GREAT BRIDGE
OVER CANADIAN BORDER WATERWAY COLLAPSES UNDER WEIGHT OF TRAIN. ENGINEER AND FIREMEN KILLED. i By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) . NEW YORK, October 7. The Associated Press of America Sauli Ste Marie correspondent says the mammoth Canada border bridge across the St. Mary’s River buckled beneath a freight train early today. The train engineer and firemen were killed as the engine plunged into the water. One of the two great spans of the bridge collapsed as a heavily-loaded train began to cross from Canada. The bridge is believed to be the largest of the bascule (drawbridge worked by counterpoise) type in the world. The blockage brought the shipping of iron ore, vital for defence purposes, from Lake Superior ports, to a temporary halt today. It will probably be four days before the locks are sufficiently cleared to provide a passage for fully-laden ore carriers, including the largest craft navigating the Lakes. The St. Mary’s Canal is one of the world’s busiest waterways.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1941, Page 6
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166GREAT BRIDGE Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1941, Page 6
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