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1928 – Charfield railway disaster in Gloucestershire, England kills 16 chiefly through fire on October 13 [16] 1939 – Three freight cars loaded with explosives caught fire at Peñaranda de Bracamonte station, on the railway from Ávila to Salamanca. Cars exploded and the explosion extend to a store in which had 319 tonnes of aircraft bombs ...
May 30 – Floyd Roberts, race car driver (born 1900) June 4 – Tommy Ladnier, jazz trumpeter (born 1900) June 6 – George Fawcett, actor (born 1860) June 9 – Owen Moore, actor (born 1886) June 16 – Chick Webb, musician (born 1905) June 19 – Grace Abbott, social worker and activist (born 1878) June 28. James William McCarthy, judge ...
Pages in category "1939 fires" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adelaide Hills bushfires; B.
Pages in category "1939 fires in the United States" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M.
1939 fires (1 C, 9 P) N. 1939 natural disasters (2 C, 2 P) T. Transport disasters in 1939 (2 C) This page was last edited on 11 April 2023, at 21:35 (UTC). Text ...
1939 1939 California tropical storm ... The fires killed 44, injured at least 185 people, and destroyed 5,700 homes. ... Overpressured tank car filled with casing ...
Video footage from the incident shows a dozer moving the abandoned cars to clear the roadway for fire trucks. The operation took place on Sunset Boulevard Tuesday, according to Storyful.
A friendly fire incident on England's east coast known as the Battle of Barking Creek claimed the first life of an RAF fighter pilot in the war. South Africa declared war on Germany. Born: Brigid Berlin, artist, in New York City (d. 2020); Susumu Tonegawa, geneticist and Nobel laureate, in Nagoya, Japan; Died: Arthur Rackham, 71, English book ...