Collapsed Baltimore bridge blasted into pieces in effort to clear wreckage
Chicago/Longmont, Colorado, US Reuters US crews in Baltimore set off controlled explosions on Monday to allow them to remove a portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the bow of the massive container ship that toppled the span in March. The detonations were meant to break the bridge’s truss into small sections, enabling […]
Biden surveys collapsed Baltimore bridge, pledges help
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden took an aerial tour on Friday of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East Coast shipping lane, and he pledged federal help in rebuilding the span, an idea some Republican lawmakers in the US Congress have resisted. A cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott […]
Salvage crews work to lift first piece of collapsed Baltimore bridge
Reuters Salvage crews worked to lift the first piece of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the water on Saturday to allow barges and tugboats to access the disaster site, Maryland and US officials said, the first step in a complex effort to reopen the city’s blocked port. The steel truss bridge collapsed early […]
Crew support: Ministers aid seafarers caught in Baltimore bridge crisis
“Everyone’s still kind of rattled and trying to figure things out,” said Rev Joshua Messick, who has Bibles ‘in every conceivable language’ to distribute upon request. ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports…
Divers recover two bodies from river after Baltimore bridge collapse
Updated: 10:30am (AEDT) Baltimore, US Reuters Divers recovered the remains on Wednesday of two of the six missing workers tossed into Baltimore Harbor from a highway bridge that collapsed into shipping lanes after being rammed by a faltering cargo freighter, officials said. The bodies were pulled from the Patapsco River a day after the massive […]
Six presumed dead after crippled cargo ship knocks down Baltimore bridge
Baltimore, US Reuters Six workers were missing and presumed dead from a bridge that collapsed in Baltimore Harbor early on Tuesday when a massive cargo ship crippled by a power loss rammed into the structure, forcing closure of one of the busiest ports on the US eastern seaboard. US Coast Guard and Maryland State Police […]
Baltimore bridge collision sends vehicles tumbling into water
Updated: 7:25am (AEDT), 27th March, 2024 Baltimore, US Reuters A massive cargo ship smashed into a bridge while sailing out of Baltimore early on Tuesday, sending cars and people into the river below and closing one of the busiest ports on the US Eastern Seaboard. Rescuers pulled out two survivors, one of whom was hospitalised, […]