NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – Three freight cars today broke from a Grand Trunk train of 14 cars in the middle of the lower steel arc bridge and plunged into the Niagara rapids, 250 feet below. In leaving the track, they damaged both the upper decks and lower decks of the bridge to a considerable extent. When the cars struck the water, they were not badly damaged but the current of the rapids carried them to the whirlpool where they were broken into pieces. A brakeman had a narrow escape.
• A large crew of men are putting fire escapes on the Bates Mill. Several tons of iron are being used, and the work is one the biggest jobs of the kind in the state. It is expected that several of the other mills will be well equipped with fire escapes in the near future.
50 years ago, 1957
• The motoring public, we suppose, should be grateful for small favors and applaud the decision of the automobile industry to refrain, in the future, from boasting horsepower and speed in motor-car publicity and advertising. In addition, the industry has decided to withdraw from automobile racing and other tests of speed.
AUGUSTA – Maine is headed for a “banner year” in its vacation-travel business and in the use of state parks, according to state officials. More than 500,000 people are expected to use state parks this summer. Last summer, Maine parks had 420,408 visitors; and in the summer of 1955, the total was 413,852.
25 years ago, 1982
WASHINGTON – States must provide free public education to children of illegal aliens, a divided Supreme Court said Tuesday in a decision that extended many of the constitutional rights enjoyed by American citizens to families that live illegally in the United States.
By a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that a Texas law allowing “undocumented” children to attend public schools only if they paid tuition was unconstitutional.
The decision was hailed as a civil rights victory for the millions of people who illegally live and work in this country.
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