Talk:Yarmouth suspension bridge

A fact from Yarmouth suspension bridge appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 March 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Yarmouth suspension bridge collapsed under a crowd that had gathered to watch a circus clown in a wash tub being pulled along the River Bure by four geese?

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The reference for most of the information is a discussion about what caused the collapse and is listed as "January 1845." This seems incorrect, seeing as the bridge didn't collapse until 4 months later.

Well spotted. It's from the minutes for the year 1845 so has been given an auto-generated date of 1 January. The actual paper in question was published 20 May. I'll make the change - Dumelow (talk) 06:02, 21 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

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