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Lenoir, NC House Explosion And Fire, Jan 1930

Posted March 9th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

TWO DIE WHEN OIL POURED OVER FIRE EXPLODES, SPREADS.  read more »

Concord, NC Bus And Truck Collision, Nov 1955

Posted February 24th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

32 HURT IN BUS WRECK.

STUDENT NURSE KILLED IN CRASH NEAR CONCORD.  read more »

Hertford, NC Boiler Explosion, Jan 1934

Posted February 20th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

SIX KILLED IN BOILER BLAST.

EXPLOSION IN HERTFORD, N.C., WRECKS COTTON OIL PLANT -- SEVEN INJURED.  read more »

Statesville, NC House Fire, Dec 1946

Posted February 13th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

THREE CHILDREN KILLED BY FIRE.

Statesville, N.C. -- Three children have been burned to death, and their father is not expected to live following a kerosene heater explosion near Statesville, N.C.  read more »

Craggy Mountain, NC Rattlesnake Bite, Sep 1877

Posted February 2nd, 2010 by Stu Beitler

FATAL RATTLESNAKE'S BITE.

The Asheville (N.C.) Pioneer says:  read more »

Cape Lookout, NC off shore Steamer CENTRAL AMERICA Sinking, Sep 1857

Posted February 2nd, 2010 by Stu Beitler
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LOSS OF THE CENTRAL AMERICA.

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER.  read more »

Eagle Springs, NC Accidental Shooting, Jan 1917

Posted January 17th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

J. D. FOOT KILLED ON A HUNT.

ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF HIS GUN FATAL TO A WELL-KNOWN GOLFER.

Special to The New York Times.  read more »

Oregon Inlet, NC Steamer HURON Wreck, Nov 1877

Posted January 11th, 2010 by Stu Beitler
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TERRIBLE DISASTER -- STEAMER WRECKED.

THE U.S. STEAMER HURON LOST.

THE VESSEL A TOTAL LOSS.

ONE HUNDRED PERSONS DROWNED.

MEASURES TAKEN TO GIVE ASSISTANCE.  read more »

Mizpah, NC Train Wreck, Jan 1889

Posted January 9th, 2010 by lori hedges

A Railroad Collision

A Negro Held Pinned Under an Immense Pile of Wreckage.  read more »

Morganton, NC Bus And Truck Collide, May 1943

Posted January 2nd, 2010 by Stu Beitler

CHILD KILLED IN BUS-TRUCK SMASH.  read more »

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