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Show IN PERIL OF ICICLES Brooklyn Bridge Closed to Foot Passengers by the Police. NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Icicles on the cables ca-bles of the bridge across East river have been a source of great danger since the rain of Thursday night, and the police were finally compelled to close the Brooklyn Brook-lyn bridge to foot passengers. Some of the icicles were many feet in length and weighed hundreds of pounds. Loosened by the sun's rays, they fell frequently, fre-quently, and Imperiled the lives of those on passing ferryboats who Insisted on remaining re-maining outside the cabins. In one instance a chunk of falling ice struck a horse harnessed to a wagon on the deck of the boat. The animal became frightened and plunged Into the Eat river. He fell on a large cake of Ice, and was rescued after much effort. |