Boards and girders hang crazily after this one-lane bridge on Old Baumgartner road over Mattese Creek in south St. Louis County was "blown up." Here detectives (at right) examine the spot where they believe the charge was placed.
Boards And Girders Hang Crazily
Bacon, BruceSaint Louis Globe-Democrat
1955-11-22
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Bridges.Explosives.Bridge failures.
Saint Louis (Mo.)
1950-1959
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