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The North #1 mine is a closed coal mine that was located in Royalton, Illinois.The Big Muddy and Carterville Coal Company opened the North #1 mine in 1907. Franklin Coal & Coke Company took over this mine in 1910, and along with its mine south of Royalton, operated two mines in Royalton.
The T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion, sometimes called the Morgan Munitions Depot explosion or similar titles, began at 7:36 pm EDT on Friday, October 4, 1918, at a World War I ammunition plant in the Morgan area of Sayreville in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The initial explosion, generally believed to be ...
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1918 flu pandemic. July 9 – Great Train Wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171. It is considered the worst rail accident in U.S. history. August – A deadly second wave of the Spanish flu starts in France, Sierra Leone and the United States. [1]
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The memorial stands on the north side of Chetwynd Road, near where the factory's Mixing House stood, at or near the seat of the explosion. It commemorates all those killed at the factory in addition to the 134 killed in July 1918. It was built by the factory's workmen, under the supervision of the factory's construction manager, Mr SA Kay.
Jewish men and boys standing on a sidewalk in Chicago, 1903 Theodore Roosevelt in Chicago, 1915 Map of downtown Chicago in 1917. During the election of April 23, 1875, the voters of Chicago chose to operate under the Illinois Cities and Villages Act of 1872. Chicago still operates under this act, in lieu of a charter.
This is a map of the Chicago and Alton Railroad drawn on the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad (Clover Leaf) system as of 1918, with trackage rights in purple. Email me if you would like a copy of the GIS data I created (modified from Bureau of Transportation Statistics North American Transportation Atlas Data) or if you see any errors. Date