Date Location Deaths 1876 Dec. 29 Ashtabula, Oh. 92 1880 Aug. 11 Mays Landing, N. J. 40 1887 Aug. 10 Chatsworth, Ill. 81 1888 Oct. 10 Mud Run, Pa. 55 1891 June 14 Nr. Basel, Switzerland 100 1896 July 30 Atlantic City, N. J. 60 1903 Dec. 23 Laurel Run, Pa. 53 1904 Aug. 7 Eden, Col. 96 1904 Sept. 24 New Market, Tenn. 56 1906 Mar. 16 Florence, Col. 35 1906 Oct. 28 Atlantic City, N. J. 40 1906 Dec. 30 Washington, D. C. 53 1907 Jan. 2 Volland, Kan. 33 1907 Jan. 19 Fowler, Ind. 29 1907 Feb. 16 New York, N.Y. 22 1907 Feb. 23 Colton, Cal. 26 1907 May 11 Lompoc, Cal. 36 1907 July 20 Salem, Mich. 33 1910 Mar. 1 Wellington, Wash. 96 1910 Mar. 21 Green Mountain, Ia. 55 1911 Aug. 25 Manchester, N. Y. 29 1912 July 4 East Corning, N. Y. 39 1912 July 5 Ligonier, Pa. 23 1914 Aug. 5 Tipton Ford, Mo. 43 1914 Sept. 15 Lebanon, Mo. 28 1915 May 22 Nr. Gretna, Scotland 227 1916 Mar. 29 Amherst, Oh. 27 1917 Sept. 28 Kellyville, Okla. 23 1917 Dec. 12 Modane, France 5431 1917 Dec. 20 Shepherdsville, Ky. 46 1918 June 22 Ivanhoe, Ind. 68 1918 July 9 Nashville, Tenn. 101 1918 Nov. 1 Brooklyn, N. Y. 97 1919 Jan. 12 South Byron, N. Y. 22 1919 Dec. 20 Onawa, Maine 23 1921 Feb. 27 Porter, Ind. 37 1921 Dec. 5 Woodmont, Pa. 27 1922 Aug. 5 Sulphur Spring, Mo. 34 1922 Dec. 13 Humble, Tex. 22 1923 Sept. 27 Lockett, Wy. 31 1925 June 16 Hackettstown, N. J. 50 1925 Oct. 27 Victoria, Miss. 21 1926 Sept. 5 Waco, Col. 30 1928 Aug. 24 I.R.T. subway, Times Sq., N. Y. 18 1937 July 16 Nr. Patna, India 107 1938 June 19 Saugus, Mont. 47 1939 Aug. 12 Harney, Nev. 24 1939 Dec. 22 Nr. Magdeburg, Germany 132 1939 Dec. 22 Nr. Friedrichshafen, Germany 99 1940 Apr. 19 Little Falls, N. Y. 31 1940 July 31 Cuyahoga Falls, Oh. 43 1943 Aug. 29 Wayland, N. Y. 27 1943 Sept. 6 Frankford Junction, Philadelphia, Pa. 79 1943 Dec. 16 Between Rennert and Buie, N. C. 72 1944 Jan. 16 Leon Province, Spain 500 1944 Mar. 2 Salerno, Italy 521 1944 July 6 High Bluff, Tenn. 35 1944 Aug. 4 Near Stockton, Ga. 47 1944 Sept. 14 Dewey, Ind. 29 1944 Dec. 31 Bagley, Utah 50 1945 Aug. 9 Michigan, N. D. 34 1946 Mar. 20 Aracaju, Mexico 185 1946 Apr. 25 Naperville, Ill. 45 1947 Feb. 18 Gallitzin, Pa. 24 1949 Oct. 22 Nr. Dwor, Poland 200+ 1950 Feb. 17 Rockville Centre, N. Y. 31 1950 Sept. 11 Coshocton, Oh. 33 1950 Nov. 22 Richmond Hill, N. Y. 79 1951 Feb. 6 Woodbridge, N. J. 84 1951 Nov. 12 Wyuta, Wyo. 17 1951 Nov. 25 Woodstock, Ala. 17 1952 Mar. 4 Nr. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 119 1952 July 9 Rzepin, Poland 160 1952 Oct. 8 Harrow, England 112 1953 Mar. 27 Conneaut, Oh. 21 1955 Apr. 3 Guadalajara, Mexico 300 1956 Jan. 22 Los Angeles, Cal. 30 1956 Feb. 28 Swampscott, Mass. 13 1956 Sept. 5 Springer, N. M. 20 1957 June 11 Vroman, Col. 12 1957 Sept. 1 Kendal, Jamaica 178 1957 Sept. 29 Montgomery, W Pakistan 250 1957 Dec. 4 London, England 90 1958 May 8 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 128 1958 Sept. 15 Elizabethport, N. J. 48 1960 Mar. 14 Bakersfield, Cal. 14 1960 Nov. 14 Pardubice, Czech. 110 1962 Jan. 8 Woerden, Netherlands 91 1962 May 3 Tokyo, Japan 163 1962 July 28 Steelton, Pa. 19 1964 July 26 Oporto, Portugal 94 1966 Dec. 28 Everett, Mass. 13 1970 Feb. 1 Buenos Aires, Argentina 236 1971 June 10 Salem, Ill. 11 1972 June 16 Vierzy, France 107 1972 July 21 Seville, Spain 76 1972 Oct. 6 Saltillo, Mexico 208 1972 Oct. 30 Chicago, Ill. 45 1974 Aug. 30 Zagreb, Yugoslavia 153 1977 Jan. 18 Granville, Australia 82 1977 Feb. 4 Chicago, Ill., elevated train 11 1981 June 6 Bihar, India 500+ 1982 Jan. 27 El Asnam, Algeria 130 1982 July 11 Tepic, Mexico 120 1983 Feb. 19 Empalme, Mexico 100 1987 Jan. 4 Essex, Md. 16 1988 Dec. 12 London, England 115 1989 Jan. 15 Maizdi Khan, Bangladesh 110+ 1990 Jan. 4 Sindh Province, Pakistan 210+ 1991 May 14 Shigaraki, Japan 42 1991 July 31 Camden, S.C. 7 1991 Aug. 28 N.Y. City subway 5 1993 Jan. 18 Gary, Ind. 7 1993 Sept. 22 Big Bayou Conot, Ala. 47 1994 Mar. 8 Nr. Durban, South Africa 63
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