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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.

Wellsville, NY Oil Refinery Explosion, July 1938

Posted March 20th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

THREE DEAD, 75 INJURED IN BLAST.

SPECTACULAR EXPLOSION OCCURS IN $15,000,000 SINCLAIR OIL COMPANY REFINERY AT WELLSVILLE, N.Y.

FIRE UNDER CONTROL.  read more »

Hyder, AZ Bomber Crash, Mar 1950

Posted March 20th, 2010 by Stu Beitler
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TWO ESCAPE AS 12 PERISH IN TUCSON BOMBER.

Tucson, Ariz. -- (AP) -- Skilled investigators scanned the burned, twisted wreckage of a Davis-  read more »

Philadelphia, PA Gas Explosion Home, Dec 1951

Posted March 20th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

GAS BLOWS UP HOME, 2 KILLED.  read more »

Absecon, NJ Auto And Train Collision, June 1922

Posted March 20th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

FAMILY OF SIX KILLED ON R. R. CROSSING.

TRAIN DEMOLISHES AUTO NEAR ATLANTIC CITY.  read more »

Fairfield, CA Auto Collision, Sep 1950

Posted March 20th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

THREE KILLED NEAR FAIRFIELD.  read more »

Shreveport, LA Bomber Crash, Mar 1951

Posted March 20th, 2010 by Stu Beitler

4 CLAIMED BY CRASHED B-45.  read more »

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 »

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