Arizona sun., 1948-01-02
CHRONOLOGY
OF !947
DISASTERS

January
Five killed when DC-3
transport crashes near
Charleston, S. c.
TRANSPORT plane falls near Carmel.
N. j.. killing 3, injuring 20.
12-Airliner crashes near Galax, Va.'
killing 18 of 19 aboard.
13-Fifteen miners die in gas explosion
in coal mine in Nottingham, Pa.
3O-Tornado sweeping through Alabama,
Tennessee. Arkansas and Missouri
kills 20.
February
1s-Twenty:one killed, 128 injured when
ment in Allegheny mountains near
Altoona, Pa.
20-Explosion of tank in electroplating
factory in central Los Angeles kills
Is. iniureS 1853, demoliSheS area hall
mile square.
March
25-Worst mine disaster since 1928
takes toll of Ill lives in Centralia.
ILL.,, explosion.
April
2LExplosion in fireworks plant in Clin-
ton, Mo-, kills 10.
9-Tornadoes rip through Texas Pan
handle and Oklahoma, killing 1873.
injuring 1000 Woodward. Okla.
hardest hit, with "a dead.
16-Most of Texas City, Tex, destroyed
by enormous explosion when freight
er, loaded with nitrate fertilizer, ex-
plodes in harbor and sets fire to
docks, oil tanks and factories. Fire
RACES for three days. Toll; 400 kill
ed, $500 injured.
2e-Tornado destroys Worth. Mo. kill.
ing IA. Another tWiSter kills y In
rural northwest Arkansas.
May
6-Outbreak of infant diarrhea in Phila.
delphia area causes deaths OF u
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 Ft. De.
post, Md, killing all So on board.
Two crashes rank as worst air dis
aSters in U. S. history.
31-Tornado strikes Leedy, Okla, wreck
ing town. killing 6.
June
Tornado kills 35 in farming section
near Pine Bluff Ark.
9-Mississippi river floods lowlands in
northern Missouri, southern Iowa
and Illinois, forcing $4,000 to aban.
tumwa, Iowa.
lS-All so on board DC-4 airliner killed
when it strikes mountain near Lees
burg, Va.
22-Flash food browns II in Cambridge.
Neb.
July
S-Tornado kills II near Grand Forks.
1s-Chartered DC-3 transport plane
crashes in swamp near Melbourne.
Fla, killing 81, injuring Is.
29-EXploSion wrecks beauty shop in
Harrisonburg, Va. Ten women killed.
80 persons injured.
August
8-Four die when chartered plane dives
into chimney of gas plant in Ever
EFT. Mass.
September
3-Labor day weekend takes death toll
of 456, compared with 457 in 1916.
11-TWenty killed when exclusion boat
blows up at Pittsburgh dock. p
20-Hurricane sweeps in over southern
Florida. crosses Gulf of Mexico,
strikes Louisiana, Mississippi and
Arkansas Toll: 100 killed, many in.
jured, property loss of IS to 80 mil.
lion dollars.
21-Flood following hurricane browns
81 In New orleans area.
2e-Fire on New York City pier results
in injuries to 144 fremen. five mil.
lion dollar loss.
October
A-Fifty-two killed when transport plane
crashes in Bryce Canyon. Utah.
25-Forest fires in Maine kill IT, destroy
many homes. Fires rage throughout
northeastern states.
26-Transport hits mountain in Alaska.
killing 18. o.
November
13-Army plane hits Mt. Spokane. WASH.
killing five men.
2l-Nine naval personnel killed, two
saved in crash of bomber id Pacific.
100 miles southwest of San Diego.
Calf
December
0-Army plane crashes near Goose
Bay. Labrador; 23 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.
1t-CAB tabulation shows 1947 toll Of
274 fatalities in mishaps involving
scheduled airlines.
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