The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-01-01
CHRONOLOGY
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"a DISASTERS
N January
Five killed when DC-s
~ transport crashes near
Charleston, S. c.
Transport plane falls near Carmel,
N. j.. killing 3. injuring 20.
R-Airliner crashes near Galax. Va.
killing Is of 10 aboard.
1S-Fifteen miners die in gas explosion
in coal mine in Nottingham, Pa.
$o-Tornado sweeping through Alabama,
Tennessee. Arkansas and Missouri
kills 20.
February
1s-Twenty-one killed, 12s injured when
train plunges over 15o-foot embark
ment in Allegheny mountains near
Altoona. Pa.
20-Explosion of tank in electropIating
factory in central Los Angeles kills
Is. Injuries 15s. demolishes area half
March
2S-Worst mine disaster since 1928
takes toll of Ill lives in Centralia.
Ill. explosion.
April
1+Explosion in fireworks plant in clin.
ton. Mo-, kills 10.
eTornadoes rip through Texas PAN
handle and Oklahoma. killing 138.
tniuring 1000. Woodward. Okla.
hardest hit, with "a dead.
1s-Most OF City. Tex, destroyed
by enormous explosion when freight
er. loaded with nitrate fertilizer. ex.
plodes in harbor and sets fire to
docks, oil tanks n factories. Fire
RACES for three days. Toll; 400 kill.
ed. $500 injured.
1s-Tornado destroys Worth. No. kin.
ing IA. Another twister kills Q In
rural northwest Arkansas.
May
s-outbreak of infant diarrhea in Phila.
delphia area causes deaths of q
2o-Forty.two killed when Dc-4 airliner
crashes after take-off at La Guardia
field, New York. Seven survive.
S0-DC-4 airliner crashes near Fl. De-
posit. Md, killing all So on board.
Two crashes rank as worst air dis
asters In u. S. history.
S1-Tornado strikes Leedy. Okla. wreck
ing town. killing 6.
June
I-Tornado kills IS in farming section
near Pine Bluff, Ark.
9-Mississippi river foods lowlands In
northern Missouri, southern iowa
and Illinois. forcing $1,000 to aban-
don homes. Seven drowned at OF.
tumwa, Iowa.
bah so on board Dc-4 airliner killed
when It strikes mountain near Lees
sa-FIash 5ood drowns IL in Cambridge.
Neb.
July
s-Tornado kills IL near Grand Forks.
I3-chartered Dos transport plane
crashes in swamp near Melbourne.
Fla. killing 81. injuring Is.
29-ExploSion wrecks beauty shop in
Harrisonburg. Va. Ten women killed.
30 persons injured.
August
s-Four die when chartered plane dives
into chimney of gas plant in Ever.
September
3-Labor day weekend takes death toll
of 456, compared with 457 in 1916.
I-Twenty killed when exclusion boat
blows up at Pittsburgh dock.
z0-Hurricane sweeps in over southern
Florida. crosses Gulf of Mexico,
strikes louisiana, Mississippi and
Arkansas. Toll: 100 killed. many in
iured. property loss of Is to 80 mil
lion dollars.
2i-Flood following hurricane browns
81 in New Orleans area.
5S-Fire on New York City pier results
in injuries to ia iremen, five mil
lion dollar loss.
October
a4-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.
2~6-Transport hits mountain In Alaska.
killing ID.
November
I3-Army plane hits Mt. Spokane. Wash.
killing FIVE men.
2l-Nine naval personnel killed, two
saved in crash of bomber in Pacific,
100 miles southwest of San Diego.
Calf.
December
p-Army plane crashes neal Goose
Bay. Labrador; % die. six rescued.
1.-Two passenger trains collide head.
on near New Braunfels. Tex. killing
two. injuring nine.
l2-Army plane burns and crashes near
Memphis. Tenn. killing 90:
I5-CAB tabulation shows 1947 toll OF
274 fatalities in mishaps involving
scheduled a~irlines.