Landslides
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Fletcher, NC Quarry Pit Cave In, Feb 1933
Posted January 28th, 2012 by Stu BeitlerSEVEN KILLED IN QUARRY PIT.
NEGRO LABORERS CRUSHED TO DEATH IN PIT NEAR FLETCHER, N.C. UNDER MASS OF DEBRIS. read more »
Yosemite National Park, CA Rock Slide Kills Three, Nov 1980
Posted December 28th, 2011 by Stu BeitlerHUGE ROCK SLIDE KILLS 3 HIKERS. read more »
Lemieux, ON Landslide, Jun 1993
Posted October 30th, 2011 by George _P
Lemieux is a ghost town in the Canadian province of Ontario, which was located on the shore of the South Nation River in the Prescott and Russell County township of South Plantagenet. read more »
Batavia, Java, Aug. 4-5, 1928, Over 1,000 dead In East Indian Eruption
Posted September 23rd, 2011 by Greg EichelbergerBATAVIA, Java, Aug. 9.—It is estimated
that a thousand persons
were killed and 500 injured by a
violent eruption of Mount Rokatinda
in the island of Paloweh north of read more »
Remote, OR Mudslide Crushes Home, Dec 1955
Posted May 24th, 2011 by Stu BeitlerMUDSLIDE CRUSHES HOME, KILLING FAMILY OF FIVE. read more »
Hauula, HI Landslide Kills Six, May 1999
Posted March 9th, 2011 by Stu Beitler
LANDSLIDE CLAIMS SIX LIVES. read more »
Big Stone Gap, VA Boulder Accident, Dec 1895
Posted August 20th, 2010 by Stu BeitlerFIVE KILLED.
LARGE BOULDER CAUSES THEIR INSTANT DEATH. read more »
St. Jean Vianney, QB Cave In Disaster, May 1971
Posted June 5th, 2010 by Stu Beitler
CAVE-IN TOLL FEARED 20.
HOMES, TRAFFIC DISAPPEAR IN MUD CHASM; DESPERATE SEARCH GOES ON FOR SURVIVORS. read more »
Quincy, CA Grizzly Creek Tunnel Landslide, Apr 1926
Posted June 4th, 2010 by JuneTunnel Cave-In Near Quincy Traps Six
Rescue Squads Pierce Fallen Rock In Shaft
Hope Held to Reach Entombed Gang Sometime Early Today
Victims Thought To Be Caught In Pocket read more »
Roger's Pass, BC Snowslide Destruction, Mar 1910
Posted April 20th, 2010 by Stu Beitler
SIXTY-TWO PERSONS PERISH BY SNOWSLIDE IN SELKIRKS.
Gang of Men Caught by Huge Avalanche While Clearing Track of Canadian Pacific Railway Near Rogers Pass Station at Summit of Mountains -- read more »
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