The Omaha guide., 1946-12-28
Chronology
Of GAG

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CD northeast Tex.
as kills %. in.
jures hundreds. many homeless.
l5-Explosion in coal mine near WEIGH,
W. Va, brings death to IA, injuries
to %.
Is-All IL persons aboard airliner die
when plane catches fire and crashes
neal Cheshire, Conn.
27-Ten burn to death in apartment house
fire in Kansas City. Mo.
Okla, airport burns. killing 10. in
juring 38.
3o-AirIiner strikes Elk mountain in Wyo.
ming. All 81 on board die.
February
Thirteen elderly people burn to death
in Cleveland home for aged.
ALiner Yukon breaks up in storm off
Seward. Alaska. Two reported dead.
81 missing.
March
3-Airliner hits Laguna mountain in Cal.
ifornia. AL q on board die.
10ISeven killed in crash of Bog near
San Francisco.
17-Tornadoes sweep Alabama. Missis.
sippi and Georgia with death toll of
seven
Ie-Army transport explodes over Sierra
Nevadas in California. killing 26 on
board.
April
Tornado kills four In Admission. Ala.
25-Forty-four killed. 100 injured when
train crashes rear Of first section in
Naperville, Ill.
30-Destroyer escort blows up while I'M
loading ammunition at Earle. N. j.,
killing z, injuring 165.
May
10-Two navy bomber collide near Mum
son, Fla, % die.
I6-Twenty-seven killed In air transport
crash near Richmond, Va.
20-Army plane strikes New York City
skyscraper. killing six army person.
mel.
June
5-LaSalle hotel fire in Chicago takes 81
lives, greatest disaster in U. S. hotel
9-Fire in Dubuque. Iowa, hotel causes
10 deaths.
Electrical storm in Massachusetts
kills 10.
I2-B-29 crashes into peak heal Gatlin-
burg, Tenn, killing IL army person
mel.
l7-Tornado along U. S..Canadian border
brings death to IA.
July
e-Holiday weekend deaths total 231,
mostly traffic casualties.
1a-Natural gas explosion in Buzzard's
Bay, Mass. kills 8. Injuries go.
19-Army plane crashes in storm near
Goodland, Kans.. killing Is.
August
Navy bomber falls back after take
off killing II at San Diego, Calf.
3-B-25 bomber crashes in Long Beach,
Calf. killing six.
Is-Flood in St. Louis browns 2. leaves
1000 homeless.
1s-Tornado rips through Minnesota. kill
ing z at Mankato. injuring so.
September
25-Six crewmen die in explosion and
fire on tanker Bennington outside Will
mington, N. c., harbor.
26-Train wreck near Victorville. Calf,
KILLS. o, ulJuI6S ~.
October
2-Crash and explosion of B-29 bomber
near Battle mountain, New, kills IL.
31OverSeas rim strikes hill neal
Stephenvile, Newfoundland, killing
all 80 persons aboard, in worst dis
aSter in commercial aviation history.
S-Airliner crashes at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
killing 2, injuring 10.
17-Air Transport service plane crashes
near Laramie, Wyo.. killing Is.
November
6-Flood waters of Neches river recede
at Beaumont. Tex, after extensive
damage to rice crop and 5000
homes.
13-Boiler explodes in school in Baroda.
Mich, killing one, injuring 10.
Storm forces air liner down neal
Sunland, Calf. IL die.
Colorado blizzard causes IS deaths.
extensive livestock loss.
December
7-Greatest hotel fire in history kills
120, injuries 100, in Atlanta, Ga.
13-N. Y. tenement collapses, with death
toll of 81.
Eighteen men, including IA soldiers,
killed in train crash at Mansfield,
Ohio.