Ice bridge from the Canadian side - Niagara Falls in Winter, ca 1890. Courtesy of the Niagara Falls (Ontario) Public Library
The above photo is one of several I'm using with permission from the Niagara Falls (Ontario) Public Library to show the adventure and folly of the Niagara Falls ice bridge.
A natural occurrence, the ice bridge formed under certain winter conditions and being a tourist zone meant there were many people out for a new experience.
But it all ended in 1912 when the bridge collapsed with about 35 people on it sending a seventeen-year-old hero to his death. Along with him went the young married couple he had tried to save were kneeling and hugging as they met their fate.
Read my post about the 1912 Niagara Falls Ice Bridge today on the Heroes, Heroines & History blog.
A natural occurrence, the ice bridge formed under certain winter conditions and being a tourist zone meant there were many people out for a new experience.
But it all ended in 1912 when the bridge collapsed with about 35 people on it sending a seventeen-year-old hero to his death. Along with him went the young married couple he had tried to save were kneeling and hugging as they met their fate.
Read my post about the 1912 Niagara Falls Ice Bridge today on the Heroes, Heroines & History blog.
