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AuthorHuff, Alta
PublisherTopeka Daily CapitalSubjectTopeka (Kan.)Newspaper clippingsRivera, RaymondBridgesDescriptionPhotocopied newspaper clipping from the Topeka Daily Capital, July 3, 1965; article tells of the Melan Bridge collapse on July 2, 1965, as told by Raymond Rivera; Rivera was 11-years-old when the bridge collapsed while he was walking across it; Rivera was walking home after he had finished selling newspapersIssue Date1965-07-03Date range1960sOriginal FormatNewspaper clippingDigital FormatjpgLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionTopeka & Shawnee County Public LibraryRights StatementCopyright Topeka Daily Capital (please contact Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections for use).
PublisherTopeka Daily CapitalSubjectTopeka (Kan.)Newspaper clippingsRivera, RaymondBridgesDescriptionPhotocopied newspaper clipping from the Topeka Daily Capital, July 3, 1965; article tells of the Melan Bridge collapse on July 2, 1965, as told by Raymond Rivera; Rivera was 11-years-old when the bridge collapsed while he was walking across it; Rivera was walking home after he had finished selling newspapersIssue Date1965-07-03Date range1960sOriginal FormatNewspaper clippingDigital FormatjpgLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionTopeka & Shawnee County Public LibraryRights StatementCopyright Topeka Daily Capital (please contact Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections for use).Geographic Location
City, StateTopeka, KansasCountyShawnee County, Kansas
CountyShawnee County, KansasRelated
PlaceTopeka, KSVertical FileBRIDGES-Melan Bridge
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Huff, Alta, Horror-Stricken Boy Saw Collapse. Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections, accessed 08/08/2026, https://localhistory.tscpl.org/nodes/view/5904