Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-12-29
CHRONOLOGY
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CHRONOLOGY
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May 21-Mrs. Amelia Earhart Put
nam landed near Londonderry. Ire
land. the first woman ever to ny
across the Atlantic alone. ~
by Lieutenants Paul and. Bishop. won
June s3-lS,r #. Hausner started flight
ir9m June SsT 19s e Poans DcEsd up !. sea
after floating eight days on his plane.
July 6-James Mattern and Bennett
Griffin started round-the-world flight
July es-Mattern and Grimm crossed
ocean In record time. landed at Ber-
lin and departed for Moscow:
forced lending 50 miles from Minsk,.
July 22-Capt. Wolfgang Won GsA4s
nau OF Germany and three companions
new from Germany to Iceland on way
Aug. s-von Gronau arrived at CHI.
Aug. ls-Prof. Auguste PICARD rose
feet over sw,taerIand % and Italy.
Capt J. A. Moliison began fight
from Ireland across Atlantic in Moth
plane.
Aug. 1s-Mollison landed in New
Brunswick. completing first westward
solo flight across. the Atlantic. u.
Aug. 22-Mrs. Louise Thaden ana
Mrs. Frances Marsalis set new wom.
ems endurance flight record OF 8 days.
Aug. 24-Amelia Earhart Putnam set
new new Women,s T;n records hy Is.nour Is pom
ark.
Aug. 25--Clyde Lee and John Book
hon started flight from Harbor Grace
Aug. 2s-J. 6. HaizIip set new coast
to.coast record Of 10 hours. - minutes;
2 Sept 3--Major Doolittle set new land
an hour at National Air races in cievs-
Sept ll--Mr. and Mrs. q. r. Hutch.
i. iinson. two v daughters and m crew. crew OF of
Sept. is-W. Uibricht and Edna
Newcomer. pilots. and DR.. Z. N. Pts.
@ stop nSRRs' ss to S Rome sS% ss snd we're lost At
Nov. l4-Roscoe Turner set new
sSs from e ~ Ns% sHurs 7ors to
Nov ls-Amy johnson completed
London to Capetown flight IN record
Rs Nov q is@Msmoriai ix hnp' 70 y Wilbur as ana
3rville Or VII y Wright unveiled at Kitty
DISASTERS
Jan: Fifty killed In train wreck
jan: se-British submarine lost
near Portland with crew Of is1.
ages by Gush ss Rady Ried
Feb. 4-Seventeen killed by explo.
sion Of motorship at Marcus Hook; Pa:
Feb. 26-Thirteen persons killed BY
avalanches near Seattle.
Feb. 27-Mine explosion at Poca-
March Ia-isiand Of Banda .Neira in
ana .S great
'oss March ea hisi sii-rornadoe. in Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky. South Carolina and
Tennessee killed s5s and did great
March 27-rornado killed .. In
jured SO in Alabama.
5ao ls1 .,. oes SuSns IN q. 0,:s. co
April sss-Tornadoes in Tennessee.
nsy .se nunalss hed kee nes By
typhoon in Philippines.
Cunard pier. New York.
phiiippar burned in s Gulf Of Adsn: s.
June s-Earthouake killed hundreds
In Guadalajara region Of Mexico.
house nre in cieveland. Ohio.
June 17-Explosion on Oil tanker at
Montreal killed 20 men.
June 1S-Hailstorm in Honan prov.
ince, China, killed 200.
July French submarine Promethee
sank OF Normandy coast with So men.
July 10--Explosion of ammunition
depot in Nanking, China. killed 50.
July l3-Three million dollar fire on
Coney Island, N. Y.
July 2S-German training ship Niobs
sank In storm; SO drowned
Aug. six million dollar fire In
Chicago packing house district.
Aug. l3-Forty killed In south Texas
storm.
Sept. s-Fifty-six workmen killed
by steamer explosion at New York.
Sept. 14-Fifty Ave men killed In
wreck Of French Foreign Legion train
sept as-Earthquaks in the Balkans
killed about 135.
Sept 17-Hurricans swept Porto
Rico. killing several hundred and doc
ing vast damage.
Sept 30-Forty lives lost In cloud
burst In Tehachapi pass. California.
Nov. 9-Disastrous storm in south.
ern Cuba; $500 killed and great dam
Nov. i1-Japan swept by terrific ty-
phoon: scores Of lives lost and many
towns and villages wrecked.
Dec. 6-Japanese destroyer capsi1cd
In storm; los mon lost.
Dec. 7-Fourteen coal miners killed
BY blast at Madrid. N. M.
Dec. 9-Explosion In coal mine at
Yancey. KY. killed %.