Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-01-02

Chronology
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sNYRX January
EkRLl 49, 4-Tornado in
L-zz---- northeast Tex
as kills 20. in
lures hundreds. many homeless.
l5-Explosion in coal mine near WEIGH,
W. Va. brings death TO ID. injuries
i8-All IL 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.
2e--Main hangar at Oklahoma City.
Okla. airport burns. killing 10. in
juring 38.
30-Airliner strikes Elk mountain in Wyo
ming. All q on board die.
February
2-Thirteen elderly people burn to death
In Cleveland home for aged.
4-Liner Yukon breaks up In storm off
Seward. Alaska. Two reported dead.
81 missing.
March
3-Airliner hits Laguna mountain In Cal
ifornia. All 81 on board die.
l0-Seven killed In crash OF Beg near
San francisco.
l7-Tornadoes sweep Alabama. Missis.
sippi and Georgia with death toll of
seven.
l0--Army transport expodes over Sierra
Nevadas In California. killing 20 on
board.
April
7-Tornado kills four In Admission. Ala.
25-Forty.four killed, 100 injured when
train crashes rear of first section in
Naperviile. Ill.
30-Destroyer escort blows up while I'M
loading ammunition at Earle. N. j..
killing 7. injuring 1865.
May
lo-rTwo navy bombers collide near Mum
son. Fla. 20 die.
16-TWenty seven killed In air transport
crash near Richmond. Va.
2O-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
history.
Sire in Dubuque. Iowa. hotel causes
10 deaths.
Electrical storm in Massachusetts
kills 10.
l2-B.29 crashes into peak near Gatlin-
burg. Tenn. killing IL army person
mel.
i7-Tornado along U. s..canadian border
brings death to IA.
July
8-Tioliday weekend deaths total 23I,
mostly traffic casualties.
sS-Natural gas explosion in Buzzard's
Bay. Mass, kills 9. INJURIES 60.
l9--Army plane crashes. in storm near
Luoodland. Kans., killing 10.
August
Navy bomber falls back after take
of killing ii at San Diego, Calf.
SIPS bomber crashes In Long Beach.
Calf. killing six.
i6-Flood In st. Louis browns 2. leaves
1000 homeless.
1e-Tornado rips through Minnesota. kill
ing at Mankato. injurins so.
September
25-six crewmen die in explosion ard
fire on tanker Bennington outside Will
mington. N. c.. harbor.
26-Train wreck near Victorville. Calf,
kills 6. Injuries SO.
October
2-Crash and explosion of BIO bomber
near Battle mountain. New, kills IL.
3-Overseas airliner strikes NIL near
Stephenville. Newfoundland, killing
all 80 persons aboard, In worst dis
aster in commercial aviation history.
c---Airliner crashes at Cheyenne. Wyo,
killing 2. in1uring 10.
<17-Air Transport service plane crashes
near Laramie. Wyo.. killing IL.
November
e--Flood waters of Neches river recede
at Beaumont. Tex, after extensive
damage 10 rice crop and 5000
homes.
l3-Boiler expiodes In school In Baroda.
Mich, killing one, injuring 49,
Storm forces air liner down near
SLnland, Calf. II die.
Colorado blizzard causes 10 deaths,
extensive livestock loss
December
7--Createst hotel Ere In history kifls
100, Injuries 100 in Atlanta, Ga.
13--N. Y tenement collapses, with death
toll Of 81.
Eighteen men. including IA soldiers.
killed in tr- crash at Mansfield,
Ohio.
SnGHs
SW January
l--AA--J Bowl" football
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