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The Great Chatsworth train wreck was a major rail accident that occurred late on the night of August 10, 1887, 3 miles (5 km) east of Chatsworth, Illinois, in the United States. A Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train bound for Niagara Falls crossed over a trestle, weakened earlier in the day by a fire, causing it to collapse. In ...
The one-lane bridge carries Robert Parker Coffin Road over Buffalo Creek in Long Grove, a village located 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Chicago, Illinois. [2]: 4 It connects the Long Grove Community Church to the southwest with downtown Long Grove, formed at the road's intersection with Old McHenry Road, to the northeast.
The original span of the McClugage Bridge was designed as a steel cantilever bridge in 1939 [4] to replace the Upper Free Bridge across a narrow stretch of Upper Peoria Lake just to the north. Due to World War II, the bridge was not completed until 1948. [3] In 1964, the bridge was repaired after over a decade of service. [5]
Frank Lloyd Wright's only bridge Tartar's Ferry Bridge: ca. 1880: 1980-10-29 Smithfield: Fulton: Parker Third Street Bridge (Delavan, Illinois) 1907 1999-05-20
The family assumed their pet cat perished in the fire, but the cat was found alive amongst all the damage on Monday in what can only be described as a miracle. ... No one ever wants to think about ...
Palm trees caught on fire around them, exploding into columns of flames and showering the earth with sparks. Orly and Charles met inside the house just in time to see the entire backyard engulfed ...
The 1885 Cabery, Illinois fire was a disaster that took place on May 3, 1885, in the village of Cabery, Illinois. The blaze would ultimately destroy 24 businesses and 14 homes while unbelievably causing zero deaths or injuries.