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	Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster, also called the "Ashtabula Horror", was the worst train disaster in American history when it occurred in Ohio on 29 December 1876 at 7:28 p.m.
		Of 159 passengers and crew onboard that night, 64 people were injured and 92 were killed or died later from injuries sustained in the crash (48 of the fatalities were unrecognizable or consumed in the flames.) Indeed it was the worst railroad tragedy to that point in American history.
		Twenty years later, in Ashtabula's Chestnut Grove Cemetery, a monument was erected to all those "unidentified" who perished in the Ashtabula Railroad disaster.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashtabula_River_Railroad_Disaster (647 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster
		Railyard in the port of Ashtabula Ashtabula is a city located in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and the center of the Ashtabula Micropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003).
		The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore, was a railroad that operated in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie and across northern Indiana from Buffalo to Chicago.
		Ashtabula is a city located in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and the center of the Ashtabula Micropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ashtabula-River-Railroad-Disaster (1045 words)

	Ashtabula, Ohio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ashtabula is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and the center of the Ashtabula Micropolitan Statistical Area (as defined by the United States Census Bureau in 2003).
		A major location on the Underground Railroad in the middle 19th century, the city today is a major coal port on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River northeast of Cleveland.
		Ashtabula borders Lake Erie to the north and has a prominent harbor where the Ashtabula River flows into the lake.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashtabula,_Ohio (1214 words)

	Ashtabula River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ashtabula River is a river located northeast of Cleveland in Ohio.
		The river flows into Lake Erie at the city of Ashtabula, the river runs 40 miles and drain 137 miles of rural Ohio.
		In 1985 the river was named an Area of Concern by the International Joint Commission, primarily because of Fields Brook, a tributary that had received discharges from 19 industries between the 1940s - 1970s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashtabula_River (113 words)

	Ashtabula - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ashtabula
		1801 on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River.
		It was a vital stop on the Underground Railroad (a network for escaped slaves) in the 1850s.
		Ashtabula is a trading centre for the Lake Erie resort area, and has long been a major port.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Ashtabula (187 words)

	List of rail accidents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		December 24, 1953 – New Zealand: Tangiwai disaster; the Tangiwai railway bridge over the Whangaehu River collapses as the overnight express train between Wellington and Auckland passes over it; the bridge supports had been weakened by a lahar (a volcanic ash and debris filled flash flood) a few minutes before the train passed.
		January 8, 1962 – Harmelen, The Netherlands: The Harmelen train disaster, the worst railway accident in the history of The Netherlands, occurs when one passenger train driver misses a warning signal in fog and passes a red signal to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train.
		October 25, 1995 – Fox River Grove level crossing accident, Illinois, United States: A school bus caught between a railroad crossing and a red traffic light is hit by a Metra commuter train, killing seven students.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Train_disaster (4776 words)

	Definition of Ashtabula, Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ashtabula is a city located in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
		Its harbor has been a large ore and coal port since the end of the 19th century and continues to be to some extent with a long coal ramp draping across the horizon in the current harbor.
		The Ashtabula River and harbor are a significant superfund site for past industrial abuse of the waterway.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Ashtabula%2C_Ohio (749 words)

	Ashtabula County Historical Railroad Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		New York and Chicago Railway is nicknamed "The great New York and St. Louis double-track nickel-plated railroad" by the Norwalk Chronicle of Norwalk, OH at the height of competition between the cities of Norwalk and Bellevue to become the railway's division point.
		Monument erected on the Chestnut Grove cemetery plot in memory of the unrecognized dead of the Ashtabula Bridge Disaster to commemorate the 20th anniversary of this infamous wreck.
		Ashtabula Railway Historical Foundation plants flowers in memory of the unrecognized dead at Ashtabula Bridge Disaster monument marking the 100th anniversary of that memorial and the 120th anniversary of the disaster itself.
	members.aol.com /ARHF/timeline.htm (1851 words)

	1878 History of Ashtabula County, Ohio: Part 1
		It is composed of the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull, Portage, Geauga, Lake, Cuyahoga, Medina, Lorain, Huron, Erie, Summit (except the townships of Franklin and Green), the two northern tiers of townships in Mahoning, the townships of Sullivan, Troy, and Ruggles, in Ashland, and several islands Iying north of Sandusky, including Kelly's and Put-in-Bay.
		Conneaut creek and Ashtabula river, in the northeastern part of the county, with their tributaries, Grand river in the western, and the Pymatuning in the southern part of the county, with their tributaries, make this one of the best-watered districts in the State.
		Ashtabula County is situated on the water-shed or the dividing ridge between Lake Erie and the Ohio river.
	www.solomonspalding.com /SRP/saga2/1878Ast1.htm (16075 words)

	Bridge Disaster Time Line
		The citizens of the village of Ashtabula arrive on scene and begin to assist survivors of the wreck to safety.
		Passengers that died and were recovered from the wreck were layed along the banks of the Ashtabula River in proximity to the wreck itself and left.
		Citizens of Ashtabula are chosen to serve on the Coroner's Jury to independently investigate the cause of the failure of the Ashtabula River Bridge and the fearsome fire which followed.
	home.alltel.net /arhf/timeline.htm (1568 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1876 in rail transport
		September 1 - The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Miami Valley Railway is held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
		December 29 - The worst train disaster in America to date occurred in Ohio when a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern passenger train fell into the Ashtabula River as the bridge collapsed under the train.
		The Santa Cruz Railroad opened for business in 1876, and its locomotives “Neptune” and “Jupiter” pulled trains of passengers and freight the 13 miles between Santa Cruz and Watsonville — where there was a junction with the Southern Pacific Railroad and connections to all the rest of the nationwide rail network.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1876-in-rail-transport (389 words)

	ASHTABULA BRIDGE DISASTER!
		Miss Marian Shepherd, a survivor of the disaster, was in her sleeper berth and later recalled that she knew something was wrong when the bell rope snapped in two, with one piece smashing an oil lamp and the other knocking over a burning candle.
		They ruled that the railroad was entirely responsible for the accident and the deaths and injuries that came from it.
		After the disaster, many would remark that it was not so surprising that the bridge fell but that it managed to stay up for 11 years without mishap.
	www.prairieghosts.com /rr_disaster.html (3514 words)

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	1876 - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		May 30 - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murat V.
		June 17 - Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud - 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
		December 29 - The Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster, 64 injured, 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
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	List of disasters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Climatic disaster of 535 AD, might have been triggered by an Indonesian volcanic eruption; grassland failures spurred migrations of Avars and others; plagues, conjectured collapse of Late Antiquity (David Keys' theory, in Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World, 2000.
		Paez river disaster, Cauca and Huila provinces, Colombia (June 6, 1994) over 1,100 people were killed in an earthquake and mudslide disaster in the Paez river basin
		San Diego air disaster (September 25, 1978) 144 killed; collision between a Cessna and a Boeing 727, PSA flight 182
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	Railroad Accidents
		While trains are convenient for travel and for transporting goods, they have become a greater danger over the years as their speed has increased.
		Sometimes railroad accidents are caused by human error, but other causes include derailment, explosions on board, and bridge collapses.
		Lake Shore train fell into the Ashtabula River when the bridge it was crossing collapsedduring a snowstorm; 92 people were killed.
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	Link to Other Websites
		The Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival is held at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds on the 2nd full weekend in October from 8:00am to 5:00pm daily.
		Besides rare items, such as an 1866 Stock Certificate of the Red River Line (NYC) and relics from the Ashtabula Bridge Disaster of 1876 are large displays of lanterns, timetables, passes and old photos.
		Steelhead fishing is excellent in the Grand and Conneaut Rivers between late October until April, barring the rivers freezing over.
	ci.ashtabula.oh.us /ThingstodoLinks.htm (1772 words)

	Tomfolio.com: Transportation: Railroads, RR Disasters
		The event was an important one in that it brought into question the use of iron in bridges, this one being one of the first constructed thus.
		The story of the 1921 flood of the Arkansas River in Pueblo Colorado, and the destruction of a Denver & Rio Grande passenger train in the railyards.
		The author was the railroad's chief engineer and was originally produced at the railroad's behest.
	www.tomfolio.com /bookssub.asp?catid=68&subid=1096 (773 words)

	Great Links
		Ashtabula County Officials - from the National Association of Counties
		Ashtabula Railway Historical Foundation - the primary mission of the ARHF is to preserve the heritage of the railroad industry and its' impact on the development of the Ashtabula County area.
		Ashtabula River Partnership - "dedicated to the goal of exploring how to effectively remediate the contaminated sediments in the Ashtabula River and Harbor"
	www.cacl.lib.oh.us /links.htm (484 words)

	Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster in TutorGig Encyclopedia
		At that moment the Pacific Express, No. 5, bound westward over the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway, broke through the iron bridge that spanned the Ashtabula river on the line of the road, and suddenly plunged with a precious cargo of human life into a chasm seventy feet deep.
		Category:1876 Category:Bridge disasters Category:History of Ohio Category:Railway accidents in the United States Category:Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Category:Ashtabula County, Ohio
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	List of disasters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Climatic disaster of 535 AD, triggered by an Indonesian volcanic eruption; grassland failures spurred migrations of Avars and others; plagues, conjectured collapse of Late Antiquity (David Keys theory, in Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World, 2000.
		Tenerife disaster collision between KLM and PanAm Boeing 747's (March 27, 1977)
		"Queen of the Sea" train disaster, Telwatta, Sri Lanka: Approximately 1700 are killed in the world's worst rail disaster to date as a train is overwhelmed by a tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (December 26, 2004)
	list-of-disasters.ask.dyndns.dk (1303 words)

	Articles - Derailment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He suffers two cracked ribs and a punctured lung, and spends a month recovering from the injuries.
		[image not shown] April 16, 1853 â€“ Cheat River, West Virginia, United States: Two Baltimore and Ohio passenger cars tumble down a hundred foot ravine above the Cheat River in West Virginia, west of Cumberland, Maryland, after they are derailed by a loose rail.
		It is possible that the driver had a heart attack.
	www.bowling-balls.net /articles/Derailment (429 words)

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		First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left
		Powder River (the soldiers destroyed all of the villager's winter food and clothing and then slashed their ponies' throats).
		Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster, 64 injured, 92 dead at
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		Bill's Train Shop (B.T.S.) - Retail model railroad equipment.
		Dutch Hobbyworld - Offers european scale model railroad items.
		Encyclopedia: New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
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	Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Train No. 5, The Pacific Express left a snowy Erie, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of December 29, 1876.
		The following is the official recorded summary of this disaster as recorded in the Ashtabula County archives in 1877: "December 29, 1876, was the date of the occurrence; the time of day about half past seven o'clock in the evening.
		Category:Rail transport in the United StatesCategory:Railway accidents Category:1876 Category:Ohio history
	ashtabula-river-railroad-disaster.ask.dyndns.dk (591 words)

	To Act in Holiness Before the Lord - Brad Neiger
		At approximately 7:30 p.m., while crossing a trestle bridge over the Ashtabula River, the bridge collapsed, sending the 11 railcars 75 feet to the river below.
		Rather than escape, he devotedly stayed by her side in an attempt to free her before they were both engulfed and consumed in the flames.
		Ninety other people were killed or later died in the Ashtabula River railroad disaster, the worst such incident in American history to that point in time.
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		June 4 - An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California via the First Transcontinental Railroad, 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
		December 29 - Ashtabula River Railroad bridge disaster occurs, leaving 92 dead.
		Charles Wells opened his brewery based in Bedford, England.
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	Railroad Accidents
		85 died when Pennsylvania Railroad commuter train plunged through temporary overpass.
		Nogales-Guadalajara train plunged down mountain gorge, killing 120.
		Franklin Pierce - U.S. President, born 23 November 1804, President of the United States, 1853-1857
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