Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 13, 1937, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday. April 13 1937. Disaster on Bridge w counter weight on Street scr us Jure collapses it Harar heard for several the seventy ton counter supporting the Southern Foj lever Span of Osborne Street crashed from its moorings morning with dam licked Miff health is poor in a Patent disheartened is a of half sick never the you be had with f actor laxatives. For modern laxative that s its name is Feen a mint. Gum i Loos chewing gum Jhu Uva Chew it. And what a. Difference that life seems a lot brighter and looking Fine. Don t on hold you try this Ive the Choice of Wfaye people you la find that it s just what for per Box 36o for t for a free to dept 019 Feen a mint ten a my laxative gentle natural action cuts Burns now you can Wear false Teeth with real Comfort taste eth a new pleasant powder nips Teeth la rely set. Deodorizes. No Cray gooey pasty taste or feeling. To lit Aad laugh in Comfort just Sprinkle a sate a Steele on your plates. Get it h Good drug stores. 3 at several thousands All traffic to and from a Large Section of the fort Rouge fort Garry and Riverview districts was disrupted As emergency gangs and trucks from the City Engineer s department worked at High pitch to Clear away the debris and make Way for it will be at least possibly four before anyone will be permitted to Cross the Bridge. In the meantime traffic from one of the busiest thoroughfares in Winnipeg is feeling routed via the main Street and Maryland Bridges. The tens of thousands of pedestrians and motorists who had been in the habit of using the Osborne Bridge As the most direct route to their employment in the downtown District found their Way barred with Road closed signs monday morn ing and had to use More circuitous Means of getting to work. Emergency service the Street railway was also faced with a stupendous Job of re routing cars and buses to carry the thou Sands of Tram riders of the districts affected by the Accident a temporary bus service for Park line riders was immediately inaugurated 1 and the routes of several other lines which used the Bridge were also the crash occurred at 3.12 o clock in the morning when fortunately very few people were on the streets. A Motorist whose name was unknown to police had just passed South Over the Bridge when the huge slab plunged to the pavement. He notified police and then proceeded on his Way. Residents awakened several nearby residents Awak de by the noise including George e. Cathcart 46 Osborne Street rushed out to see what the trouble was and also informed the police. Officials of the City Engineer s department were on the scene immediately and started directing Clearing operations. It would be a Day and night Job until the work is finished w. P. Brereton City Engineer said in indicating his repair programme. A superficial examination he declared showed no other damage to the Bridge but he could not give a full report on the matter until All debris had been cleared away. A flaw in the Concrete which caused a Cave in in the Centre of the counter weight was the apparent cause of the trouble he said. Although periodic inspections of the Bridge were made there was no Way of ascertaining a weakness in. The Concrete he said. Only sur face trouble would be shown. Engineer s plans his present intention is to re move the other counter weight on the North Side of the Central r Canti lever Span and erect a supporting girder on the underside. Until this was done it would be impossible anyway there s still a Welcome when one of the counter balances of Osborne Bridge collapsed Early monday morning 70 tons of steel and Concrete came smashing Down and one of Winnipeg s main choked. Ironically the Welcome sign to passers Over still stood and it is shown in the top picture with the debris. From the crash providing an. Excellent View of what fort Rouge citizens saw when they came to work. In the lower picture is a close up of the twisted steel and Concrete. Crystal Clear refrigerators ride a Corfe horse. I 0 fool and to Way goes Toje punter every Tali of leather gleaming in Sun. All Active Are Partick about their shoes prefer Handy tube or wide mouthed Jar. This made shoe Cream does Dan give a Brilliant it softens and the leather. Me s a every Type 01 Aoe. Ask for it by face better shops. Norway Pine night coughs hard or the system alight with the won. Druggist. It will help you. To route traffic across the Bridge for the lift or cantilever spans would not be. Strong enough with the . An alternative would be the construction of another counterweight to support the one damaged but or. Brereton was not very favourable to this plan. Construction of the. Bridge was completed in 1913. The Manitoba Bridge and Iron works carried out the superstructure contract at a Price of while the sub Structure work was done by William Newman and company for several years ago the City Engineer had a scheme for removing the counter weights doing the work that he now but the plan was not accepted nevertheless the details Are said to be in the hands of the Dominion Bridge company and will be submitted to a meeting of the civic Public improvements committee on. Tuesday. Police Rush to scene police in Cruiser cars and on loot rushed to both ends of Osborne after the crash. Guards have been placed at both entrances by fort Rouge police and those from Central division and traffic both vehicular and pedestrian has been stopped. On the fort Rouge Side autos Are being re routed Down River Avenue and Roslyn Road while cars halted on the North Side of the Bridge Are being sent along Assiniboine Avenue. Street cars Are being re routed Over. Maryland Street Bridge. It s a mighty Lucky thing the crash occurred at 3" o clock in the morning and not during the Day said a police officer who had been of duty Bridge in trance. If it had there would have been someone killed Tor arranges the Winnipeg electric company has arranged a temporary express bus service which will operate from fort Street and Portage Avenue East on Portage South on main West on River to to Stradbroke Stradbroke to Osborne South on. Osborne to Corydon the inbound route being along the same thoroughfares no stops will be made by this special bus to be As the Strad Taroke bus be and Portage and Strad Brooke and Osborne. Regular fares will be charged. This bus is for the convenience of Park line riders find the temporary routing of Park., line cars too roundabout. Other routing changes other temporary changes in rout ing Are As follows Academy Road present route from Osborne Barracks to Broadway and Osborne. From Broadway and Osborne cars . 2 will operate of memorial Boule Vard to Portage Avenue East on por Tage to main South on Mam to Broadway West on Broadway to Osborne Barracks. Inbound cars no 51 will operate by Way of Broadway to Union station North on main Street to Portage Avenue West on Portage to memorial Boulevard South on memorial Boulevard to Broadway West " on Broadway to Osborne Barracks. Park will operate South on memorial , West on Shirbrook West on Academy on Stafford East on Corydon South on Osborne inbound cars will operate Gisborne West on Corydon North of Stafford East on Academy Road Nortof on Sherbrook North on me a w t r East on Broadway North on me Morial Boulevard. Router inward this bus will operate on Grosvenor turn Ingen to Aynsley then _ Dorchester West Crescent acad Emy Road Furby Westminster Whitehall and Over regular route to fort and Portage return trip will be made in the reverse direction Over this route. Passengers using Park line car coming inbound and going outbound should allow themselves 10 minute More time on account of the re routing and passengers using Cory Don car inbound can. Take any car westbound on Corydon. Outbound passengers from the downtown area can take any Park line car. Pas sengers going West of Stafford will be served by a shuttle car operating Between Stafford and Wilton. Oddly 72 tears mass Ciuccoli Italy april 13. Aunt Bettina to. Her has spent the last .72 years in bed observed her. 90th birthday monday. Her malady has puzzled scores of doctors. Normally healthful in her youth she began to suffer periods of collapse at 16, Ana later took to her bed and never has left it Crow ends Golf match Muskogee okla., april 13. Two foursomes playing a match Meadowbrook club Golf but a Crow snatched the Victory. B. E. Ellison drove his Ball Down the Fairway. A _ Crow swooped Down picked it lip with his beak and Fie w into a tree. The golfers shouts failed to drop the Ball. Instead it became frightened arid flew away leaving the players with the problem who won the trustees approve education change the executive of the Manitoba school trustees association declared themselves unanimously in favor of the principles of the proposed education act when they met recently to hear the explanation of proposals made by the minister of education Hon. Ivan Schultz. A Resolution was moved by m. A. Stanbridge and seconded by d. L. Cameron. Or. Stanbridge a member of the advisory committee of the trustees association and a member of the advisory Board to. The depart ment of education declared himself too per cent proposed new set up. Hilarious comedy pleases St. James kicked out a Hil Arious comedy was presented Fri Day anal saturday evenings by the St James collegiate dramatic society in the school auditorium. The play concerns the affairs of a student expelled because he had Only attended class twice. A High Standard of acting was disc played by All George 0.7 Newfield Clar ence Gallaway stage manager. Air Iffe Shearer was prompter. The cast included Denny Potter Hugh John Pink James Hys Booker Ronald Hooper George Den Nis Lucile Davidson Molly Clark Alma Rostocky Vera Saul Edna Bremner Charles Murray Tillie Thompson Eric Fryer Shirley Banks Betty Grose Frank Collier Jack browned. Carlstrum. Frank Kershaw who has returned to Winnipeg Winnipeg District for famous play ers Canadian company was guest or theatre managers and film Exchange managers in the District at a dinner in the fort Garry sunday. John Hazza. Alberta District Man Ager presided and the guests included j j it Gibbons Toronto managing director of the company cheap thief nets 92 cents playing old time Racket an old Racket on a scale netted a cheap thief 92 cents Satur Day night after he had telephoned Richmond s pharmacy 495 Sargent Avenue and. Asked for. A bottle of rubbing ligament to be sent to an address on Alverstone Street and to Send change for. When Lawrence hip install Mes Senger reached the address he was met by the thief who shoved some thing against his ribs and told him to hand Over the 92 cents was All. He possessed. Burglars and sneak thieves were also Active Over the week end but their loot was Small. During the r absence of the occupants night thieves ransacked the dwelling of 310 Bartlett Avenue and stole watches rings and other jewelry. Similar loot was stolen from the. one Fry Kozen , 785 Aberdeen Avenue. Early sunday morning thieves broke into the office at. Elm Bod cemetery to obtain any loot. Discovery of the attempted theft was made by Charles manager of the cemetery. Or. Eric w. Graduate of the University of Manitoba and a son of j Rev. G., a. A. Austin of Makaroff Man., has won the . Degree Edinburgh. For 13 months he has Beeri House. Surgeon infirmary at Leigh Lanca Shire England to submit Irish Bill to voters Dublin april 13. Ment experts Are now giving final touches to the new Constitution the Irish free state. As a draft it will be submitted to the bail Eireann. Which in effect constituent Assembly for the purpose. But although the draft will pass through the usual stages of a government Bill it will not become Law until approved by the people this it is expected will be by referendum on the Day president Eamon de Valera s government appeals polls probably Early in the summer. With the new Constitution the Irish free state takes another step toward the goal of Complete sovereignty its main features Are understood to be 1 a president elected by the people As the head of the Irish free state 2 a prime minister with Cabi net As the executive _ 3 a two chamber parliament the lower chamber to be popularly elected As at present the upper chamber to be chosen on a vocation 4 full recognition of the Liberty of conscience rights of minorities. Award 5 contracts for railway work Page clock sunday morning. On single police could team had no relatives ten s Relief Kucher so far As j in the Canadian Pacific railway awarded five contracts saturday of work m Winnipeg and at othe Points on their Western lines in awards were As follows one Hundred ton Coaling Plant a Minnedosa Winnipeg Supply an fuel co. Section House at Edison Victo Michie. J addition to locomotive shop at Weston g a. Baert. Roofing freight shed and boiler shop Winnipeg Fonseca Sheet Metal co. Roofing car shop and Power House a fort William Cana Dian Rogers co. The work , locomotive shops at Weston is for new stalls to accommodate the larger Type of engines which will run Over the system this summer. Edison where one contract was is a Point three stations East of Man. J taken suddenly ill late saturday night , 56, of 51 Lily Street was rushed in a tax Ito Gen Era Hospital 10.15 investment problems of your will your executor and trustee has the Legal duty of re in vesting in trustee securities Only any part of your estate that you leave in Trust unless you leave him larger investment Powers in your will. What Powers Are necessary will course depend on your views of the Long term Outlook for trustee and other securities and the precise nature of your assets. Without some author Ity however to your trustee to meet new or unexpected conditions your estate May suffer serious impairment. Our estates department paces at your disposal a wide knowledge of the practical policies that Are being incorporated in wills today when sound investing admittedly presents the greatest difficulties. It can help you to formulate effective plans for your estate. A the Toronto general trusts w. Watson general Maeger 283 Portage Avenue Winnipeg g. L. Wight. Manager with Economy one coat of Al Bastine hides All it goes on easily shows no Brash Marks and will not rub off Many tints and White. Ask your dealer. Gypsum. Lime and Alabas Tirui Canada limited head office Paris Ontario. Canada Al Bastine the National Wall coating 12 famous hockey stars go for the 193? in a big Way pictured left to right Are Andy Blair Chicago Blackh Aviks Bob Davidson Hap Day Reg. Hamilton Jimmy Fowler King Clancy All Toronto Maple Leafs Bill Kendall Blacl Hawks and Nick Metz Maple Leafs. 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