The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-01-01

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W. DISASTERS
- 2ses January
80 Five killed when dos
TfA transport crashes near
Charleston, S. G.
TRANSPORT plane falls near Carmel, N.
j., killing 3. injuring 90. 80,
12-Airiner crashes near Galax, va, KILL
13-Fifte ag u miners die in gas explosion in
coal mine in Nottingham, IA.
3O-Tornado sweeping through Alabama,
Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri Kills
90
February
18-Twenty.one killed, 1913 injured when
train plunges over 150-foot embark
ment in Allegheny mountains near AL
2o-Explosion of tank in electroplating fac
tory in central Los Angeles kills Is, in.
jures 1853, demolishes area half mile
square.
25-Worst mine disaster since 1923 takes
ton of Ill lives in Centralia. ILL.,, ex-
plosion.
April
2-Explosion in fireworks plant in Clinton.
Mo-. kills 10.
and Oklahoma. killing 1873. injuring
1000. Woodward, Okla. hardest HIT
with ga dead.
enormous explosion when freighter,
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 in rural
northwest Arkansas.
May
6-Outbreak of infant diarrhea in Philadel-
phia area causes deaths of 81 babies.
29-Forty-tWo killed when DC-4 airliner
crashes after take-off at La Guardia
field. New York. Seven survive.
3O-DC-4 airliner crashes near FIT Deposit.
Nd, killing all So on board. Two crash
es rank as worst air disasters in U. S.
sl-Tornado strikes Leedy. Okla. wrecking
town, killing 6.
June
1-Tornado kills 35 in farming section near
Pine Bluff, Ark.
9-Missssippi river floods lowlands in
northern Missouri, southern Iowa and
Illinois, forcing % 900 to abandon homes.
Seven drowned at OttumWa. Iowa.
bah so on board DC-4 airliner Killed
when il strikes mountains near Lees
22-F Flash food browns IL in Cambridge.
Neb.
s-Tornado kills IL near Grand Forks.
l3-chartered DC-3 transport plane crashes
in swamp near Melbourne, Fla, killing
29-Explosion ne wrecks beauty shop in Har-
risonburg, Va. Ten women killed. 80
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.
ida, crosses Gulf of Mexico. strikes
Louisiana. Mississippi and Arkansas.
Toll 100 killed, many injured. property
loss of 25 to 80 million dollars.
21-Flood following hurricane browns 81 in
New Orleans area.
29-Fire on New York City pier results in
injuries to 144 fremen, 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 a. in.
iuring -.
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
9--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-ATmy plane burns and crashes near
Memphis, Tenn, killing 20.
15-CAB tabulation shows 1947 toll of 274
fatalities in mishaps involving scheduled
airlines.