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Washington, DC Knickerbocker Theatre Roof Collapse, Jan 1922

Knickerbocker THeater WASH DC.jpg

The Knickerbocker Storm was a blizzard that occurred on January 27–28, 1922 in the upper South and middle Atlantic United States.  read more »

Atlantic Coast, NY, NJ, NH, CT, MA, RI Hurricane "Long Island Express," Sept 1938

Napatree Point RI Before Hurricane

HURRICANE, FLOODS SWEEP NEW ENGLAND.

296 WERE KILLED IN STORM ALONG ATLANTIC COAST; PROPERTY DAMAGE ENORMOUS.  read more »

Titanic Sinking, Apr 1912

Titanic

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

Boston, MA 'Molasses Flood' Tank Explosion, Jan 1919

Molasses Flood photo submitted by Stu Beitler

DOZEN KILLED, 50 HURT, AS TANK OF MOLASSES BURST

Wreckage Covered with Sticky Stream of 2,000,000 Gallons.

3 FIREMEN BURIED.  read more »

Haileyville, OK Gas Explosion In Mine, Jan 1945

NINE MEN KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION NEAR HAILEYVILLE.  read more »

Degnan, OK Coal Mine Explosion, Aug 1920

TAKE LAST BODY FROM DEATH PIT.

RESCUERS WORK HARD IN WILBURTON MINE TO SAVE TRAPPED MINERS; TEN KILLED.  read more »

Poteau, I. T. (OK) Mine Explosion, Jan 1906

14 DEAD FROM AWFUL MINE EXPLOSION.  read more »

Bates, AR Coal Mine Explosion, Aug 1940

TEN KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION.

ARKANSAS BLAST OCCURS 1,700 FEET BENEATH THE EARTH'S SURFACE.  read more »

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