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Disasters, page 2 MINE February 4 Thirty-seven miners were killed in a gas explosion inside a coal mine near Bishop, Virginia. [full story] NATURAL January 17 Twenty-six persons were reported dead following a rainstorm that struck Palma in the Canary Islands. January 22 Tornadoes killed 11 persons and injured another 16 in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Missouri. February Week-long floods in the Cumberland Valley region of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia killed 15 persons.
March 26 A blizzard that covered 13 western U.S. states caused 40 deaths and severely hampered transportation and communication throughout the region.
April 8 Tornadoes in six southern U.S. states killed 22 persons and injured a reported 100. April 23 Earthquakes and floods killed a reported 44 persons in Kejur Mesqal, Iran. April 28 An earthquake killed a reported 23 persons and injured more than 100 at Fethiye, Turkey. May 16 A tornado that struck the Silverton, Texas, area killed a reported 21 persons and injured 58.
May 21 Tornadoes killed a reported 13 persons and injured 70 in the St. Louis, Missouri, area. May 24 Three tornadoes struck Lawton, Oklahoma, killing 3 persons. May 26 An earthquake that struck the Seben-Bolu, Turkey, area killed a reported 53 persons and injured 119. June Rain storms, tornadoes, and floods through the Alps regions of France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland killed 17 persons and injured 60. Property damage was estimated at more than $150,000,000. June 2 Flooding along the Texas-Oklahoma border killed 4 persons and caused an estimated $130,000,000 property damage.
June 14 A tornado killed 2 persons in the Springfield, Illinois, area. June 20 Ten persons were killed and another 75 injured when a tornado struck Fargo, North Dakota. June 25-28 Typhoon Virginia killed 86 persons in Formosa and Japan. July 17 A reported 54 persons were killed by typhoons and floods that struck Mabini, Philippines. Another 35 persons were missing and presumed dead. July 21 Heavy floods along the Yi, Shu, and Yellow rivers in Shantung Province, China, caused a reported 560 deaths. July 27 Heavy rains in the northwest part of Kyushu Island, Japan, caused the deaths of a reported 592 persons and left another 408 missing and presumed dead. August 3-10 Floods along the Naktong River near Kupo, South Korea, caused the deaths of 198 persons and left 49 missing and presumed dead. August 25 Torrential rains and resulting floods in West Pakistan caused the deaths of 75 persons. September Flash floods near Ankara, Turkey, killed about a thousand persons. October Valencia, Spain, and the surrounding coastal area were struck by a major flood of the Turia River. More than 60 persons were reported killed or missing. December 13 An earthquake in western Iran killed 1,287 persons. The village of Farsan, home to 1,100 residents, was completely destroyed. December 18 A tornado that ripped across southern Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana killed at least 26 persons. RAIL March 15 A head-on collision of two trains between Tampere and Haemeenlinna, Finland, killed 24 persons and injured 51. June 5 The collision of two trains near Cortazar, Mexico, killed 14 persons and left 16 others missing and presumed dead. June 11 A train-truck collision at Vroman, Colorado, killed 12 migrant farm workers in the truck and injured 5. July 19 Twenty-nine persons were killed and 67 injured in a train derailment at Bollène, France. August 4 A reported 22 Spanish soldiers were killed and 51 injured when a troop train crashed into a locomotive near Villaverde, Spain. September 7 Twenty-three persons were killed and 20 injured in a train derailment at Nozières, France. September 29 A train ran off a cliff near Ibadan, Nigeria. Twenty persons were reported killed, 122 injured, and 300 still missing. October 1 The collision of two trains at Gambar, West Pakistan, killed 250 persons. October 20 Two trains collided near Catalca, Turkey, killing 89 persons and injuring 171. December 5 The collision of two commuter trains outside London, England, killed 5 persons and injured 172. VEHICLE June 6 Twenty farm laborers were killed and another 17 injured when a truck collided with a tractor-trailer near Fayetteville, North Carolina. [contemporary story] June 13 Fourteen soldiers were killed and 9 injured when a U.S. Army truck overturned on a curve and fell into a creek at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. August 11 Twenty-eight persons were burned to death and 16 were injured when a bus plunged into a ravine at Seoul, South Korea. August 29 Forty-one persons were killed when a truck went off the road and into a river at Sokoto, Nigeria. October 3 Thirty persons drowned when a bus plunged into the Jucar River near Cuenca, Spain. |
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