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April 12 – United States – A head-end collision of a work train and a through freight train occurred near Pineville, Kentucky killing two. [9] [10]May 26 - United States - “Electric cars racing for a switch while running in opposite directions, at the rate of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), cost five lives in the afternoon by a terrific collision, in which over forty prominent people were ...
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, Chicago, Illinois; 45 killed plus hundreds injured [192] [193] [194] 1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [195] [196] 1974 Decatur tank car explosion, Decatur, Illinois; 7 killed plus hundreds injured [197] [198] 1976 1976 Beckemeyer train accident, 12 killed and four injured.
The financial cost of the fire, which began Saturday, May 19, 1934, [2] was estimated at US$8 million (about $182 million today). [3] Six square blocks were destroyed. [4] One employee and thousands of animals died. [2] A fire station, six fire engines and a hook-and-ladder truck were among the losses. [1]
George Strock (July 3, 1911 – August 23, 1977) was a photojournalist during World War II when he took a picture of three American soldiers who were killed during the Battle of Buna-Gona on the Buna beach. It became the first photograph to depict dead American troops on the battlefield to be published during World War II.
CHICAGO — The names of four fallen officers, including one who died more than 100 years ago, were added Wednesday to the memorial wall at Gold Star Families Memorial and Park, just east of ...
Chicago Union Stock Yards fire may refer to: Chicago Union Stock Yards fire (1910) , 21 firefighters and 3 civilians killed Chicago Union Stock Yards fire (1934) , second-most destructive Chicago fire in terms of property loss
Horrific video shows suspect watching woman burn to death in F train car after he allegedly set her on fire Tina Moore, Larry Celona, Joe Marino, Steve Janoski, Dorian Geiger December 22, 2024 at ...
We need to remember Daniel Enriquez who, as his sister said, “did die in vain” when a deranged gunman shot and killed the 48-year-old Goldman Sachs employee on the Q train as he was headed to ...