The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-08
CHRONOLOGY
or 1912

~ ~ DISASTERS
- - January
Five killed when Dos
@fM transport crashes near
Charleston, S. c.
1-Transport plane falls near Carmel, N.
J., killing 3. injuring 20. "a,
12-Airliner Crashes near Galax, Va. kill
ing 10 of 10 aboard. i.
13-Fifteen miners die In gas explosion III
coal mine in Nottingham, Pa,
30-Tornado sweeping through. Alabama,
Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri kills
90.
February
ls-Twenty-one killed. 1873 injured when
train plunges over 150-foot embark
ment in Allegheny mountains near Al
toona, Pa.
2O-Explosion of tank in electroplating fac
tory In central Los Angeles Kills 10, m
lures 1885, demolshes area half mile
square.
March
a5-Worst mine disaster since 1928 takes
toll of Ill lives in Centralia, ILL.,, ex-
plosion.
April
2-Explosion In fireworks plant in Clinton.
Mo-, Kills 10.
0-Tornadoes rip through Texas Panhandle
and Oklahoma, killing 1888, injuring
1000. Woodward Okla. hardest hit.
with "a dead.
1e-Most Of Texas City, Tex, destroyed by
enormous explosion when reighter,
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.
S9-TornadO destroys Worth, Mo, killing
IA Another twister kills 9 in rural
northwest Arkansas.
May
e-outbreak Of infant diarrhea In Philadel.
e9-Forty.two killed when DC-4 airliner
crashes after take-off at La Guardia
field, New York. Seven survive.
So-DC-4 airllner crashes near Ft. Deposit.
Md, killing all SO on board. Two crash
es rank as worst air disasters In U. 5.
sl-Tornado strikes Leedy. Okla. wrecking
town. killing Q.
June
1-Tornado kills IS In farming section near
Pine Bluff, Ark.
e-Mississippi river floods lowlands in
northern Missouri, southern Iowa and
ILLINOIS, FORCING GZUUU 10 apdnuOn HOuleS
Seven drowned at Ottumwa, Iowa.
13-All so on board DC-4 airliner killed
when it strikes mountains near Lees
22-Fiash Good browns II in Cambridge,
Neb.
July
s-Tornado kills IL near Grand Forks.
N. D.
1s-Chartered DC-S transport plane crashes
In swamp near Melbourne, Fla. killing
29-Explosion wrecks beauty shop In Har-
risonburg, Va. Ten women killed, 30
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
456, compared with Asst 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 25 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 iremen, FIVE million dol
lar loss.
October
24-Fifty-two killed when transport plane
crashes in Bryce Canyon, Utah.
25-ForeSt fires in Maine kill IL, destroy
many homes. Fires rage throughout
northeastern states.
28-Transport hits mountain in Alaska. kill
ing 18.
November
7-Tornadoes strike Louisiana. killing A. In
juring IL.
13-Army plane hits Mt. Spokane. Wash.
killing five men.
21-Nine naval personnel killed, two saved
in crash of bomber in Pacific, 100 miles
southwest of San Diego. Calf.
December
e--Army plane crashes near Goose Bay.
Labrador; % die, six rescued.
1.-Two passenger trains collide head-on
near New Braunfels. Tex. killing two.
injuring nine.
12-Army plane burns and crashes near
Memphis, Tenn, killing 20.
15-CAB tabulation shows 1947 toll Of 274
fatalities In mishaps involving scheduled