
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