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Workers up on the bridge watched the crash with horror. "The whole bridge structure shook when the net broke," said one. Peter Anderson, working just above the platform, watched his brother's body spin and twist down and away. Workers raced along the bridge seeking life preservers, found only fire extinguishers. Bridge whistles stopped all work and everyone looked down at the Coast Guard boats circling below...
...four inquiries began, work was indefinitely suspended under the centre span pending restoration of the safety net, more than half of which was torn away in the crash. Costing $82,000, it had saved eleven workers up to last week. Prior to last week only one life had been lost building this bridge. The San Francisco-Oakland Bridge, built without a net, cost 24 lives...
Because Risko's excitement about fighting Steele was shared by only 11,661 boxing addicts, net receipts for the bout in Madison Square Garden last week were only $15,000, of which Risko's share was $9,000. Faced with a pecuniary loss of $16,000 for his evening's work, Risko was further disheartened when, after 15 rounds of lively boxing, the referee and two judges gave Steele the decision. Said Risko in his dressing room: "I thought...
...National Distillers Products Corp. last week reported 1936 net profit of $7,753,251 or $3.80 a share on its common, compared...
Preliminary 1936 earnings figures showed a net profit of $580,000 for the K.C.S., comparing with a deficit of $955,000 in 1935. The L. & A. showed a $334,000 profit last year, comparing with $428,000 the year before. What the deal last week meant was that Harvey Couch's ideas on co-operation would be applied to freight operations, especially since the two roads together would have the most direct route between New Orleans and Kansas City by way of Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Texarkana and Joplin...