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Woodbridge, NJ Commuter Train Plunges Off Trestle, Feb 1951

Woodbridge NJ Train Wreck 1951 Woodbridge NJ Train Wreck 1951

SCENES OF WRECK IN WHICH 82 WERE KILLED.

CRACKUP INJURES 500 PASSENGERS.  read more »

Nocona, TX Tornado, May 1896

DISASTROUS STORM IN TEXAS.

Three Persons Are Injured and Two Dwellings Are Wrecked at Nocona.  read more »

Litchfield, CT, Court House and Other Buildings Fire, Jun 1886

Litchfield CT Courthouse and other buildings, 1867

LITCHFIELD IN FLAMES

A LARGE PORTION OF THE TOWN ENTIRELY DESTROYED.

THE MANSION HOUSE, THE COURT HOUSE, AND OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED----LOSSES AND INSURANCES.  read more »

Oak Orchard, DE House Fire Kills 11 From Family, Jan 2001

Deadly House Fire

DELAWARE HOME FIRE LEAVES 11 FROM ONE FAMILY DEAD.

By Christopher Thorne
Associated Press Writer.  read more »

Dallas, TX Hotel Elm Fire Kills Four, Mar 1932

FOUR PERISH, FIVE HURT IN DALLAS HOTEL FIRE.

ALARM SOUNDED BY GIRL SAVES MANY LIVES.

VICTIMS TRAPPED WHILE ASLEEP IN SMALL SECOND STORY DOWNTOWN HOTEL.  read more »

Newton, IA Tornado, May 1918

Maytag Washing Machine Factory, Newton, IA 1910s, photo from familyoldphotos.com

Two Killed and Many Injured at Newton, Ia.---

TWO KILLED AT NEWTON; MUCH PROPERTY DAMAGE  read more »

New York, NY Fatal Bicycle - Wagon Wreck, Sept 1896

CYCLIST DIES IN COLLISION

ROBERT WHITTEMORE DASHES HEADLONG INTO A BUGGY.  read more »

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