. The street railway review . ess, and the chances of life arethe chances of landing on one of the islands or rocks abovethe falls and being rescued. One of the grand sights of Niagara is the wreck of theold Lewiston suspension bridge. This structure wasdestroyed by a high wind on -\pril 16, 1S64. .Some daysprevious to the disaster a big run of ice down the rivermade it necessary to loosen some of the guys from theirfastenings. During the quiet weather which followed, thebridge attendents were unmindful of the danger to whichthe structure was subjected by the loose guys, and a bigwind storm ca
. The street railway review . ess, and the chances of life arethe chances of landing on one of the islands or rocks abovethe falls and being rescued. One of the grand sights of Niagara is the wreck of theold Lewiston suspension bridge. This structure wasdestroyed by a high wind on -\pril 16, 1S64. .Some daysprevious to the disaster a big run of ice down the rivermade it necessary to loosen some of the guys from theirfastenings. During the quiet weather which followed, thebridge attendents were unmindful of the danger to whichthe structure was subjected by the loose guys, and a bigwind storm came up and swept the suspended structureaway. It was never rebuilt, and all these years the cableshave been suspended over the water unused. Report has it that a few years ago, a desperate criminalhaving escaped from prison, made his way to the boundarywith the intention of getting into Canada. He did not dareto venture on the bridges, and in the darkness of a terrificstorm crept across one of the cables and reachcil the other. •mt^.^iAif )) FlUll>(;lv AT 640 (^1K£d%iUvfiLi\%vlcW*
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