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An Amtrak catenary maintenance vehicle. Both a crane and a movable platform can be seen on the vehicle's roof. A catenary maintenance vehicle (also known as a tower wagon or tower car) is a railroad maintenance of way vehicle that is used to maintain and inspect overhead line (also known as catenary) on electrified railroad or metro tracks.
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.
The tower fell onto a nearby utility line which provided power to the remainder of Duluth's television and FM radio stations, and all but one AM radio station. Telephone and power lines snapped leaving Duluth and many northeastern Minnesota communities without utility services for 24 hours.
The Bank One tower shows damage the day after a tornado hit Fort Worth on March 28, 2000. Years later, the restored building would become The Tower condominiums.
The Belfast school, which was in session at the time of the tornado, sustained heavy damage to its roof, walls, and windows. Two children were injured when a brick chimney fell through the roof of an occupied classroom, scattering debris all over the place. Cars were demolished and more utility lines were downed and severed in the area as well.
Spectators look up as the World Trade Center goes up in flames September 11, 2001 in New York City after two airplanes slammed into the twin towers in an alleged terrorist attack.
The World Trade Center cross was a temporary memorial at Ground Zero.. Soon after the attacks, temporary memorials were set up in New York and elsewhere. On October 4, Reverend Brian Jordan, a Franciscan priest, blessed the World Trade Center cross, two broken beams at the crash site which had formed a cross, and then had been welded together by iron-workers.
People inside both the North and South towers of the World Trade Center hung on for dear life after the planes hit on 11 September. According to New York Magazine, 2,016 people died who worked in ...