view gallery |  Der Große Brand von 1842 - Hamburg / Germany
in Famous Fires Eines der letzten erhaltenen Häuser des Brandes von 1842 / One of the last remaining buildings after the great fire in 1842 posted by: Astartus location: Hamburg, Germany date approved: 5/9/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  SLA Bank Robbery and Murder - Carmichael, CA
in Infamous Crime Scenes Former bank building where Myrna Opsahl, a bank customer, was killed during a robbery by the SLA. posted by: linkys location: California date approved: 5/2/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Boston Marathon Bombs - Boston, MA, USA
in Infamous Crime Scenes During the running of the Boston Marathon on Patriots Day a pair of pressure cooker bombs were set off, killing three and injuring over 270, which triggered one of the greatest responses to aid and one of the largest manhunts in the city's history. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/2/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Brit Craft Memorial -- Atchison KS
in Railway Disaster Sites A small carved granite monument to famed Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad engineer Brit Craft near the depot that he was based out of in downtown Atchison KS. The actual disaster site is near Glen Elder KS around N 39 31.273; W 098 22.976 posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 4/24/2013 last visited: 3/15/2013 |
view gallery |  1951 Kansas River ATSF Bridge Collapse -- Topeka KS
in Railway Disaster Sites This former Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe RR truss bridge over the Kansas River was built in 1920, washed out in 1951, and restored to service in 1953. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 4/24/2013 last visited: 3/14/2013 |
view gallery |  Wormwith Piano Works Fire - Kingston, Ontario
in Famous Fires Wormwith Piano Works that was located at 27 Princess Street was destroyed by fire on December 6, 1908. posted by: mTn_biKer65 location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 4/19/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  1923 Berkeley Fire - Berkeley, CA
in Famous Fires In 1923 a fire which began in Wildcat Canyon swept over the ridge and burned hundreds homes near the UC Berkeley campus. posted by: DougK location: California date approved: 4/16/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Cupertino quarry shooting - Cupertino, CA
in Infamous Crime Scenes A mass killing at the Lehigh Quarry in Cupertino, CA. posted by: saopaulo1 location: California date approved: 4/15/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Oikos University shooting - Oakland, CA
in Infamous Crime Scenes The school shooting at Oikos University in Oakland. posted by: saopaulo1 location: California date approved: 4/3/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Vražda Anežky Hruzové / Murder of Anežka Hruzová, Polná, Czech republic
in Infamous Crime Scenes Místo, kde bylo 1. dubna 1899 nalezeno telo zavraždené Anežky Hruzové / Place where April 1st, 1899 Anežka Hruzova was found murdered. posted by: Noe1 location: Kraj Vysocina, Czech Republic date approved: 4/3/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bilbomben i Randers, The car bomb in Randers - Denmark
in Infamous Crime Scenes Her ved Wilhelm Thomsens plads i Randers eksploderede en bilbombe juleaften 2011.
At this location a car bomb exploded at Christmas Eve 2011. posted by: kallehaugerne location: Denmark date approved: 2/28/2013 last visited: 3/14/2013 |
view gallery |  City Hall Leiden
in Famous Fires The fire at 12-02-1929 in Leiden is one of the greatest in the 20th century. It looked very spectacular, because it broke out during a period of severe frost. At the same day there was the ‘Elfstedentocht’. The extinguishing water froze directly on the windows of the building. Besides the façade nothing remained of the medieval building. posted by: naj16 location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands date approved: 2/25/2013 last visited: 3/3/2013 |
view gallery |  Tower of London Fire - October 31, 1841 - London, United Kingdom
in Famous Fires This sign marks the fire that occurred in the Grand Storehouse at the Tower of London on 31 October, 1841 in London, United Kingdom. posted by: wildwoodke location: London, United Kingdom date approved: 2/21/2013 last visited: 3/23/2013 |
view gallery |  Forks Fire of 1951
in Famous Fires This sign about the Forks Fire is located next to the Rayonier Shay Locomotive on the east side of Tillicum Lane at Tillicum Park in Forks, Washington. posted by: brwhiz location: Washington date approved: 2/19/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Spitting Stone
in Infamous Crime Scenes Don´t be surprised if you see people spitting at the Domshof square in Bremen, there is a perfectly good explanation for it! posted by: hstidsen location: Bremen, Germany date approved: 2/10/2013 last visited: 4/4/2013 |
view gallery |  "I Do" Fire
in Famous Fires This BLM marker commemorating the largest (at that time) wildfire in Colorado history, is located on the south side of US Highway 40 just west of County Road 143 about 5.5 miles west of Maybell, Colorado. posted by: brwhiz location: Colorado date approved: 2/6/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Mt Remarkable Crash
in Plane Crash Sites A crashed plane on the Mt Remarkable Summit Hike posted by: R0gue location: Western Australia, Australia date approved: 2/4/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Absturz
in Plane Crash Sites Mahnmal zum gedenken der Opfer des tragischen Fluzeugunglücks am 20. Mai 1944 posted by: 00M location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany date approved: 2/2/2013 last visited: 2/19/2013 |
view gallery |  Murder of Constable Prescott - Medford, Oregon
in Infamous Crime Scenes The historic Root-Banks home, site of the murder of a Medford police officer posted by: ddtfamily location: Oregon date approved: 1/12/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  1974 Prison Siege -- Walls Unit, Hunstville TX
in Infamous Crime Scenes From 24 Jul-03 Aug 1974, 3 TX inmates held 15 hostages at the Walls Unit in one of the longest prison sieges in US history. Two hostages were murdered by their captors, 1 captor was killed by guards & 1 captor killed himself before it was all over. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 1/9/2013 last visited: 12/31/2012 |
view gallery |  Grumman F9F Panther Navy Jet Crashes in Atlantic Ocean in 1956
in Plane Crash Sites Pilot was on a Tracking Operation with a Navy Baltimore-Class Heavy Cruiser, the USS Macon (CA-132). posted by: D&D23336 location: Virginia date approved: 1/6/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Santa Claus Bank Robbery - Cisco, TX
in Infamous Crime Scenes A Texas Historical Marker marks the site of the old First National Bank (now vacant), which "Santa Claus" attempted to rob on 12/23/1927. The debacle would have been funny had people not gotten killed. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 1/1/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Jake Hamon Shooting - Ardmore, OK
in Infamous Crime Scenes An Ardmore Main Street Authority marker at 209 W Main St, commemorates the history of the now-gone Randol Hotel, where oilman Jake L. Hamon was shot in 1920 before he could become President Harding's Secretary of the Interior. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Oklahoma date approved: 1/1/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  1956 Train collision, Bielefeld, Germany
in Railway Disaster Sites On May 28, 1956, a class 92 shunter flank tripped a 4-unit class VT33 railcar on a bridge spanning a street at Bielefeld main station. Two of the railcar units were thrown to their sides and 72 passengers were injured, but luckily all survived. posted by: kittyposse location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany date approved: 12/23/2012 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Shooting of Officer J.D. Tippit - Dallas, TX
in Infamous Crime Scenes A Texas Historical Marker at N Patton and E 10th Streets in Dallas, TX commemorates where Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit on 11/22/1963, while fleeing the scene of his earlier crime in Dealey Plaza. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 12/22/2012 last visited: never |
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