1915 Vancouver bridge arson attack

Act of sabotage in Vancouver 1915 Vancouver bridge arson attack Cambie Street Bridge fire 2.jpg A section of the bridge collapsed into False Creek after the fire Granville Street Bridge, Connaught Bridge April 29 1915 4:29 for Connaught Bridge PST Sabotage 0 0 Imperial German agents sabotage The Vancouver bridge arson attack took place on April 29, 1915, when two key bridges in the West Coast Canadian city of Vancouver, Granville Street Bridge and Connaught Bridge, were set on fire. Background The Connaught Bridge was completed in 1911 for $740,000, opening to traffic on May 24, 1911.West 1985 6 The following year, Canada's Governor General, the Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, accompanied by the Duchess and their daughter, Princess Patricia, visited Vancouver to officiate at a ceremony renaming the new crossing as the "Connaught Bridge" on September 20, 1912. The name "Connaught" never caught on, and most people continued to call it simply the "Cambie Street Bridge", after the street that runs across it, Cambie Street, named for pioneer Vancouver resident Henry John Cambie. Fire The fires happened on April 29, 1915. The American media widely reported that the fires were set by German immigrants celebrating the Imperial German victory over the Canadians at Ypres, Belgium.The Tacoma Times, May 3, 1915 1 Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 29, 1915 1 The fire on the caused a 24.4 m ft span of the Connaught Bridge to collapse and caused about $90,000 in damage.Davis 1997 214 Arrests Four Germans were arrested and interned: Baron Rochus von Luttwitz (related to the Imperial German Kaiser), Dr. Otto Grumert (a founder of the Bank of Vancouver), Paul Koop and Frederich Spritzel.The Omineca Miner, May 1, 1915 1Vernon Internment Camp book releases internee profile https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/community/vernon-internment-camp-book-releases-internee-profile-3357746 Vernon Morning Star 15 March 2023 en See also 1915 Vanceboro international bridge bombing List of German-sponsored acts of sabotage in World War I Bibliography Notes 20em References Davis Chuck The Greater Vancouver Book: An Urban Encyclopedia 1997 Linkman Press 9781896846002 - Total pages: 882 Honolulu Star-Bulletin, April 29, 1915 April 29, 1915 Flames Break Out On Two Bridges; Four Germans Are Arrested; War Reports Vary https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014682/1915-04-29/ed-2/seq-1/ Honolulu Star-Bulletin P.T. Gialanella Honolulu, Hawaii 2326-1137 8807359 1–16 December 24, 2021 The Omineca Miner, May 1, 1915 May 1, 1915 Alien Enemies Burn Bridge in Vancouver The Omineca Miner Hazelton, BC 1–4 The Tacoma Times, May 3, 1915 May 3, 1915 Bridge Fire Make Vancouver Dangerous Place For Germans https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1915-05-03/ed-1/seq-1/# The Tacoma Times Tacoma, Pierce, Washington 2158-4729 17347623 1–8 December 24, 2021 West E.A. Cambie Bridge: The Official Opening – December 8, 1985 1985 City of Vancouver http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/streets/bridges/documents/cambie_bridge_book.pdf December 24, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20111116042826/http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/streets/bridges/documents/cambie_bridge_book.pdf November 16, 2011 British Columbia Category:1910s in Vancouver Category:1915 crimes in Canada Category:Canada–Germany relations Category:Crime in Vancouver Category:Acts of sabotage Category:German-sponsored acts of sabotage in World War I Category:Transportation disasters in British Columbia Category:Transport disasters in 1915 Category:1915 in British Columbia Category:Canadian home front during World War I Category:April 1915 in Canada Category:Attacks on bridges Category:Bridge disasters in Canada Category:Building and structure arson attacks in Canada Category:Arson in the 1910s Category:1915 fires Category:1910s fires in North America Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in the 1910s Category:Bridge disasters caused by fire Category:Building and structure collapses in Canada