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Wilmington, DE Storm & Flood, Jul 1937

FEAR TWO DROWNED AS DOWNPOUR BRINGS FLOOD IN DELAWARE  read more »

Wilmington, DE Auto Wreck, Feb 1915

FIVE HURT WHEN AUTOS CRASH

Man Expected To Die—Owner Of Other Car Not Known  read more »

Wilmington, DE (Delaware River) Oil Tanker Collision, May 1952

2 KILLED, 8 MORE MISSING IN OIL TANKERS' COLLISION.  read more »

Chesapeake-Delaware Canal, DE Tankers Collide, June 1953

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MARCUS HOOK MAN DIES 82 SAVED IN FIERY TANKER CRASH ON DELAWARE RIVER.

8 LOCAL SEAMEN ARE AMONG THOSE TO BE RESCUED.  read more »

Bowers Beach, DE Boat Capsizes In Delaware Bay, May 1937

THREE MEMBERS OF GLENOLDEN FAMILY DROWN.

FRAIL HOMEMADE BOAT CAPSIZES IN DELAWARE BAY OFF BOWERS BEACH.

FATHER, SON AND SON-IN-LAW VICTIMS OF TRAGEDY -- 2 BODIES RECOVERED.  read more »

Lewes, DE Automobile Accident, Sept 1932

Courier Journal newspaper, Louisville, KY - Wednesday 7 September 1932

Funeral In City For Crash Victim

Walter J. Ernwine, Jr., Formerly of Louisville, Killed in Delaware  read more »

Holly Oak, DE Two Trucks Collide, Aug 1933

FOUR CHESTER PERSONS KILLED, 20 INJURED IN CRASH OF TRUCKS NEAR WILMINGTON EARLY TODAY.  read more »

Delaware City, DE Industrial Plant Explosion, Aug 1977

INDUSTRIAL BLAST KILLS 4 WORKERS.

Delaware City, Del. (AP) -- Safety inspectors searched through the night under floodlights for the cause of an industrial explosion here that killed four men.  read more »

Felton, DE Train Collides With Auto, Apr 1926

FOUR KILLED IN CROSSING CRASH.

MEMBERS OF FAMILY ARE FATALLY INJURED WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO.  read more »

Wilmington, DE Theater Loft Collapses, Dec 1925

THEATER RIGGING LOFT COLLAPSES; 12 INJURED.  read more »

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