VOLUME XVI. NO. 241. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 NOME, ALASKA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1916. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. PRIwE 25 CEN T<
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THIRTY KILLED IN COLLAPSE OF
GREAT SUSPENSION DRIOGE
International News Service.
yUEBEC, Sept. 11.—A forty foot
•spun of the great cantilever suspen
sion bridge under course of constitu -
tion over the St. Lawrence river near
this city, collapsed today and a large
number of workmen were caught in
the ruins.
Details of the disaster arc not yet
available but it is indicated that the
casualties will be heavy.
From such information as is avail
able it is judged that fully fifty or
sixty persons were carried down with
the collapsing structure.
LATER -
About Thirty Perished as Great Struc
ture Falls.
QUEBEC, Sept. 11.—Detailed reports
of the collapse of the great railway
suspension bridge, in course of con
struction over the St. Lawrence river
near here, indicate that about thirty
people were crushed or drowned when
a forty foot span, weighing five thou
sand tons, broke from Its support two
hundred feet above the river and
plunged into the water below, carrying
with It nearly a hundred men. So far
no accurate list of the casualties can
be obtained but more than twenty five
persons are already known to have
been either killed or drowned and
many others are injured and missing.
The bridge when completed will he
the largest cantilever suspension
bridge in the world and the original
plans called for an expenditure of
seventeen million dollars.
The structure was about one half
completed at the time of the acci
dent. The bridge stands upon the site
of an earlier bridge structure which
collapsed in 1907 carrying lo their
death seventy people.
The reason for the present accident
. is not ascertained liut is supposed to
1 have been due to some defect in the
j material used.
The bridge was intended to shorten
1 up the distance by rail between ilali
| fax and the Northwest.
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PORTLAND LINER
BURNING AT SEA
F’acific News Serv ce.
SAN' FRANCISCO, Soph 11. Wire
less reports from the steamship Reav
er this morning state that fire has
been discovered in the afterhold and
the steamer is racing for port at top
speed.
The Beaver carries a large number
uf passengers and was en route to
this port from Portland when the lir
was discovered.
The reports give no details and tin -
actual danger is unknown. Several
sea going tugs have departed to men
the steamer and assist in rescuing the
passengers in the event of it becom
ing necessary to remove from the
burning liner.
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| ,nj-srnationnl News Service.
LONDON. Sept. I". Deports from
| the hcrulqnartera of tie Hritish forces
| today chnaiief- one of tin- most im
> portant : 'haaees of tie Knglish troops
i occurring in s< veral. weeks.
According to the stateim nls of 11 »
I Hritish commander, the battle for the
i possession of the high i idge running
j eastward from Thiepval to the vicinl
jt\ of Kninbl ha been resumed with
• great vigor and ttie Hritish have tak
l eu possession of the (human trenches
! on a four mile stretch of front. In
cluded in the captured positions is a
strong bast ion guarding the right
j Hank of tie- (human lines. This posi
tion which h. heretofore proved im
pregnable. was successfully stormed
together with the four mile stretch of
i trenches u ha h w«u • literally crumbled
into tie e l.\ the nten.4 artilh r\
! tire poun d into them from the Hritish
guns.
The village of Ginchy. which has
!• en the ohj. i i nf numerous attacks
tl tin ng tin - f( .. i y was also
.. m. I in a brilliant manner by the'
Irish forces, to whom was intrusted
tin main attacks. The Irish regi
ments are reported to have taken the;
town in dashing ami impetuous at
tacks. The first, requiring eight min
ii'1 I . ’I* led 11 cm within easy charg
ing dist inct of the village. After a
half hour pause, during which the
Teutons attempted counter attack
that was dt iv n hark by intense mu-|
J chine gun fin*, the Irish again ad- j
j vaneed ami in less than ten minutes
had gained a solid foothold on the out
skirts of the village itself.
The dash ami brilliancy of the Irish
attacks an tin subject of special com
1 ment by General Ilaigh. In addition
to the capture of the village, the Irish
also took four hundred prisoners.
Tile general advance of the British
forces places them in possession of the
entire southwestern slope of the ridge
that has proven a strong obstacle for
weeks.
German Efforts t oRetake Ginchy
Fail.
I.t l.\T>< I.V, Sept. It. An nflie I
statement from General Haigh todn
reports the failure of two strong ef
forts of tlie Germans to retake (tie
village of (iinehy, ruptured liy the
British forces Saturday.
The British artillery is again con
ducting an intense bombardment of
the German positions along the east
ern side of Thiepval ridge in prepare
(ion for another advance. The Ger
man .re it ions surrounding Gambles
ire also being botnlmrde I and the
eap'iire of that town in intnieent.
FRISCO BOMB
f RIALS COMMENCE
' Pacific News Service.
HAN I'KANOISCO, Sept. II. tTIio
tri.il of Warren Hillings, who was in
dieted l»\ the grand jury for compli
city in tin pi <■ pa redness parade homli
outrage, commenced in the superior
court this morning.
The entire morning session was giv
, on over to the selection of a jury.
Maxwell McNutt, the noted criminal
lawyer is defending the accused with
the .is- isisne* of • v* lal other legal
luminaries t n raged by friends of the
aceused.
SERBS BEAT BULGARb
AT FLORINA
International News Service.
.SALONIKA, Sept. 11. After an in
tense artillery duel lasting- over the
greater part of Saturday and Sunday,
t the Serbians have forced the Bulge r
j ians to retire from their advanced
positions along the Fiorina front.
Reports from field headquarters to
| day declare that the Bulgarians t-e
! treated in disorder under the furious
lain of shot and shell hurled into
their lines from the Serbian guns and
have taken up positions several miles
in the rear of their former lines. The
Serbians have occupied the evacuat 'd
trenches and are again throwing a
storm of shells into the Bulgarian de
fenses. •
CAUCUSUS SCENE OF
HARD FIGHTING
International News Service.
BE I'ROGKAI) S ; t. 11. The Ogti n
region .n tho Caueusus is ' o seen a
of hard lighting, ac voiding to rep. n®
raiding here from the hea'.uuGiis
of Grand Duke Nicholas.
The war office statement declares
that the Russians are pressing a vig
orous offensive and are uniformly suc
cessful.
SISTER OF PRESIDENT
WILSON REPORTED DYING
International News Service.
NEW LONDON, Sept. 11. Mrs. An
na Howe, sister of President Wilson,
is reported dying at her home in thfe
' city.
Mrs. Howe has been seriously ill fol
GERMAN NIGHT ATTACKS
REPULSED; SOMME FRONT
1 international News Service.
, PARIS,Sept. II.— An official stnte
i men I of the war olfiee this morning
tty.s that the German made terrific cf
I torts to hiriik into tln> French posi
1 lions ahmg tin Somme front last
night hut wort unable to gain a foot
hold after driving repeatedly at the
French lines.
The (h t titan attacks were chiefly in
tin Devrney and t'hnlunns sections and
were carried forward with great spirit
though accompanied with considerable
losses.
Tin Ftcnch have succeeded in
t In owing forward their lines til sev
eral points along the Somme sector
by means of sharp attacks made dm
lllg III)' past two (lavs a Oil haw- o lai
withstood all Gorman counters-.
Daring lie- fighting of tin past six
days, the french ha ve captured seven
thousand seven hundred Germ n
troops together with a number of of
ficers.
Hard lighting occurred along the
: more important points of the Somme
sector throughout the day yesterday
with hot I the french and llritish eon
dueling a general offensive. Gains are
reported at several points. Although
! the Germans are reported to ha •
moved many troops to the east front
; their atthocks show little dhninuation
in weight and their resisting powi is
are apparently as strong as ever.
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TREMENDOUS BATTLE
REPORTED DEVELOPING
DUBRUDJA ERONT
International News Service.
t.oNPON, Sept. II. Advices from
Zurich this afternoon state that a |
lreniendous battle between the Ger
mans and liulgnri ns and the forces of
Russia and Itoumania is developing
today along the Dobredja front.
News of the impending conflict was
transmitted to Switzerland by wireless
from Itoumania and is declared to be
authentic in every way.
The dispatches say that the Bul
garians are now in full possession of
Silistria, east of Turtukai, after bom
barding the town with heavy guns.
The lighting is reported spreading
along the entire Roumanian frontier.
ELECTION CARDS PRINTED
AT NUGGET OFFICE.
some time and is reported to have
been failing rapidly during the past
several days.
The physicians at the bedside hold
out no hope for recovery. President
Wilson lias been notified and is ex
peeled to arrive here this afternoon.
BULGARIAN KING VISITS KAISER
lnternationa'v News Service.
BKIjIN, Sept. 11.—An announce
ment from the eastern headquarters
of the German army today says that
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has ar
rived at the headquarters of Kaiser
Wiilhelm and the two monnrehs are
now in ( lose conference,
i The visit of the Bulgarian ruler is
causing much comment.
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ROUMANIA ADMITS
CAPTURE SILISTRIA
International News Service.
Ill C'HARKHT, Sept. 11. An ollici.il
statement of the war ofllee admits the
fall of Silistria after a terrific bom
bardment by the Germans and Bul
garians, The statement declares that
the enemy attacked with a great arris
of twelve and sixteen inch guns and
the defending forts were destroyed in
a few hours making the defense of
the town impracticable.
The statement declares that the
j Roumanian forces retired gracefully
and with but slight losses.