Nogales international., 1947-01-01

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|El ZctKs January @rar9.a. in
C- northeast Tex
as kills 20, in
jures hundreds, many homeless.
15-Explosion in coal mine near Welch,
w. Va, brings death to IA, injuries
to %.
ls-AI 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.
28-Main hangar at Oklahoma City.
Okla. Okla, airport al burns killing TO- IN
3o-Airliner strikes Elk mountain in Wyo-
ming. All 81 on board die.
February
&Thirteen elderly people burn to death
in Cleveland home for aged.
+Liner Yukon breaks up in storm of
Seward. Alaska. Two reported dead.
81 missing.
March
AAirliner hits Laguna mountain in Cal
| ifornia. All 81 on board die.
10-Seven killed in crash OF B-29 near
17-Tornadoes sweep Alabama. Missis.
sippi and Georgia with death toll OF
seven.
19-Army transport explodes over Sierra
Nevadas in California. killing 26 on
board.
April
7-Tornado kills four in Admission. Ala.
25-Forty-four killed, 100 injured when
train crashes rear of first section in
| Naperville, Ill.
3O-Destroyer escort blows up while un-
loading ammunition at Earle, N. j.,
killing 7, injuring 165.
May
1O-Two navy bombers collide near Num-
son, Fla, % die.
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.
| 9-Fire in Dubuque, Iowa, motel causes
| IN deaths
Electrical storm in Massachusetts
kills 10.
12-B-29 crashes into peak near Gatlin-
burg. Tenn, killing IL army person
mel.
17-Tornado along U. S.-Canadian border
brings death to IA.
July
a-Holiday weekend deaths total 2S1,
mostly traffic casualties.
18-Natural gas explosion in Buzzard's s
Bay, Mass, kills 8, Injuries 60.
19-Army plane crashes in storm near
Goodland, KanS., killing IL.
August
Navy bomber falls back after take
off killing II at San Diego, Calf.
3-B-25 bomber crashes in Long Beacn.
1e-Fiood in St. Louis browns 2. leaves
1s-Tornado rips through Minnesota. kill
ing at Mankato. injuring 30.
September
2s-Six crewmen die in explosion and
fire on tanker Bennington outside Will
mington, N. c.. harbor.
l26-Train wreck near VictorV1lle' Call1.'
kills 6, Injuries so.
October
2-Crash and explosion of B-2s bomber
| near Battle mountain New, Kills ii.
3-OVerseas airliner strikes hill near
Stephenville, Newfoundland, killing
all 80 persons aboard, in worst dls-
aster in commercial aviation history.
8-Airliner crashes at Cheyenne, Wyo :
killing 2, injuring 10.
17-Air Transport service plane crashes
near Laramie. Wyo.. killing l3
November
6-Flood waters of Neches river recede
at Beaumont, Tex, after extensive
damage to rice crop and 5'Ooo
homes.
Mich, killing one, injuring 10.
Storm forces air liner down near
Sunland. Calf, II die.
Colorado blizzard causes Is deaths.
| extensive livestock loss.
December
7-Greatest hotel fire in history kills
12O, 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.
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4N January
1A-kzA1 1-"Bowl" footba III
S. California IA; Oklahoma M
"a. ST. Mary's 13; East All Stars tie
West All Stars to Z.
23-Bobby Riggs retains world protes
siona1 tennis title by beating Don
Bulge in Los Angeles
February
17-Alf Engen becomes American SKI
champion with jump OF 259 feet al
Steamboat Springs, Colo:
22-Lee Oma credited with knockou'
over Gus Lesnivich, world hght
heavyweight champion, in non-tltle
fight in New York.
March