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Bow Ridge Tunnel (1864), Pennsylvania Railroad, Westmoreland County [5] Bow Ridge Tunnel (1907), Pennsylvania Railroad, 630 feet (190 m) Westmoreland County [6] [7] Buxton Tunnel, Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway, Avella, Washington County, one mile east of the West Virginia border [8]
PA-240: Staple Bend Tunnel: 1834 1990 Former Allegheny Portage Railroad: Allegheny Mountains: Geistown: Cambria: PA-269: Pennsylvania Railroad, Bow Ridge Tunnel: 1907 1987 Former Pennsylvania Railroad: Bow Ridge Derry Township: Westmoreland
Newspapers reported "havoc everywhere," from grief-stricken wives to frantic efforts at impenetrable tunnels of collapsed top rock and crushed timbers. Two rescue tunnels were attempted, though volunteers sometimes removed only 20 feet a day. Hope faded for the victims of the disaster, most of whom were Irish and Lithuanian immigrants. Their ...
February – United Kingdom – Thirty passengers had minor injuries following a collision between a Welsh coal-train and an express from Chester, near the Birkenhead Tunnel. [3] February 10 – France – A train from St Lazare station ran into the Paris-to-Argenteuil train near Clichy station. Seven passengers were killed and at least fifty ...
Three cars were telescoped and fire claimed 19 victims, 23 injured. August 27 – United States – Statesville, North Carolina: A passenger train of the Western North Carolina Railroad derailed upon reaching a bridge, plunging to the creek below, killing 22 and injuring 26. [12]
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UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — The body of Elizabeth Pollard, the missing 64-year-old woman who fell through a sinkhole while looking for her cat in Unity Township, Pennsylvania, has been found ...
Salvage crews work to free the cargo ship Dali after if collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Patapsco River on May 10, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.