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39th year  -  N° 357                 Sunday, 22 December 2024         Antwerpen		
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Ashtabula River Bridge

Edgewood, Ohio, United States.

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  1. Friday 29th of December 1876 (x)
    The train plunged off a poorly constructed bridge. The survivors were led, carried and conveyed on sleds to hotels and private houses in the town, there being no hospital. However, people assisting also stole money and valuables from the survivors and dead, $1500 (about $33000 today). Bridge designer Amasa Stone committed suicide seven years later after experiencing financial difficulties with some foundries he had interests in, suffering from severe ulcers that kept him from sleeping and scorn from the public over the disaster.