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BOSTON’S GREAT MOLASSES FLOOD OF 1919

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919: Boston's Strangest Disaster - Sick History

At midday, a 40-foot wave of fiery hot molasses flooded the
streets of Boston
on January 15, 1919, killing 21 people and 
injuring scores of others. 

A 58-foot high tank filled with 2.5 million gallons of crude
molasses burst under pressure due unseasonably hot
weather at the U.S. Industrial Alcohol Company plant in
the north end of the city.

The flood crushed buildings, moved a firehouse, and
knocked an elevated train off its tracks.


 


What people saw and felt in the first moments of Boston's deadly Great Molasses  Flood

The Boston Molasses Flood was a horrific and sticky disaster, and also  very, very real. New 30 Morbid Minutes episode is here! : r/funhaus

City - Boston Ma - The Great Molasses Flood 1919 by Mike Savad

The Great Molasses Flood: Boston's Sticky Disaster | by Kellilyn Sees |  Medium

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HOW TO HELP HURRICANE HELEN VICTIMS

Hurricane Helen Begins to Impact USA Coast with Severe Weather - YouTube

There are several ways you can help through the American
Red Cross
:

PHOTO Of McDonald's Restaurant In Perry Florida Damaged By Hurricane Helene
McDonald’s Restaurant In Perry Florida Damaged By
Hurricane Helene
.

American Red Cross | History, Clara Barton, Mission, & Facts | Britannica

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A MARITIME DISASTER ON THIS DAY IN 1904

the general slocum disaster – Marjorie Ingall

More than 1,000 people taking a pleasure trip on New York City’s
East River were drowned or burned to death when a
fire swept
through the boat
. This was one of the United States’ worst
maritime disasters.

The riverboat-style steamer General Slocum was built in 1890
and used mostly as a vehicle for taking large groups on day
outings. On June 15, the St. Mark’s German Lutheran Church
assembled a group of 1,360 people, mostly children and teachers,
for their annual Sunday School picnic.

The picnic was to take place at Locust Point in the Bronx after
a cruise up the East River on the General Slocum.

At about 9 a.m., the dangerously overcrowded boat left its dock
in Manhattan with Captain William Van Schaik in charge. As the
boat passed 83rd Street, accounts indicate that a child spotted
a fire in a storeroom.

Category: FDNY - Hudson River Maritime Museum

Brian Allen on Twitter: "Today in history, June 15th, 1904: New York Riverboat Fire Kills 1,000 ...

The 1904 General Slocum Disaster Had Survivors That Lived Into The 21st Century

General Slocum Fire 1904 | Titanic deaths, Titanic, Historical

Flashback in history: A Spectacle of Horror - General Slocum fire – 15 June 1904 - MaritimeCyprus

June 15, 1904: The General Slocum, a Passenger Steamship, Sinks in the East River, Killing Over ...

General Slocum’s Steamboat Picnic Disaster (1904) | Picnic Wit

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TRAGERY AT ASSASSONATION SITE IN 1893

Ford's Theatre - Where Lincoln Was Shot

In Washington, D.C. on June 9, 1893, the interior of ramshackle
Ford’s Theatre collapses
, causing the deaths of 22 people.

The building—where President Lincoln was shot on April 14,
1865— houses hundreds of clerks employed by the War
Department’s Records and Pensions Division.      

An investigation determined the cause of the tragedy was a pier
that had given way during
excavation in the basement for an
electric-light plant.

 

 

        
        
       
On this day in 1893, Ford's Theatre suffered another tragedy when its third floor completely ...

See Past Presidents in Vibrant Color | Time
Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)

Ford's Theatre
A National Historic Site, Ford’s Theatre today.

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DONNER RESCUE BEGAN THIS DAY IN 1847

Johanne Ludwig Christian Keseberg (1814-1895) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

On February 19, 1847, the first rescuers reach surviving members
of the
Donner Party, a group of California-bound emigrants stranded
by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

In the summer of 1846, in the midst of a Western-bound fever
sweeping the United States, 89 people—including 31 members
of the Donner and Reed families—set out in a wagon train from Springfield,
Illinois.

After arriving at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the emigrants decided to
avoid the usual route and try a new trail recently blazed by
California promoter Lansford Hastings, the so-called “Hastings
Cutoff.” 

After electing George Donner as their captain, the party departed
Fort Bridger in mid-July.
 

The shortcut was nothing of the sort: It set the Donner Party back
nearly three weeks and cost them much-needed supplies. After
suffering great hardships in the Wasatch Mountains, the Great Salt
Lake Desert and along the Humboldt River, they finally reached the
Sierra Nevada Mountains in early October.

Despite the lateness of the season, the emigrants continued to press
on, and on October 28 they camped at Truckee Lake, located in the
high mountains 21 kilometers northwest of Lake Tahoe. Overnight,
an early winter storm blanketed the ground with snow, blocking the mountain pass and trapping the Donner Party.

This Day in History: Apr 25, 1847: The last survivors of the Donner ...


Donner Party Monument at Donner Memorial State Park
Truckee, California.

World of Mailman: Shelters of the Donner Party

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