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The first permanent modern settlement along the marsh was the town of Horicon. In 1846, a dam was built to power the town's first sawmill. The dam held the water in the marsh, causing the water level to rise by nine feet. The "marsh" was called Lake Horicon, and was, at the time, called the largest man-made lake in the world.
Hypothremia can happen in just minutes, and death can occur in under an hour. While it is most likely at very cold temperatures, it can occur even at cool temperatures above 40 degrees if a person ...
The Horicon Marsh Veteran Hunt is a nonprofit organization founded by Dodge and the late Ryan Voy of Horicon, friends who grew up hunting on the marsh. The idea for the event was born on Memorial ...
A near 60 vehicle pile-up in heavy snow on Austria's main east–west highway causes one death with six injuries. [64] 11 January 2009: United States (Derry, New Hampshire) 50+ There was a pileup on I-93 involving "more than 50 cars..." in Derry, New Hampshire. [65] 19 July 2009: Germany (Braunschweig, Lower Saxony) 66: 259
The cause of the accident was a jam in the elevator control system. [130] July 20, 1978: Douglas C-47A TG-PAW — Damaged beyond repair in an accident at Guatemala's Lake Peten Itza whilst on a flight from Dos Lagunas Airport to Flores International Airport. [131] July 26, 1978: Douglas DC-3 TG-AFA —
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045 was a charter flight on January 13, 1977, from Grant County, Washington, to Tokyo, Japan, with a stopover in Anchorage, Alaska.The flight crashed during the initial climb shortly after takeoff from Anchorage, in part because the captain, Hugh L. Marsh, was intoxicated as shown by a blood alcohol level of 0.29; the co-pilot and the other crew were not impaired.
A college student lost his three family members after they died in a crash on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. The New Jersey State Police tells PEOPLE that David Dryerman, 54, was driving ...
Nine passengers in the DHC-3 sustained serious injuries and one passenger died on the scene, while the pilot of the DHC-3 sustained suffered head trauma during the accident; all four passengers and the pilot in the DHC-2 died on impact. [1] Six injured victims were admitted to a local hospital and four others were evacuated to Seattle. [6]