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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.

Lufkin, TX Killed By Live Wire, Nov 1922

Posted March 21st, 2010 by Stu Beitler

LIVE WIRE HITS FENCE; 2 MEN DIE.

LUFKIN RESIDENTS SLAIN; ANOTHER BADLY SHOCKED.  read more »

Fall River, MA Boat Capsized, May 1890

Posted March 21st, 2010 by Stu Beitler

CAPSIZED IN THE BAY.

EIGHT OUT OF TEN BOATERS DROWNED AT FALL RIVER, MASS.  read more »

St. Joseph, MO House Explosions, Mar 1929

Posted March 21st, 2010 by Stu Beitler

TWO MYSTERY EXPLOSIONS KILL THREE AND INJURE NINE.  read more »

Guadalupe, CA Two Planes Collide, June 1966

Posted March 21st, 2010 by Stu Beitler

COLLISION BLAMED IN 6 AIR DEATHS.

Guadalupe, Calif. (UPI) -- Six persons were killed Thursday in what the Federal Aviation Agency said could have been an in-flight collision of two small planes.  read more »

Amboy Center, NY Jet Crashes, Sep 1957

Posted March 21st, 2010 by Stu Beitler
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SYRACUSE AIR NATIONAL GUARD PILOT KILLED.

Amboy Center, N.Y. -- (AP) -- An Air National Guard pilot was killed in a plane crash in Upstate New York yesterday.  read more »

Chicago, IL Bomber Crash, Jan 1951

Posted March 21st, 2010 by Stu Beitler

FIVE KILLED IN AIR CRASH.

B-26 EXPLODES IN FLIGHT; DESCENDS "LIKE
A METEOR."  read more »

Poe, WV Bomber Crashes, Sep 1921

Posted March 21st, 2010 by Stu Beitler
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PLANE WITH 5 MEN PLUNGES TO EARTH IN MINE WAR ZONE.

OTHER CRAFT SEE BOMBER IN FLAMES -- VICTIMS' FATE NOT KNOWN.  read more »

Mount Yale, CO Bomber Crash, Sep 1956

Posted March 21st, 2010 by Stu Beitler
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COLORADO AIR CRASH KILLS 12.

CHARRED BODIES FOUND IN DEBRIS ON MOUNT YALE.

CRAFT IS MILITARY; SCENE IS REACHED AFTER LONG CLIMB.  read more »

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 »

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