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The Dixon Bridge Disaster, also known as the Truesdell Bridge Disaster, occurred on Sunday, May 4, 1873, when the bridge across the Rock River at Dixon, Illinois, collapsed while spectators were observing a baptism ceremony in the river below. The collapse killed 46 people and injured at least 56 others.
The Norbert F. Beckey Bridge replaced the Muscatine High Bridge (1891-1972). Construction on the bridge was completed in December 1972. A pillar from the old High Bridge still stands at Riverside Park in Muscatine. In 1956 the newly established Muscatine Bridge Commission was able to purchase the High Bridge for just over $880,000. [3]
The boat and bridge caught on fire, and the steamboat owner sued for damages, claiming the bridge was a hazard to navigation. It was defended in court by an Illinois lawyer: Abraham Lincoln. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Lincoln won the case for the railroad, arguing that a person has a much right to build a bridge to cross a river as another person has to ...
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2008 – Boromo bus caught fire in Balé Province, Burkina Faso, sixty-seven killed on November 15 [citation needed] 2008 – Firozabad bus caught fire in Uttar Pradesh, India, killing sixty-three on December 9. [citation needed] 2009 – Chengdu bus fire, a mass murder–suicide attack Chengdu, Sichuan, China, results in 27 deaths on June 5
A heartbreaking video shows that people aren't the only ones being forced to flee their homes as more than 10 fires burn in California. The Easy Fire outside Simi Valley started on Oct. 30 and has ...
Chicago & North Western Railway Stone Arch Bridge: 1882 1993-08-19 Roscoe: Winnebago: Stone arch bridge Duncan Mills Bridge: ca. 1910: 1980-10-29 Lewistown: Fulton: Parker Eads Bridge: 1867, 1874 1966-10-15 East St. Louis
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