There were also heroes in the disaster, according to Len Brown ... might have had something to do with the builder of the railroad bridge that collapsed, Cleveland industrialist Amasa Stone ...

The government-run National Disaster Response Force also rushed to the scene. The bridge has been under construction for nearly two years. Its tallest pier is more than 340 feet tall. Railroad ...

Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, was moving at ... View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

But neither the reports nor the inventories are available to the public. Railroad bridge failures are rare, said Frank Douma, a research fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School ...

The railroad bridge that has caused so much ... and chocolate cakes have struck the bridge. Disaster was narrowly averted on Jan. 17, 1992 when a 13-foot-tall tractor trailer, carrying 40,000 ...

Due to Arizona's infamous lack of bodies of water, one might think the state hasn't dealt with similar disasters ... bridge collapses came on Oct. 29, 1902, when the Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad ...

They believe there’s a simple solution being ignored, involving a long-abandoned railroad bridge that collects debris when the water rises, which restricts water flow and forces it over the levee.

PROSSER — The state of Washington has asked the federal government to declare a destroyed railroad bridge a major disaster after it was burned down in a wildfire in September. The 100-year-old ...

No, apparently the bridge had been opened but wouldn’t close. Sure enough, checking my phone I found an earlier text from the railroad warning me of the bridge opening, at least. And given the ...

‘The Key Bridge is down’: Newly released transcript captures the moments before and after the ship’s impact Maryland could see an onslaught of lawsuits over Key Bridge failures For the first ...

During three terrible months Southern California saw a shocking toll of railroad accidents and passenger ... April and May 1907 were “red with frightful disasters,” noted the Los Angeles ...

Railroad lines reopened Tuesday morning after a fire damaged a railroad bridge crossing the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry on Monday afternoon. The Washington County Division of Emergency Services ...