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Titanic Sinking, Apr 1912

Posted April 9th, 2008 by Linda Horton
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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

Posted March 19th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

6 KILLED IN FIERY COLLISION.  read more »

Evadale, TX Paper Mill Explosion, Sep 1959

Posted March 19th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

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

Posted March 19th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

10 KILLED IN AUTOS CRASH.

HORRIBLE ACCIDENT IN MARYLAND.  read more »

Rattlesnake Mountain, NH Climber Accident, Aug 1953

Posted March 19th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

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

Posted March 19th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

PLANE CRASH KILLS 5.  read more »

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

Posted March 18th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

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

Posted March 18th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

EARTH TREMOR JOLTS OHIOANS.  read more »

Frankfort, IN Private Plane Crash, Nov 1966

Posted March 18th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

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

Posted March 18th, 2010 by Stu Beitler
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SEN. KENNEDY INJURED IN PLANE CRASH.

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

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