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An American United States Army Air Forces Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber crashed into the center of the village of Freckleton. It crashed into a school, 3 houses, and a cafe. Sixty-one individuals, including 38 children and two teenagers, were killed. Ten American servicemen were among the fatalities. 61 1946 La Salle Hotel: Fire ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions , structural fires , flood disasters , coal mine disasters , and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture , planning , construction , design , and more.
American Samoa and nearby islands 189 total deaths, with 31 in American Samoa. 2008 Hurricane: 113 $38 billion (2008 USD) Hurricane Ike: Southeast Texas, Texas, Louisiana, Southern United States: At the time, Ike was the costliest natural disaster in Texas history, after leaving behind $38 billion in damages in Texas alone. 2008 Hurricane: 53
The incident occurred two days after the biggest blizzard in the city’s history. The building’s roof buckled in from the weight of the excess snow, killing 98 and injuring 133.
First movable bridge disaster in U.S. history and Connecticut's deadliest rail disaster to date [5] 1853 Providence and Worcester head-on collision, Valley Falls, Rhode Island; 14 killed plus 17 injured. Rhode Island's deadliest rail disaster is also the first known to be photographed [6]
A major factor in the accident was the position of the sun at the time. December 1, 1974 92 0 0 TWA Flight 514: Mount Weather, near Bluemont: Virginia: Boeing 727-200: The aircraft crashed during an unstabilized approach when the aircraft descended prematurely. December 1, 1974 3 0 0 Northwest Airlines Flight 6231: Haverstraw: New York: Boeing ...
Mass shooting against African-American shoppers at a Tops Friendly Markets. Suspect said motive was to prevent others from 'eliminating the white race' Robb Elementary School shooting: 2022 May 24 Uvalde: Texas: 22 One of the deadliest school shootings in American history, [48] leaving 19 children and 2 adults dead. The perpetrator was killed ...
A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc.