New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15
SECOND COLLAPSE LARGEST
BRIDGE EVER BUILT IS
CAUSE OF II DEATHS FIRST
COLLAPSE KILLED 70
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Ouebe, Out. Sept. 1.-the new
central span Of the Quebec bridge
the largest cantilever suspension in
the world. collapsed and fell INTO the
81 Lawrence river while being hiost-
eS into place today. The St. Law
renee Bridge company now est
mates the dead at II,
Bridge To Cost $4,000 900
The bridge was being CONSTRUCTED
at a cost Of $l7,OOO0O0 in order to
shorten the railway journey from
Halifax 70 the Canadian northwest
by 200 niies. The bridge stands on
the site Of the structure which col
iapsed On August %, 1907, with a
loss of 20 lives.
- Men Fall With Bridge
The central span. which fell
weighs more than 5000 tons and is
$40 feet long. The collapse occurred
when the span was about IS feet in
che air There we're ninety men on
the structure when it fell
Sinks 20 Feet Into River
The fallen structure sank 2OO feet
into the bottom of the river and en-
xineers who witnessed the collapse
expressed doubts as to whether it
woui ever be brought up again.
Observers said that the span broke
in two ptaces-first one OF the corn
ers appeared to give wav, this being
followed almost Immediately by
break rr the center.
Span lowed Into Position
The span had been constructed on
pontoous a few miles east OF the
bridge site and was towed into po-
sition Immediately under the gap left
IN the anchor arms of the structure.
Chains % inches in diameter, to-
gether with the Girdcrs. were then
attached to the span and 8ON-ton
hydraulic lack commenced the stup-
endous task of lifting the span into
place
Raising 1t Was Weeks Task
This work could be accomplished
only few feet an hour. and as the
distance from the river level to the
floor of the bridge is $50 feet, the
engineers had not counted on COM
pieting the operation until the end
of this week or later The bridge |
was to have beer ready for rain
service next spring. marking an i'm
portant milestone in Canada'S enGin-
eering railway history
Theusa nd. Witnessed Crash
The Juggling OF 5000 tons of steel
under unnrecedented circumstances
attracted several thousand soecta-
Iots. including memebers OF parlia-
nent and newspaper men gathered
IN vessels furnished by the Cana
fan government Members of the
fominion cabinet witnessed the col
.apse from the deck of a govern
nent vessel. while American tourists
hundreds Of other boats of
III classes
Pro;ect Originated in 1883
The project interrupted today or
gtnated in 1855, when at the request
# the Quebec city council a New
York engineer submitted plans and
.stimates
Allies Are Gaining
The allies have begun an offensive
III both their wings in the Balkans.
he fighting is fast and furious.
The British crossed the Struma
Ner under lire and attacked the
bulgarian left wing, about forty
~o miles to the northeast of Salon ..
l. Heavy fighting continues
The Serbian troops also ert INTO ,
he game and attacked the b. - ,
ms or thcir right wing. capt -'ue .
wo villages and forcing the Bul ,
arians TO retire near Florina' The c
lighting still continues.
On the Somme river front in =,
rance there has been heavy fight
1g, the Germans launching seven
ttacks against the newly captured
flied positions Berlin admits the /,
,ss of German trenches between
inchy and Combles but declares the
iinchy struggle is still in progress. j
South of the Somme the Germans i
laim the recapture of few houses t
, the village of Berny' Paris reports n
he repuise of five German attacks t
On the eastern and southeast and d