Uintah Basin Record | 1938-02-11 | Page 6 | Ice Tears Away Niagara Falls Bridge

Ice Tears A Away vay Niagara Falls Bridge r e eM Vf f yf f- f M N. N yew o-n o 53 fi irk r N ye r- r K a At r r rV a V a w 4 v w ti v 44 I w rY r Cp kR Nr T vY-C vY pa vir v ir ti e v l x t 7 r i ie iv e vr iy 4 C fv This twisted mass of steel girders among mountainous blocks of or ice Is all that remains of the year old Falls View International bridge which collapsed into the Ice filled gorge below Niagara falls after resisting an ice jam jam for for Cor 24 l hours This TIlls view of the famed honeymoon bridge was made from the American side The noise of or the the crash crash of the pound structure blotted out for a moment the roar of Niagara falls SOO yards upstream Thousands of spectators watched as the girders bu buckled kled Workmen who had been sent Into th the he gorge to strengthen the bridges bridge's supports narrowly escaped death when the crash came