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High Bridge, viewed from Jessamine County. In 1851, the Lexington & Danville Railroad, with Julius Adams as chief engineer, retained John A. Roebling (who later designed the Brooklyn Bridge) to build a railroad suspension bridge across the Kentucky River for a line connecting Lexington and Danville, Kentucky, west of the confluence of the Dix and Kentucky rivers. [1]
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Western Kentucky: 58 deaths (including one indirect) Bowling Green, Kentucky: 17 deaths (including one indirect) 94 1969 February 1969 nor'easter: Winter storm Northeastern United States: 93 1918 Malbone Street wreck: Accident – railroad Brooklyn, New York: Some accounts give death toll as 101.
UPDATE 9 a.m. May 27 - Authorities confirmed a second storm-related death in Kentucky early on Monday, Memorial Day Authorities in Mercer County said a woman died there as severe storms moved ...
A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a train near a state historic site, Lexington police say. Around 8:45 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to the incident in the 200 block of Waveland ...
[There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [29]]. 95–4,000+ [30] [31] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Death toll rises to 16, Beshear says. 10:30 a.m. — In his latest press conference on Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear said 16 people have been killed by the devastating floods in eastern Kentucky. 11 ...
First deadly rail bridge collapse in U.S. history [7] [8] 1856 Great Train Wreck of 1856 , Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania; 60+ killed plus 100+ injured. Encouraged busier railroads in the Eastern U.S. to double track lines; also led to mandatory use of telegraph in cases of delays [ 9 ]