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by brabel 1876 days ago
I looked it up and it seems that's not what happened.

_While there were some injuries, there were no fatalities and the bridge was not damaged._

_The weight of the 300,000 people flattened the normally arched roadbed, although bridge engineers later said there was never any real danger._

Source: https://www.sfgate.com/local-donotuse/article/Golden-Gate-br...