Arizona sun., 1947-01-03
Chronology
Of 1916
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LZ|KxsJansuary,
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as kills 20. in
lures hundreds. many homeless.
l5-ExploSion in coal mine near Welch,
w. Va. brings death to A. injuries
l8-All II persons aboard airliner die
when plane catches fire and crashes
near Cheshire. Conn.
27-Ten burn to death in apartment house
fire in Kansas City. Mo. ,...
28-Main hangar at Oklahoma CITY,
okla, airport burns. killing 10. in
so-Airliner strikes Elk mountain in Wyo.
ming All 81 on board die.
February
AThirteen elderly people burn to death
in Cleveland home for aged.
4-Iiner Yukon breaks up in storm off
Seward. Alaska. Two reported dead.
81 missing.
March
3-Airliner hits Laguna mountain in Cal
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1e-Seven killed in crash Of B-29 near
San Francisco.
H-Tornadoes sweep Alabama. Missis.
sippi and Georgia with death toll OF
ls-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 un-
loading ammunition at Earle. N. j..
killing Z. injuring 165.
May
1O-Two navy bombers collide near Mum
1e-Twenty-s killed In air transport
crash near Richmond, Va.
2o-Army plane strikes New York City
skyscraper. killing six army person
mel.
June
1LaSalle hotel fire In Chicago takes 81
lives, greatest disaster in U. S. hotel
history.
Sire in Dubuque. Iowa. hotel causes
10 deaths.
Electrical storm in Massachusetts
kills 10.
12-B-29 crashes into peak near Gatlin-
burg. Tenn. killing II army person
mel.
I7-Tornado along U. S. Canadian border
brings death to IA.
July
e-Hoiiday weekend deaths total 23l.
mostly traffic casualties.
l8-Natural gas explosion in BuzZard's
Bay. Mass. kills 8. Injuries 90.
l9-Army plane crashes in storm near
Goodland. Kans., killing i3.
August
Navy bomber falls back after take
off killing IL at San Diego, Calf.
S-B-25 bomber crashes in Long Beach.
Calf, killing six.
16-FIood in st. Louis browns 2. leaves
1000 homeless.
1S-Tornado rips through Minnesota, kill
ing at Mankato, injuring so.
September
2s-Six crewmen die in explosion and
fire on tanker Bennington outside Will
mington, N. c., harbor.
26-Train wreck near Victorville. Calf,
kills s. Injuries SO.
OCTOBER
2-Crash and explosion of B-29 bomber
near Battle mountain. New. kills IL.
3-OverSeas airliner strikes hill near
Stephenville, Newfoundland, killing
'XaH 80 persons aboard, in worst dis
aster in commercial aviation history.
8-Airiiner crashes at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
killing 2, injuring 10. -
flair Transport service plane crashes
- near Laramie, Wyo.. killing 13.
November
8FIood, waters of Neches river recede
%2 at Beaumont, Tex, after extensive
damage to rice crop and 5000
N homes.
f3-Boiler expiodes in school in Baroda.
Mich, killing one, injuring l9.
Storm forces air liner down near
Sunland, Calf. IL die.
Colorado blizzard causes 10 deaths.
extensive livestock loss.
December
T-Greatest hotel fire in history kills
12O, Injuries 100. in Atlanta, Ga.
lS-N Y tenement collapses, with death
toll of 81.
Eighteen men. including IA soldiers,
killed in train crash at Mansfield.
Ohio.