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Washington, DC Knickerbocker Theatre Roof Collapse, Jan 1922
Posted December 27th, 2009 by gendisasters
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
Posted August 1st, 2008 by Stu Beitler
HURRICANE, FLOODS SWEEP NEW ENGLAND.
296 WERE KILLED IN STORM ALONG ATLANTIC COAST; PROPERTY DAMAGE ENORMOUS. read more »
Titanic Sinking, Apr 1912
Posted April 9th, 2008 by Linda Horton
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
Posted November 11th, 2007 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
Posted February 2nd, 2012 by Stu BeitlerNINE MEN KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION NEAR HAILEYVILLE. read more »
Degnan, OK Coal Mine Explosion, Aug 1920
Posted February 2nd, 2012 by Stu BeitlerTAKE 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
Posted February 2nd, 2012 by Stu Beitler14 DEAD FROM AWFUL MINE EXPLOSION. read more »
Bates, AR Coal Mine Explosion, Aug 1940
Posted February 2nd, 2012 by Stu BeitlerTEN KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION.
ARKANSAS BLAST OCCURS 1,700 FEET BENEATH THE EARTH'S SURFACE. read more »
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