Laurel outlook., 1947-12-31
CHRONOLOGY
or l947


S January
Five killed when DC;
~ transport crashes neal
Charleston. S.. c.
Transport plane falls near CARMEL N
J., killing 3. injuring 20. ~,
12-Airliner crashes near Galax. Va. kill
ing 10 of 10 aboard. l.,
13-Fifteen miners die in gas explosion In
coal mine in Nottingham, Pa.
30-Tornado sweeping through Alabama,
Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri kills
February
18-Twenty-one killed, 1913 injured when
train plunges over 150.foot embark
ment in Allegheny mountains near AL
toona, Pa.
tory in central Los Angeles kills 10, IN
jures 1853. demolishes area half mile
square.
March
25-Worst mine disaster since 1928 takes
lOu " 4 lives III SCDlAd AAo 14st ~
April
2-ExplOsiOn in fireworks plant in Clinton
e-Tornadoes rip through Texas Panhandle
and Oklahoma, killing 1873, inJuring
1000. Woodward. Okla. hardest hit.
with "a dead.
1e-Most of Texas City. Tex. DESTROYED. by
enormous explosion when frelghter,
loaded with nitrate fertilizer. explodes
in harbor and sets fire to docks, oil
tanks and factories. Fire RACES for three
days. Toll; 400 killed. $500 injured.
29-Tornado destroys Worth. Mo-, killing
IA. Another twister kills 8 in rural
northwest Arkansas.
May
e-outbreak of infant diarrhea in Philadel-
29-Forty-two killed when DC-4 %airliner
crashes after take-off at La Guardia
field, New York. Seven survive.
30-DC-4 airliner crashes near Fl. Deposit,
Md, killing all SO on board. Two crash
es rank as worst air disasters in U. 5.
31-Tornado strikes Leedy. Okla. wrecking
town. killing 6.
June
1-Tornado kills IS in farming section near
Pine Bluff, Ark.
e-Mississippi river floods lowlands IN
~ "a
Illinois, forcing %. 900 to abandon homes.
Seven drowned at Ottumwa, Iowa.
bah so on board DC-4 airliner killed
when 1t strikes mountains near Lees
22-Fiash food browns IL in Cambridge,
Neb.
July
a-TornadO kills II near Grand Forks.
13-Chartered DC-3 transport plane crashes
in swamp near Melbourne. Fla. killing
81, injuring Is.
risonburg, Va. Ten women killed. 81
persons injured.
August
s-Four die when chartered plane dives
into chimney of gas plant in Everett.
Mass.
September
3-Labor day weekend takes death toll of
ass. compared with 457 in 1916.
11-Twenty killed when excursion boat blows
up at Pittsburgh dock.
20-Hurricane sweeps in over southern Flor
ida. crosses Gulf of Mexico. strikes
louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas.
Toll: 100 killed. many injured, property
loss of rs to 80 million dollars.
2l-Flood following hurricane browns 81 In
New Orleans area;
29-Fire on New York City pier results in
injuries to 144 6remen. five million dol.
lar loss.
October
24-Fifty-two killed when transport plane
crashes in Bryce Canyon. Utah.
25-ForeSt fires in Maine kill II, destroy
many homes. Fires rage throughout
northeastern states.
26-Transport hits mountain in Alaska. kill
ing Is.
November
7-Tornadoes strike Louisiana. killing 4. in
juring II.
plane hits Mt. Spokane. WASH.
killing five men.
naval personnel killed. two saved
in crash of bomber in Pacific. 100 miles
southwest of San Diego. Calf.
9-Army plane crashes near Goose Bay.
Labrador; % die. six rescued.
passenger trains collide head.on
near New Braunfels. Tex. killing two.
iniuring nine.
2-Army plane burns and crashes near
Memphis. Tenn. killing 20.
5-CAB tabulation shows l947 toll of 274
fatalities in mishaps involving scheduled ]
airlines.