Show Js 4 rr hW J 1 or 1841 DISASTERS t January 1 Five I-Five Five killed when DC DC 3 3 transport crashes near Charleston S. S C. C Transport I-Transport l Transport plane falls near Carmel N. N J killing 3 3 Injuring 20 12 Airliner 12 2 Airliner crashes near Galax Va killIng kill kill- Ing 18 of 19 aboard 13 13 Fifteen Fifteen miners die In to gas ex explosion p In coal mine In Nottingham Pa Tornado 80 Tornado sweeping through Alabama Tennessee Arkansas and Missouri kills 20 February 18 Twenty one killed Injured when train plunges over foot embark embark- ment In Allegheny mountains near Al Al- toona loons Pa 20 Explosion 20 of tank In n electroplating 16 factory fac tory jury In central Los Angeles 6 Kills 15 Injures In jures demolishes area half mile mUE square March 25 Worst 25 Worst mine disaster since 1928 takes toll of lives in Cen Ill ex April 2 Explosion 2 In fireworks plant In Clinton i Mo kills 10 Tornadoes 9 rip through Texas Panhandle I and Oklahoma killing Injuring 1000 Woodward Okla hardest hit with 84 dead 16 Most 16 Most of Texas City Tex destroyed by enormous explosion when freighter loaded with nitrate fertilizer explodes In harbor and sets fire to docks oil oU tanks and factories Fire rages for three days Toll killed injured 29 Tornado 29 Tornado destroys Worth Mo killing 14 Another twister kills 9 in rural northwest Arkansas May Ia Outbreak 6 of Infant diarrhea In Philadel Philadel- Philadelphia phia hla area causes deaths of 27 babies killed when DC 4 airliner 29 29 two Forty ort two crashes crashes after takeoff take at La Guardia field New York Seven survive 30 DC 4 DC 4 airliner crashes near Ft Deposit Md killing all aU 58 on board Two crashes crash es rank as worst air disasters in U. U S S. S history 31 Tornado 31 Tornado strikes Leedy Okla Okia wrecking town killing 6 June 1 Tornado I-Tornado kills kuts 35 In farming section near Pine Bluff Ark 9 Mississippi 9 river floods lowlands In I northern Missouri southern Iowa and Illinois forcing to abandon homes Seven drowned at Ottumwa Iowa 13 13 All All 50 on board DC DC 4 4 airliner killed when it strikes mountains near Leesburg Lees Lees- burg Va 22 Flash 22 Flash flood good drowns 11 In Cambridge Neb July i 3 Tornado 3 kills kuts 11 near Grand Forks N. N D. D 13 Chartered 13 DC DC 3 3 transport plane crashes in swamp near Melbourne Fla killing 21 21 injuring 15 29 Explosion 29 Explosion wrecks beauty shop In Harrisonburg Harrisonburg Har Har- Va Ten women killed 30 persons injured August 8 Four 8 Four die when chartered plane dives into chimney of gas plant in Everett Mass Septem September her 3 3 Labor Labor day weekend takes death toll toU of compared with in 1946 11 11 Twenty Twenty killed when excursion boat blows up at Pittsburgh dock 20 Hurricane 20 sweeps In over southern FlorIda Florida Flor I ida crosses Gulf of Mexico strikes Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas Toll Toll- killed many Injured prop property loss of 25 to 30 million dollars 21 21 Flood Flood following hurricane drowns 37 in New Orleans area 29 29 Fire Fire on New York City pier results in injuries to firemen Bremen five million dollar dol lar loss October Futy 24 24 l 2 two killed when transport plane crashes in hr Bryce Bree Canyon Utah 25 Forest 25 Forest fires In Maine kill 1 17 destroy many homes Fires rage raga throughout northeastern states 26 Transport hits mountain In Alaska kUlIng killIng kill kill- Ing 18 13 November 7 Tornadoes 7 strike Louisiana killing 4 4 InJuring In In- Juring 12 13 Army 13 Army plane hits Mt Spokane Wash killing five men 21 Nine 21 Nine naval personnel killed two saved In Ln crash of bomber In Pacific miles E southwest of San Sar Diego Calif December 9 Army 9 Army plane crashes near Goose Bay Labrador 23 die six rescued I 11 Two ll-Two Two passenger tra trains Ins collide on head-on near New Braunfels Tex killing two Injuring nine 12 Army 12 my A 1 Plane lane burns and crashes near Memphis s. s Tenn killing 20 15 CAB 15 LAB tabulation shows 1947 1997 1941 toll of fatalities in Ln mishaps Involving scheduled i I airlines t r I |