California
Copley, CA train wreck, May 1907
Posted August 27th, 2008 by Tim TaugherNORTH-BOUND PORTLAND TRAIN WRECKED IN NORTH
Brakeman From Sacramento Killed and Passengers Are Hurt in Panic.
By the Associated Press. read more »
Off Newport Beach, CA Two Destroyers Collide, July 1960
Posted August 25th, 2008 by Stu BeitlerTWO NAVY SHIPS COLLIDE; 8 KILLED.
DESTROYERS RAM IN HEAVY FOG OFF COAST; BOTH BADLY DAMAGED; ONE IN FLAMES. read more »
Lassen Peak, CA Volcano Erupts, May 1915
Posted August 24th, 2008 by Stu BeitlerLASSEN POURS FORTH SCALDING LAVA.
CRATER RIM PLUNGES INTO FIERY PIT -- MUD MELTS SNOW, CAUSING FLOOD. read more »
Sacramento, CA Bomber Crashes Into Guard House, Jan 1952
Posted August 21st, 2008 by Stu BeitlerFIVE KILLED AS BOMBER HITS GUARD HOUSE.
50 INJURED AS PLANE CRASHES IN CALIFORNIA. read more »
Robertson's Flat, CA mine fire, Jul 1930
Posted August 15th, 2008 by Tim Taugher5 Die in Blaze In Mine Shaft
Flames Start on Surface and Run Down Timbers Inside. read more »
Long Beach, CA gambling ship fire,Aug 1930
Posted August 15th, 2008 by Tim TaugherGamblers on Floating Hall Of Chance Escape as Craft Blazes, but $50,000 Sinks read more »
Hollywood, CA Sunset Blvd Horse - Car Wreck, Jan 1908
Posted August 14th, 2008 by JuneTragic.
Horribly Mangled By A Hollywood Car.
Miss May Duffy, Mrs. W.A. Clark’s Maid, Fatally Injured While Riding Along Sunset Boulevard. Her Thoroughbred Horse Killed. read more »
Rockaway Beach, CA fishing trawler explosion, Dec 1931
Posted August 13th, 2008 by Tim TaugherFour Seamen Escape From Burning Ship
Make Way to Shore in Small Craft During Blinding Rain. read more »
Long Beach, CA oil refinery explosion, Jun 1933
Posted August 13th, 2008 by Tim Taugher7 Are Dead, 19 Missing In Refinery Explosion In Signal Hills Field
Blast Rocks Long Beach, Previous Sufferer From Earthquake, and Is Felt 30 Miles Away. read more »
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