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Tag: disaster

Awful Calamities: the Shipwrecks of December, 1839

November 30, 2021 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
Ships off Liverpool in the Great Storm of 1839

Three gales of unequaled fury and destructiveness swept along our coast carrying desolation and death in their stormy pathway, and overwhelming many families in the deepest mourning.

Posted in History, Shipwrecks, Storms, winterTagged 1839, December, disaster, Gloucester, Marblehead, Rockport, storm

The Great Revere Train wreck, August 26, 1871

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment
Revere trainwreck 1871

The Eastern Railroad's Portland Express slammed into the rear of a stopped local train in Revere, Massachusetts. Some trapped passengers were burned alive as coal-oil lamps ignited the wreckage. Approximately 29 people died..

Posted in HistoryTagged 1871, August, disaster
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