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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.

Alameda, SK Tornado Destruction, July 1920

Posted March 9th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

DESTITUTION IN WAKE OF ALAMEDA CYCLONE.

FIVE ARE REPORTED DEAD, SCORES INJURED -- TERRIBLE HAVOC WROUGHT.

HOMES DISAPPEAR IN SPLINTERS -- MANY FAMILIES LOSE ENTIRE BELONGINGS.  read more »

Beaver Island, MI Mail Boat MAROLD II Explodes, Jan 1937

Posted March 9th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

CREW FEARED DEAD AS BLAST WRECK BOAT.

CREW OF FIVE AND POSSIBLY FOUR OTHERS MISSING AFTER EXPLOSION.

SURVIVORS SOUGHT.

ABANDONED TANKER ALSO CATCHES FIRE AFTER DISASTER ON LAKE.  read more »

Pittsburg, PA Lion Mauls Patron At Park, Aug 1907

Posted March 9th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

MANGLED BY ENRAGED LION.

PEOPLE LOOK ON WHILE THE MADDENED BEAST RENDS ITS PREY.  read more »

Kingsport, TN (near) Violent Storm, July 1931

Posted March 9th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

ALL INJURED TO RECOVER.

OVER 20 INJURED; ONLY TWO DEATHS AS RESULT OF STORM.

HOSPITALS REPORT ALL VICTIMS OF TRAGEDY AT ROAD CELEBRATION OUT OF DANGER -- WITNESSES TELL STORY.  read more »

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 »

Bay St. Louis, MS Automobile Crash, Oct 1958

Posted March 9th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

SEVEN KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASH NEAR BAY ST. LOUIS.  read more »

Duck River Station, TN Train Collision, July 1886

Posted March 8th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD -- SEVEN PERSONS KILLED.  read more »

Campbell County, VA Auto Wreck, Mar 2010

Posted March 8th, 2010 by laurie1125

EVINGTON WOMAN KILLED IN HEAD-ON COLLISSION IN CAMPBELL COUNTY  read more »

St. Louis, MO (near) Transport Plane Crash, Aug 1936

Posted March 8th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

$50,000 AIR PLANE CRASHED KILLING 8 PERSONS.

SIX PASSENGERS AND PILOTS KILLED IN PLANE DISASTER.

TRANSPORT PLANE CRASHED FIVE MINUTES AFTER LEAVING LAMBERT-ST. LOUIS FIELD LAST NIGHT.  read more »

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