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Titanic Sinking, Apr 1912

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

Mount Vernon, NY Auto Collision, May 1958

6 KILLED IN FIERY COLLISION.  read more »

New York City, NY Business Section Fire, Dec 1835

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AWFUL CONFLAGRATION !!  read more »

New York City, NY Tenement Fire, Oct 1855

TERRIBLE CALAMITY.

DISASTROUS FIRE IN STATE STREET.

SIX PERSONS BURNED AND SUFFOCATED.  read more »

Buffalo, NY Barge And Freighter Collide, Oct 1951

17 DEAD OR MISSING AS GAS BARGE COLLIDES WITH FREIGHTER AND EXPLODES.  read more »

Farmingdale, NY Private Planes Collide, July 1968

EIGHT KILLED IN COLLISION OF PLANES.

Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP) -- Eight persons, including  read more »

New York City, NY Grand Central Station Wreck, Aug 1902

THIRTEEN HURT AT GRAND CENTRAL STATION.

BOSTON EXPRESS CRASHES INTO BUMPERS AT END OF TRACK.

BRAKES REFUSED TO WORK, AND ENGINE WAS REVERSED JUST IN TIME TO AVERT SERIOUS DISASTER.  read more »

Massena, NY Freighter MILVERTON Collision, Sep 1947

6 SEAMEN DIE IN SHIP BLAST.

EXPLOSION FOLLOWS TANKER CRASH.

Massena, N.Y., Sept. 24. (UP) -- Freighter S.S.  read more »

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