Hamden, Connecticut, USA
1873 - SIXTEEN PERSONS INJURED IN CONNECTICUT.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 30. - The 5 3/ 4 P.M. passenger train from this city, for Northampton, on the New Haven and Northampton Railroad, was thrown from the track, at Hamden, about four miles from this city, this evening, by a broken rail. Sixteen persons were injured. A wrecking train was sent to the spot, and succeeded in clearing the track about midnight.
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The New York Times - New York, New York - January 31, 1873
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1873 - SIXTEEN PERSONS INJURED IN CONNECTICUT.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 30. - The 5 3/ 4 P.M. passenger train from this city, for Northampton, on the New Haven and Northampton Railroad, was thrown from the track, at Hamden, about four miles from this city, this evening, by a broken rail. Sixteen persons were injured. A wrecking train was sent to the spot, and succeeded in clearing the track about midnight.
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The New York Times - New York, New York - January 31, 1873
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Mooers, New York, USA
1881 - January 31 - A Mother's Fatal Error.
ALTONA, N.Y., Jan. 31. - Mrs Barcomb, of Mooers, locked her four children, the eldest being but seven years of age, in the house on Friday evening, while she went to the store for kerosene. After making the purchase and staring for home she discovered that her house was on fire. Help was immediately summoned, but on opening the door the flames rushed out so that it was impossible to enter. The... Read MORE...
Harrisburg Telegraph - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - January 31, 1881
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1881 - January 31 - A Mother's Fatal Error.
ALTONA, N.Y., Jan. 31. - Mrs Barcomb, of Mooers, locked her four children, the eldest being but seven years of age, in the house on Friday evening, while she went to the store for kerosene. After making the purchase and staring for home she discovered that her house was on fire. Help was immediately summoned, but on opening the door the flames rushed out so that it was impossible to enter. The... Read MORE...
Harrisburg Telegraph - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - January 31, 1881
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Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
1889 - The Camp Creek Wreck. Cars Wrecked And Passengers Injured. The Rails and the Train Rushes Down Into Disaster - The Number of Casualties Noted.
Milledgeville, Ga., January 30. [Special.] - The Central railroad train due here at 2:20 this afternoon, happened to an accident about five miles below this city, in which several cars were badly wrecked and several people severely injured. The train was a combination of freight and passenger cars, and was made up of six freight cars, a mail and express, baggage and smoking car, and a first-class ... Read MORE...
The Atlanta Constitution - Atlanta, Georgia - January 31, 1889
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1889 - The Camp Creek Wreck. Cars Wrecked And Passengers Injured. The Rails and the Train Rushes Down Into Disaster - The Number of Casualties Noted.
Milledgeville, Ga., January 30. [Special.] - The Central railroad train due here at 2:20 this afternoon, happened to an accident about five miles below this city, in which several cars were badly wrecked and several people severely injured. The train was a combination of freight and passenger cars, and was made up of six freight cars, a mail and express, baggage and smoking car, and a first-class ... Read MORE...
The Atlanta Constitution - Atlanta, Georgia - January 31, 1889
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Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
1921 - 12 DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE; TWO INQUIRIES BEGUN IN HOBOKEN. POLICE SEEK CAUSE OF BLAZE WHILE PROSECUTER INVESTIGATES CONDUCT OF HOSTELRY. SEVEN BODIES IDENTIFIED.
SHOES, RINGS AND SCORCHED REMNANTS OF CLOTHING GIVE CLUES IN SEVERAL CASES.
WOMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL.
FLAMES BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN ROOM SHORTLY AFTER COUPLE HAD GIVEN IT UP.
With twelve lives as the toll of the tragedy, an investigation was begun yesterday to learn the cause of the fire which swept the Hotel Colonial, 39-41 Newark Street, Hoboken, early yesterday. A second inquiry, to be ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 31, 1921
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1921 - 12 DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE; TWO INQUIRIES BEGUN IN HOBOKEN. POLICE SEEK CAUSE OF BLAZE WHILE PROSECUTER INVESTIGATES CONDUCT OF HOSTELRY. SEVEN BODIES IDENTIFIED.
SHOES, RINGS AND SCORCHED REMNANTS OF CLOTHING GIVE CLUES IN SEVERAL CASES.
WOMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL.
FLAMES BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN ROOM SHORTLY AFTER COUPLE HAD GIVEN IT UP.
With twelve lives as the toll of the tragedy, an investigation was begun yesterday to learn the cause of the fire which swept the Hotel Colonial, 39-41 Newark Street, Hoboken, early yesterday. A second inquiry, to be ... Read MORE...
The New York Times - New York, New York - January 31, 1921
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1978 - LOEW'S TOP THREE FLOORS MOSTLY DESTROYED IN FIRE.
Atlanta (AP) - Flames billowed Monday where Hollywood's spotlight's once played on the ornate facade of LOEW'S Grand Theater, the site of the glamorous 1939 premiere of "Gone With The Wind." Awed Atlantians lined sidewalks for the landmark theater's spectacular last show.
The fire destroyed most of the top three floors of the 86 year old theater building and soared across an alley to several... Read MORE...
Aiken Standard - South Carolina - January 31, 1978
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1978 - LOEW'S TOP THREE FLOORS MOSTLY DESTROYED IN FIRE.
Atlanta (AP) - Flames billowed Monday where Hollywood's spotlight's once played on the ornate facade of LOEW'S Grand Theater, the site of the glamorous 1939 premiere of "Gone With The Wind." Awed Atlantians lined sidewalks for the landmark theater's spectacular last show.
The fire destroyed most of the top three floors of the 86 year old theater building and soared across an alley to several... Read MORE...
Aiken Standard - South Carolina - January 31, 1978
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1911 January 31, 1911 - Tamarack, CA, was without snow the first eight days of the month, but by the end of January had been buried under 390 inches of snow, a record monthly total for the U.S.
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1949 January 31, 1949 - The temperature at San Antonio, TX, plunged to a record low of one degree below zero.
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1949 January 31, 1949 - Helena MT reached 42 degrees below zero.
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1949 January 31, 1949 - The temperature at San Antonio, TX, plunged to a record low of one degree below zero.
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1949 January 31, 1949 - Helena MT reached 42 degrees below zero.
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1950 January 31 - President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949
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