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Titanic Sinking, Apr 1912

Linda Horton — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:52:07 -0400

Newspaper accounts on the sinking of the Titanic, from setting sail to memorial services for the unfortunate dead.

Mount Vernon, NY Auto Collision, May 1958

Stu Beitler — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:46:17 -0400

6 KILLED IN FIERY COLLISION. read more »

Evadale, TX Paper Mill Explosion, Sep 1959

Stu Beitler — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:36:57 -0400

PAPER MILL BLASTS KILL 5.

Evadale, Tex. (AP) -- The toll of two explosions at a paper mill here Monday rose to five dead today. Nine others suffered injuries. read more »

Owings, MD Auto Collision, June 1954

Stu Beitler — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:20:17 -0400

10 KILLED IN AUTOS CRASH.

HORRIBLE ACCIDENT IN MARYLAND. read more »

Rattlesnake Mountain, NH Climber Accident, Aug 1953

Stu Beitler — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:06:51 -0400

YOUTH DIES IN MOUNTAIN PLUNGE.

Holderness, N.H., Aug. 3 (UP) -- A 15-year-old Pennsylvania youth toppled 30 feet to his death from a cliff on Rattlesnake Mountain. read more »

West Milford, NJ Private Plane Crash, Aug 1968

Stu Beitler — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:48:48 -0400

PLANE CRASH KILLS 5. read more »

Somerset, PA (near) Private Plane Crash, Sep 1965

Stu Beitler — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:01:29 -0400

HOOSIER FAMILY DIES IN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT.

Somerset, Pa. (UPI) -- A single engine plane crashed into the side of a 3,000 foot ski slope near here Wednesday, killing an Indiana family of four. read more »

Columbus, OH (other locations) Minor Earthquake, Apr 1967

Stu Beitler — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:53:28 -0400

EARTH TREMOR JOLTS OHIOANS. read more »

Frankfort, IN Private Plane Crash, Nov 1966

Stu Beitler — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:38:59 -0400

KILLED IN PLANE CRASH.

Frankfort, Ind. (UPI) -- JOHN EDWARD WORK, 19, Frankfort, was killed Saturday night when a rented plane crashed in a farm field near Russiavaille northeast of here. read more »

Southampton, MA Kennedy Plane Crash, June 1964

Stu Beitler — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:32:25 -0400

SEN. KENNEDY INJURED IN PLANE CRASH.

AIDE AND PILOT KILLED WHEN LIGHT CRAFT MEETS DISASTER AT MASSACHUSETTS AIRPORT. read more »