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The Armagh rail disaster happened on 12 June 1889 near Armagh, County Armagh, in Ireland, [1] when a crowded Sunday school excursion train had to negotiate a steep incline; the steam locomotive was unable to complete the climb and the train stalled. The train crew decided to divide the train and take forward the front portion, leaving the rear ...
Winter Storm Kingston swept across the U.S. from the Midwest into the South and mid-Atlantic, bringing snow, ice and dangerous road conditions to cities including Tulsa, Oklahoma, Kansas City and ...
Bessbrook saw some of the worst violence in the Troubles. 25 British soldiers and local Protestants, all male, lost their lives. Four soldiers died in a non-combat related air accident, but the rest (21 men) were killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The linen mill was converted by the British Army into a major military base. A ...
17 February: a prison officer (Patrick Kerr) was shot dead by the IRA as he was leaving Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh town. He was shot three times in the head at point-blank range. [78] [80] 21 February: a RUC officer (Francis Murphy) was killed when the IRA ambushed his vehicle at Drumsallen, near Armagh town.
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Crash reported on northbound I-29/I-35 in North Kansas City A crash has been reported on I-29/I-35 between MO-210/Armour Road/Exit 6 and Parvin Road/Exit 8. The impacted road section is 0.78 miles ...
On 17 February 1978, a British Army Gazelle helicopter, serial number XX404, went down near Jonesborough, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, after being fired at by a Provisional IRA unit from the South Armagh Brigade.
Six months later, on 20 March and 12 July 1994, the IRA in South Armagh managed to shoot down one British Army Lynx and one RAF Puma with home-made mortars. [19] After the incident, the British Army improved armour protection for their helicopter crews in Northern Ireland, as well as the machine gun mountings and sightings.