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The Thumb Fire took place on September 5, 1881, in the Thumb area of Michigan in the United States. [1] The fire, which burned over a million acres (4,000 km 2) in less than a day, was the consequence of drought, hurricane-force winds, heat, the after-effects of the Port Huron Fire of 1871, and the ecological damage wrought by the era's logging techniques.
Bar owner shot black teenager. Mob beat to death dishwasher who was Nazi concentration camp survivor: Rock Road massacre: Farwell: 1982-02-16: 7: Murder of 7 members of the Post family by former Army sharpshooter [2] [3] Jeffrey Gorton: Romulus Flint: 1991-02-17 1986-11-09: 2: Convicted of rape and murder of a flight attendant and professor at ...
The Great Michigan Fire was a series of simultaneous forest fires in the state of Michigan in the United States in 1871. [1] They were possibly caused (or at least reinforced) by the same winds that fanned the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire and the Port Huron Fire; some believe lightning or even meteor showers may have started the fires. [2]
A 39-year-old woman has tragically died after her car fell 1000 feet down an Arizona mountainside. Kristin Little was ejected from her vehicle and died as it fell in the Thumb Butte area in ...
The great Thumb Fire took place on September 5, 1881, in the Thumb area of Michigan. The fire, which burned over a million acres (4,000 km 2 ) in less than a day, was the consequence of drought , hurricane -force winds, heat, the after-effects of the Port Huron Fire of 1871 , and the ecological damage wrought by the era's logging techniques of ...
This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed. Domestic deaths due to war in America are included except the American Civil War.
The Teamsters Union earlier on Tuesday urged Green Thumb to address workers' safety concerns following news about the death. "To the best of our knowledge, this tragic death was not related to the ...
(The Center Square) – Two Houston area law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty on Wednesday as Texas leads the U.S. in officer deaths. On Wednesday morning, Brazoria County ...