| Ort |
Zeit |
Firma |
Ereignis |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1891 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Eintragung unter der Firma "John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co., Inc.". Die Firmenleitung besteht aus John F. Wiessner Sr. (Präsident), John F. Wiessner Jr. (Vizepräsident), Henry F. Wiessner (Vizepräsident - 2 davon?) und George F. Wiessner (Sekretär und Finanzleiter) |
| Covington (Virginia) |
1891/93 |
Covington Furnace |
Bau des Hochofens |
| Davis (Tucker, W.V.) |
1891 |
Beaver Creek Lumber Co. |
Erbaut |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
1891 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Eintragung unter der Firma "John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co., Inc.". Die Firmenleitung besteht aus John F. Wiessner Sr. (Präsident), John F. Wiessner Jr. (Vizepräsident), Henry F. Wiessner (Vizepräsident - 2 davon?) und George F. Wiessner (Sekretär und Finanzleiter) |
| Iron Gate (USA) |
1891/92 |
Alleghany Furnace |
Erbaut |
| Pulaski (Virginia) |
1891/92 |
Dora Furnace |
Bau des Hochofens |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1891 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Ein Feuer zerstört die Kesselwerkstatt und vieles der im Bau befindlichen Antriebsmaschinen des U.S. battleship "Texas" |
| Shenandoah (Page, Va.) |
1891 |
Gem Furnace |
Erneute Umgestaltung des Hochofens |
| Sparrows Point (USA) |
1891 |
Pennsylvania Steel Co., Sparrows Point Works |
Ausweitung des Werks mit Walzwerken und anderen Produktionsanlagen. In diesem Zusammenhang Gründung der "Maryland Steel Company". |
| Sparrows Point (USA) |
1891 |
Pennsylvania Steel Co., Sparrows Point Works |
Baubeginn einer Schiffswerft |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1891 |
Ford Company Morocco Works |
Bau einer Wasserwerkstatt mit Reparaturwerkstatt und Trockenmansarden an der Greenhill Avenue |
| Rock Castle (Virginia) |
25.03.1891 |
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Coal train No. 78, Conductor Stratton, collided with another train drawing empty cars between Rock Castle and Stokes, early this morning, on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, causing the death of Fireman Mahone and Sigfried. Conductor Moseby, of the empty train, had his arm broken. Both engines and 15 cars were badly damaged. |
| Wheeling (West Virginia) |
26.03.1891 |
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Mr. F. P. Jepson, President of the Second Branch of Council, and cashier of the Bank of the Ohio Valley, had a very narrow escape from a horrible death last evening, just after seven o'clock. Very fortunately he managed to save his life, but sustained injuries which will confine him to his apartment for some time to come.
Mr. Jepson left his residence on Twelfth street just before seven o'clock, intending to catch the seven o'clock motor for an out-of-town call. Not having time to catch the motor at the City Hall station, Mr. Jepson went out Fourteenth street, intending to board the train near the Central glass house. As the motor went by, just at the east end of Fourteenth street, Mr. Jepson attempted to catch it, from the west side of the track, but either missed his footing or his overcoat caught in some obstruction. At any event, he was swept from his feet, and was dragged a distance of probably two hundred feet before the train could be stopped. Mr. Alex. Updegraff and others on board the train at once went to Mr. Jepson's assistance, and he was found to be bleeding profusely from a scalp wound, and suffering from injuries in the vicinity of the hips and lower part of the spine. After in a measure recovering from the shock, Mr. Jepson, aided Mr. Updegraff, walked down Fourteenth street, up Jacob to Twelfth street and down to his residence, by which time he had lost considerable blood from the wound on his head. Dr. C. M. Frissell was at once summoned, and Mr. Jepson's wounds were dressed and the patient made as comfortable as possible. When the physicians left Mr. Jepson was suffering a good deal, but his wounds are not believed to be severe. The scalp wound is a trifle, the greater injuries resulting from the bruises and twisting, incident to his being dragged over the track. |
| Statesville (North Carolina) |
27.08.1891 |
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The most horrible disaster in the history of railroading in North Carolina occurred at 2 o'clock this morning at Bostian's bridge over Third Creek, two miles west of Statesville. At that hour west-bound passenger train, No. 9, which had passed Statesville on time at 1:52 a.m., was hurled from the top of the bridge a distance of 60 to 75 feet, the engine, tender, baggage and second class car, the first class coach, the Pullman sleeper car "Saluda" and the private car of Superintendent R. R. BRIDGERS, all going overboard. The bridge was swept clear of iron from end to end. TWENTY-TWO KILLED, 26 WOUNDED. Unbekannte Personen hatten die Schienennägel von den Gleisen entfernt. - 1897 werden zwei Täter identifiziert |
| Muscogee (Georgia) |
25.10.1891 |
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Quite a serious accident occurred on the Southwestern railroad, causing considerable damage. A freight train bound to Macon, when near Muscogee Junction, struck the stringer section, and discovered it on fire. The stringers were pretty well burnt through. Four cars were turned completely over, and five cars were more or less damaged. Conductor R. Jones, Flagman A. J. Tankserly and Trainhand Erwin Robertson were more or less burned, but not seriously. A working train was ordered from Fort Valley and at once proceeded to the scene of the wreck. Last night the track was nearly cleared, and trains will be running through today. There was no train out to Macon yesterday afternoon. |
| Abbeville (Georgia) |
29.10.1891 |
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im Galloway, colored, happened to a terrible accident several miles from here this afternoon, on the Atlantic and Western railway. His right leg was crushed by a moving car and was amputated. His left leg was also broken. No one was to blame. |
| Davisboro (USA) |
05.11.1891 |
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Fireman Gurr left Macon at 8 o'clock Tuesday night on a freight train bound for Savannah. Some time after 10 o'clock, as the train was nearing Davisboro, several cars broke loose, but the engineer, being ignorant of this, pulled ahead and stopped at the tank for water, Fireman Gurr stepped out on the tender to place the tank hose. As he was doing this the cars which had broken loose and which had been running down grade all the time came down on the front section with a crash.
The collision threw Gurr between the engine tender and the first car, at the same time forcing the front section forward. Gurr had falling across the outside track, and the wheels of the first car passed over his stomach, cutting him in halves. The other wheels passed over his legs, horribly mangling them. Gurr's death was instantaneous, and while his wounds were frightful, they were perhaps painless, from the fact that the man must have been knocked senseless from the fall.
The body was brought to Macon on the next train and turned over to Undertaker Clay for burial. Yesterday afternoon the remains were shipped to Waverly Hall, where Gurr was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and was well thought of. He carried insurance on his life to the amount of $1,500, which will be paid to his mother.
In the collision which caused Gurr's death, several cars were slightly broken up, but no serious damage was done. |
| Bluefield (Virginia) |
12.12.1891 |
Graham Furnace |
Der Hochofen wird angeblasen |
| Graham (Bluefield) |
12.12.1891 |
Graham Furnace |
Der Hochofen wird angeblasen |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
Anfang 1892 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Die "Consolidated Temperature Controlling Co." (als Nachfolgerin der 1885 von Albert Butz gegründeten "Thermo-Electric Regulator Co.") wird in "Electric Heat Regulator Co." umbenannt |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1892 |
Diamond Match Co. |
Bau des Lagerhauses an der Walnut Street |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1892 |
Minguas Iron Works, McCullough Iron Co. |
Erweitert |
| Pulaski (Virginia) |
Mai 1892 |
Dora Furnace |
Der Hochofen wird angeblasen. |
| Ivanhoe (Virginia) |
04.05.1892 |
Ivanehoe Furnace |
Der Hochofen "Jennie" wird angeblasen |
| Greenville (Delaware) |
10.05.1892 |
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A freight train composed of ten cars, some of which were loaded with powder, was wrecked at Greenville, on the Kentmere branch of the Wilmington Northern Railroad, this evening. The train was on its way from Dupont's powder works to the main line of the railroad when the accident occurred. The powder consignment comprised between 800 and 1,000 kegs, each keg containing ten or twelve pounds, a total of nearly five tons.
At Greenville the train collided with a westbound freight. The powder train was thrown from the track, and the engine and cars rolled down an embankment. The cars were completely wrecked and every keg of powder was broken open, but fortunately there was no explosion. |
| Proctor (West Virginia) |
25.07.1892 |
---- |
At Proctor, on the Ohio River railroad, a long trestle was washed out and a freight train was wrecked. Twenty-eight cars were piled up and Engineer WILL BEASLEY, of Parkersburg, was injured so that his leg had to be amputated today. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
16.08.1892 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Die Anteilseigner der "Electric Thermostat Company" stimmen dem Verkauf von zahlreichen Patenten an W. R. Sweatt für die Summe von $1,00 zu |
| Basic City (Virginia) |
21.09.1892 |
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The north bound vestibule train, No. 6, on the Shenandoah Valley branch of the Norfolk and Western railroad, due here at 8:15 a.m., was derailed and badly wrecked one-half mile south of Basic City, about 4 o'clock Wednesday morning. The train, which consisted of a mail, express and baggage car, dining car, two day coaches and three Pullman sleepers, were derailed by running into a deposit of about six inches of sand and pebbles washed upon the rails by the heavy rains in the early part of the night. The entire train, with the exception of the two sleepers, left the track.
The train did not arrive here until 4:15 p.m. The express and baggage cars were demolished, and the engine torn to pieces. When the engine struck the sandbank it was going north, but when it stopped, it was facing south, being turned completely around. The baggage car was thrown completely over the top of the engine and the express car was mashed to splinters. The day coaches and one sleeper were also wrecked. The dining car was found lying upon the boiler of the engine, and in it was found the conductor, MR. JOHN UPDEGROVE, of W. Washington street, this city, who was so badly scalded by escaping steam that he has since died. He was conscious up to the time of his death, which was about 12:30 o'clock. He was brought to this city, his home, on the train due here at 10 o'clock p.m., but it was delayed by the wreck, and did not arrive until 12:10 this morning. |
| Waynesboro |
21.09.1892 |
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The north bound vestibule train, No. 6, on the Shenandoah Valley branch of the Norfolk and Western railroad, due here at 8:15 a.m., was derailed and badly wrecked one-half mile south of Basic City, about 4 o'clock Wednesday morning. The train, which consisted of a mail, express and baggage car, dining car, two day coaches and three Pullman sleepers, were derailed by running into a deposit of about six inches of sand and pebbles washed upon the rails by the heavy rains in the early part of the night. The entire train, with the exception of the two sleepers, left the track.
The train did not arrive here until 4:15 p.m. The express and baggage cars were demolished, and the engine torn to pieces. When the engine struck the sandbank it was going north, but when it stopped, it was facing south, being turned completely around. The baggage car was thrown completely over the top of the engine and the express car was mashed to splinters. The day coaches and one sleeper were also wrecked. The dining car was found lying upon the boiler of the engine, and in it was found the conductor, MR. JOHN UPDEGROVE, of W. Washington street, this city, who was so badly scalded by escaping steam that he has since died. He was conscious up to the time of his death, which was about 12:30 o'clock. He was brought to this city, his home, on the train due here at 10 o'clock p.m., but it was delayed by the wreck, and did not arrive until 12:10 this morning. |
| Ashland (Maryland) |
23.09.1892 |
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At Ashland, a few miles above Centreville, a passenger named Wm. Handy got off a special train last night, coming from the Dover fair, and this morning his mangled body was found some distance above the station. It is supposed that he started to walk up the track and was struck by the special, which returned to Townsend as soon as it had left its passengers at Centreville. An inquest will be held this evening. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
05.10.1892 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Änderung der Firma aus "Electric Thermostat Company" in "Electric Heat Regulator Company". Das Unternehmen wird mit neuem Kapital ausgestattet, und die Direktoren wählen W. R. Sweatt zum Sekretär und gleichzeitig zum Finanzleiter. Die Aktionäre stimmen der Übernahme des Vermögens der "Electric Thermostat Company" und der Übernahme der Verbindlichkeiten von Sweatt als Verwwalter / Treuhänder zu |
| Iron Gate (USA) |
01.12.1892 |
Alleghany Furnace |
Der Hochofen wird angeblasen |
| Huntington (West Virginia) |
1893 |
Ensign Manufacturing Company |
F. E. Canda stellt Selbstentladewagen nach seinem Entwurf mit Schiebetüren aus Blech auf der Columbianischen Weltausstellung in Chicago aus. |
| Ivanhoe (Virginia) |
1893 |
Ivanehoe Furnace |
Erhöhung des Hochofens |
| Richmond (Va.) |
bis 1893 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Das 1891 abgebrannte Werk wird wieder aufgebaut |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1893 |
Ford Company Morocco Works |
Bau eines neuen Gerbereigebäudes an der Ecke Third / Webb Street |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1893 |
Ford Company Morocco Works |
Bau eines neuen Kessel- und Maschinenhauses |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1893 |
Ford Company Morocco Works |
Bau eines Waagen- und Platzmeistergebäudes an der Third Street |
| Wheeling (West Virginia) |
14.02.1893 |
Sweeney & Co. |
Tod von Andrew J. Sweeney |
| Huntington (West Virginia) |
Frühjahr 1893 |
Ensign Manufacturing Company |
Infolge der Wirtschaftskrise von 1893 werden die "Ensign Car Works" für sieben Monate geschlossen. |
| Albright (W.V.) |
11.1893 |
Virginia Furnace |
McGrew verkauft das Anwesen an Alexander Tait. |
| Graniteville (S.C., USA) |
20.12.1893 |
---- |
A serious and destructive wreck occurred on the Richmond and Danville railroad at Granitville [sic], S. C., twelve miles east of Augusta, at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon.
The New York fast passenger train, which left Augusta at 1 o'clock p. m., ran into a local freight train from Columbia in the siding. The accident was caused by a switch not being set to the main track. The freight backed into the siding and failed to set the switch to the main track. The boiler of the passenger engine was driven into the boiler of the frieght, and both were almost completely demolished. Engineer W. W. Ficklin and Fireman York were thrown through the cab window, Ficklin being seriously injured and horribly scalded by escaping steam. Engineer Hughes and fireman Allen, of the freight, leaped from the cab before the collision. Three passengers were injured, Miss Sallie Lepper, of Langley, S. C., Miss Clara Battey, of Graniteville, S. C., and mail agent J. W. Gordon, of Charlotte, N. C. The rest of the passengers escaped. |
| Augusta (Ga.) |
1894 |
Lombard Iron Works |
Eintragung der Firma |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1894 |
Stickney Furnace |
Abbruch des Hochofens A |
| Canton (Baltimore) |
1894 |
Stickney Furnace |
Abbruch des Hochofens A |
| Parsons (W. Virginia) |
1894 |
Milton Tannery, Howard Smith |
Erbaut |
| Principio (USA) |
1894 |
Principio Furnace |
Der Hochofen von 1723 wird aufgegeben. |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1894 |
Mellin, Karl Johan |
Carl J. Mellin beginnt als Oberingenieur in den "Richmond Locomotive Works" in Richmond (Va.) |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1894 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Carl J. Mellin beginnt als Oberingenieur in den "Richmond Locomotive Works" in Richmond (Va.) |
| Huntington (West Virginia) |
03.01.1894 |
Ensign Manufacturing Company |
Wiedereröffnung der "Ensign Car Works" nach der Wirtschaftskrise von 1893 |
| Chester (South Carolina) |
17.01.1894 |
---- |
The disobedience of instructions and the infringement of the State law by a railroad engineer yesterday morning at 12:38 oâ??clock caused a railroad wreck that was only by some miraculous intervention prevented from crushing the lives out of many passengers. The engineer jumped before the result of his deed was known to him, for he knew that under the circumstances a car load of people must be crushed to death, and the last seen of him he was making his way across a corn field and leaving for parts unknown.
It was just at the hour named that the south bound Washington vestibule limited train from Charlotte to Columbia, running forty minutes behind her schedule, while crossing the Seaboard Air Line track at the Chester crossing, just north of the Chester depot, was struck at right angles by a freight train on the Seaboard road running at right angles to her, and the tail end Pullman sleeping car, containing thirteen sleeping people, was wrecked. |
| Gordon Heights (Delaware) |
02.10.1894 |
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The passengers on board of the New-York and Washington express train on the Pennsylvania Road due in this city at 10:20 this morning had a remarkable escape from serious injury and perhaps death. The train struck one of the Dupont powder wagons near Gordon Heights, killed one of the horses, seriously and perhaps fatally injured the driver, and scattered one-pound cans of powder in various directions without an explosion.
The wagon was on its way to the powder company's wharf, and it seems miraculous that the powder did not explode, in which event the train would probably have been wrecked. The driver was brought to this city and placed in the hospital. He was unable to give his name, and could not give any information about the accident. |
| Asheville (USA) |
21.10.1894 |
Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Co. |
Tod von Monroe Heath in Asheville (N.C.). Sein Sohn Ernest W. Heath übernimmt seine Stelle als Präsident und Manager. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
03.11.1894 |
Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleumgesellschaft |
Nach bestandenem Vorexamen begibt sich Johannn Schütte an Bord des Dampfers "Geestemünde" der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Petroleum-Gesellschaft auf eine sechswöchige Reise nach Baltimore |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
03.11.1894 |
Schütte, Johann |
Nach bestandenem Vorexamen begibt sich Johannn Schütte an Bord des Dampfers "Geestemünde" der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Petroleum-Gesellschaft auf eine sechswöchige Reise nach Baltimore |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1895 |
---- |
Die erste elektrische Vollbahnlokomotive wird bei der Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Betrieb genommen. Sie ist von General Electric & Co. gebaut, hat die Achsfolge Bo+Bo, Länge von 10324 mm, 795 kW Leistung und eine Masse von 86,5 t; sie hat Achsmotoren und Stromzuführung über Stromschiene. Sie wird auf einer 2,25 km langen Tunnelstrecke im Stadtgebiet von Baltimore eingesetzt. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1895 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Die "Electric Heat Regulator Company" erwirtschaftet erstmals Gewinne |
| Rockford (Wilmington) |
1895 |
Joseph Bancroft |
Große Werkserweiterung |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1895 |
Ford Company Morocco Works |
Bau des Bürogebäudes mit der Endverarbeitung an der Ecke Greenhill Avenue / 2nd Street |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1895 |
Ford Company Morocco Works |
Bau des Lagerhauses an der Greenhill Avenue |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1895 |
Ford Company Morocco Works |
Erweiterung des Gebäudes mit den Gerbtrommeln |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1895 |
Joseph Bancroft |
Große Werkserweiterung |
| Covington (Virginia) |
20.04.1895 |
Covington Furnace |
Der Hochofen wird angeblasen. |
| Popes Ferry (USA) |
31.08.1895 |
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An excursion train on the Southern Railroad, consisting of nine cars, filled with Macon Knights of Pythias and their friends, was wrecked at Pope's Ferry. Twelve miles from Macon Friday. The engine left the track and four cars followed. The three first went down an embankment of about eight feet. The cause of the accident cannot be determined. Vice President Baldwin, Chief Engineer Hudson and his assistants inspected the track and could find no reason for the accident. In speaking of it Mr. Baldwin said "The cause is entirely beyond our understanding." |
| Wheeling (West Virginia) |
03.11.1895 |
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The worst railroad wreck in the immediate vicinity of Wheeling for many years occurred shortly before ten o'clock this morning at Elm Grove, five miles east, of the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore & Ohio road. The Pittsburg-Cincinnati express commonly known as the â??Cannon Ball,â? jumped the track on a bridge over Wheeling Creek, owing to a broken flange on a wheel of the smoking car.
The engine, tender and baggage car kept the track, while the mail car, smoker and Pullman car went over a bank about sixteen feet high. The day coach completely turned over and the other two lay on their sides. The cars were completely demolished, seeming to have been thrown some distance through the air.
So far, only two deaths have been reported. A woman thought to be MRS. MIRANDA HARE of Kittaning, Pennsylvania, but not positively identified, owing to the way she was disfigured, jumped from the train and was instantly killed. The eight-months' old baby of LAWRENCE BARTLEY of Pittsburg was sitting on his father's lap when the accident occurred. It was so badly injured that it died in a few minutes, while neither father nor mother was hurt.
The exact number of injured is hard to get reliably. Nine were taken to the city hospital and three to the Wheeling hospital, while a number were at houses near the scene fo [sic] the accident. Ten or a dozen surgeons and the wrecking crew were summoned at once.
Not less that 10,000 people visited the scene of the wreck, the Wheeling and Elm Grove railroad running special excursion trains, all of which were crowded. Of those who were hurt several will die. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1896 |
Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Company, Malster & Reaney |
Bau des Unterseeboots "Argonaut" |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1896 |
Stickney Furnace |
Hochofen B geht als letzter Holzkohlen-Hochofen im Raum Baltimore außer Betrieb |
| Canton (Baltimore) |
1896 |
Stickney Furnace |
Hochofen B geht als letzter Holzkohlen-Hochofen im Raum Baltimore außer Betrieb |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1896 |
Tabulating Machine Company |
Nach weiteren Verbesserungen des Lochkartensystems gründet Hollerith die "Tabulating Machine Company" um seine Erfindung kommerziell zu verwerten. |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
1897 |
Fulton Foundry and Machine Works |
Eintragung der "Star Foundry and Machine Works" als Vorgänger-Unternehmen |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
01.01.1897 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Tod von John F. Wiessner in Baltimore. Sein Sohn John F. Wiessner Jr. wird Präsident |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
01.01.1897 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Tod von John F. Wiessner in Baltimore. Sein Sohn John F. Wiessner Jr. wird Präsident |
| Richmond (Va.) |
08.03.1897 |
Mellin, Karl Johan |
Erteilung des U.S.-Patents 587.505 für ein Druckausgleichsventil für den Leerlauf von Lokomotiven. Er besteht zwei zylindrischen Ventilkörpern, die bei vorhandenem Schieberkastendruck in die Mitte geschoben werden und den Verbindungskanal für den Druckausgleich schließen und ihn bei Druckabfall öffnen |
| Oakland (Garrett, Maryland) |
21.03.1897 |
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The east-bound B & O express was wrecked on the Youghlogheny Bridge, near Oakland, Md., within a few minutes of 8 o'clock this morning, by an engine heaving the rails while moving at a rapid rate. General J. B. Fullerton of St. Louis was killed. His body had not been recovered up to a late hour to-night. The train was more than an hour late. The flange of the engine rode the rail 40 feet before dropping on the outside of the track. The rear passenger coach and the sleeper Ukraine were thrown over the bridge, the Ukraine turning over several times in the descent. The car was completely demolished and fell with its truck up in the river. The bridge is about 20 feet above the water. The passenger coach was thrown on its side near the river bank, but did not go into the river. The track was torn up for several hundred yards. It is almost miraculous that the entire train did not fall into the river. |
| Blacksburg (South Carolina) |
25.03.1897 |
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Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, as the southbound local passenger train, No. 11, on the Southern road, with Engineer Tom Chatham and Fireman I. V. Hulsey and Conductor Frank Marshall in charge, was nearing this place and within two miles of it, the tender jumped the track and was turned over on its side. The postal, baggage, and second class cars also left the track and were partially turned over. The first class car was about half derailed and the sleeper remained in position intact. The engine cab was completely shattered, but the damage to the tender and cars was comparatively slight.
The engineer and fireman stayed on the engine and both escaped with slight injuries, the former with a cut on the left hand and a severe bruise over the left eye; the latter had one bone in the left ankle fractured and bruised about the face. Postal Clerk Mansfield sustained a very severe shock and probably some internal injury. None of the passengers were injured but of course were badly shaken up and frightened. The track was cleared and trains running through by 9 o'clock last night.
The train was running at its usual rate of speed, and the cause of the wreck is not known. The escape of the engineer and fireman is regarded as almost miraculous.
General Roadmaster J. A. Dodson, Trainmaster A. Ramsen, Superintendent H. L. Coe and Superintendent W. B. Ryder are all at the scene of the wreck. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
18.06.1897 |
City and Suburban Railway Company |
Zusammenschluß der "Baltimore Traction Company" mit der "City and Suburban Railway" zur "Baltimore Consolidated Railway" |
| Augusta (Ga.) |
1898 |
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Der Strowger-Wähler selbst erstmalig in Augusta (Georgia) erfolgreich eingesetzt |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1898 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Joseph Bryan wird der Nachfolger von William Trigg als Präsident. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
23.02.1898 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Auf der Aktionärsversammlung erwirbt W. R. Sweatt die gesamte "Electric Heat Regulator Company" |
| Baltimore |
09.07.1898 |
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An electric car of the North avenue line of the Consolidated Railway Company ran into a buggy containing Mr. and Mrs. Francis K. Carey Saturday night about 11 o'clock, injuring both Mr. and Mrs. Carey, breaking the horse's leg and completely demolishing the buggy. Mr. Carey is a member of the law firm of Semmes, Carey & Bond.
The accident occurred within a few yards of the gate of Mr. Carey's country home, "The Mount," on Clifton avenue, just below Fifteenth street, Walbrook, and directly opposite the baseball grounds of the Walbrook Athletic Club. The spot is one of the darkest on the road. Electric lights are few and a long distance apart. The two hills which converge at the point are barely discernible at night. This is the second accident of the kind in Walbrook within a year. Dr. Clarence Diffenderifer was killed by an Edmondson avenue car as he was driving out of his gate.
Mr. Carey's horse was injured so badly that he had to be killed yesterday morning, his hindleg being broken. |
| Walbrook (USA) |
09.07.1898 |
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An electric car of the North avenue line of the Consolidated Railway Company ran into a buggy containing Mr. and Mrs. Francis K. Carey Saturday night about 11 o'clock, injuring both Mr. and Mrs. Carey, breaking the horse's leg and completely demolishing the buggy. Mr. Carey is a member of the law firm of Semmes, Carey & Bond.
The accident occurred within a few yards of the gate of Mr. Carey's country home, "The Mount," on Clifton avenue, just below Fifteenth street, Walbrook, and directly opposite the baseball grounds of the Walbrook Athletic Club. The spot is one of the darkest on the road. Electric lights are few and a long distance apart. The two hills which converge at the point are barely discernible at night. This is the second accident of the kind in Walbrook within a year. Dr. Clarence Diffenderifer was killed by an Edmondson avenue car as he was driving out of his gate.
Mr. Carey's horse was injured so badly that he had to be killed yesterday morning, his hindleg being broken. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
10.07.1898 |
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A frightful accident occurred about 10 o'clock tonight at the foot of the St. Elizabeth Asylum hill beyond Anacostia. A street car, crowded with people, jumped the track, demolished a car of the Anacostia road and wounded about thirty people, some of whom may die. The accident happened at the time when travel on the road is heaviest.
A car of the Capitol Railway Company left the asylum gate on its way from Congress Heights to Anacostia. It carried about 110 passengers, many of whom were standing on the front board. It had gone about thirty yards from the asylum when the brake chain broke. The accident took place just as the car was fairly started on the steep grade of the long hill, one of the steepest grades in the District.
When the chain broke the passengers felt that something wrong had happened, and as the car began to gain momentum this feeling of apprehension was heightened. Many rose in fright, and a large number of the men and two or three women jumped from the car. As it descended the hill the speed became terrific. At the foot of the hill the tracks of the Capitol Hallway Company join those of the Anacostia Railway Company, and the cars of the first company run into Anacostia over the latter company's tracks. |
| Riverside (Virginia) |
27.11.1898 |
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A north-bound fast freight on the Shenandoah division of the Norfolk and Western railway went through a bridge near Riverside, fifty-seven miles north of Roanoke, Sunday. The casualties were:
JOSEPH STEVENS, fireman, fatally injured.
DAVID WINGER, brakeman, fatally injured.
STEPHEN MAYO, engineer, seriously scalded by escaping steam.
The men lived in Roanoke. The bridge was under construction at the time of the accident and it is reported several of the bridge workers were injured. |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
Dez. 1898 |
Fulton Foundry and Machine Works |
Umwandlung der "Star Foundry and Machine Works" in die Fulton Foundry |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
1899 |
Winship & Brothers |
Zusammenschluß mit der "Continental Gin Company" |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1899 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Bau einer neuen Flaschenabfüllung. - Ab 1900 wird alles Bier in Flaschen abgefüllt |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1899 |
Stickney Furnace |
Verkauf des Werks an die "American Tin Plate Company" |
| Canton (Baltimore) |
1899 |
Stickney Furnace |
Verkauf des Werks an die "American Tin Plate Company" |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
1899 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Bau einer neuen Flaschenabfüllung. - Ab 1900 wird alles Bier in Flaschen abgefüllt |
| Huntington (West Virginia) |
1899 |
Ensign Manufacturing Company |
Zusammenschluß mit zwölf weiteren Unternehmen der Waggonindustrie zu "American Car and Foundry Co." |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
05.03.1899 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Die Brauerei erwirbt Grundstücke, um die Kapazität zu verdoppeln |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
05.03.1899 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Die Brauerei erwirbt Grundstücke, um die Kapazität zu verdoppeln |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
09.09.1899 |
Winship & Brothers |
Tod von Robert Winship |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
28.10.1899 |
Mergenthaler Setzmaschinenfabrik GmbH |
Tod von Otmar Mergenthaler in Baltimore an Tuberkulose |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
28.10.1899 |
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Tod von Otmar Mergenthaler in Baltimore an Tuberkulose |
| Cumberland (Maryland) |
23.11.1899 |
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The second section of Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No. 9, west-bound, known as the oyster train, crashed into the first section in South Cumberland early this morning and was wrecked.
Engineer L. R. Kindle of Baltimore stuck to his post on the second section, checking its speed and preventing the telescoping of the passenger section. He was seriously injured and may die. His fireman, Lewis Massey of Baltimore, was terribly scalded, and died in the hospital here. No one else was dangerously hurt. The rear sleeper of the passenger section was burned.
The accident occurred shortly after 1 o'clock in the morning, and it is thought it was caused by the failure of the flagman on the passenger section to go far enough back when the train stopped at a switch. The passengers on the Pullman car Rival, which was on the rear end of the train, were badly shaken up and frightened. Among them were John Robinson of New York, Mrs. E. W. Uphouse of Rockwood, Penn., and the Rev. A. Hodgetts of Grand Island, Neb., all of whom were slightly cut by flying splinters and broken glass. Some of them also lost their effects, which could not be removed from the burning sleeper. They were all brought to this city, and after receiving medical attention were able to proceed on their journey. Conductor Green and Porter Seals of the passenger train, together with Mail Clerk Reagan, were also slightly injured. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1900/01 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Erweiterung der Brauerei auf eine Kapazität von 150.000 barrels pro Jahr und Bu eines großen, viergeschossigen Lagerhauses für 100.000 Fässer im gotischen Stil nach den Plänen von O. Wolff aus Philadelphia und Chicago |
| Georgia |
1900 |
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In Georgia sind 1900 144.855 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
1900/01 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Erweiterung der Brauerei auf eine Kapazität von 150.000 barrels pro Jahr und Bu eines großen, viergeschossigen Lagerhauses für 100.000 Fässer im gotischen Stil nach den Plänen von O. Wolff aus Philadelphia und Chicago |
| Maryland |
1900 |
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In Maryland sind 1900 118.482 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| North Carolina |
1900 |
---- |
In North Carolina sind 1900 141.798 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1900 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Verkürzung des Namens in "Richmond Locomotive Works" |
| South Carolina |
1900 |
---- |
In South Carolina sind 1900 100.971 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden |
| Virginia |
1900 |
---- |
In Virginia sind 1900 117.267 Dampfmaschinen-PS vorhanden. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1900 |
Coblentz, William |
Coblentz legt am "Case Institute of Technology" die erste Prüfung als "Bachelor of Sciences" ab. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1900 |
Tabulating Machine Company |
Gründung als Verkaufsgesellschaft der Bundy Manufacturing Company, Willard and Frick Manufacturing Company, and Standard Time Stamp Company |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1900-1901 |
Carl Simon Söhne GmbH |
Nachdem Robert Th. Simon im Kirner namentlich die Chromgerberei kennengelernt hat, geht er nach Amerika, um in Wilmington in der Gerberei zu arbeiten und die amerikanischen Methoden zu studieren. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1900-1901 |
Carl Simon Söhne GmbH |
Nachdem Robert Th. Simon im Kirner Unternehmen namentlich die Chromgerberei kennengelernt hat, geht er nach Amerika, um in Wilmington in der Gerberei zu arbeiten und die amerikanischen Methoden zu studieren. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
04.04.1900 |
Delaware Car Works, Jackson & Sharp Co. |
Die "Havana Electric Railway Company " bestellt 110 zweiachsige elektrische Triebwagen mit Motoren von "General Electric", Zweistangen-Stromabnehmern (zweipolige Fahrleitung) und McGuire-Fahrgestellen, Modell A-1. |
| McDonough (Georgia) |
23.06.1900 |
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A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern railroad ran into a washout one and a half miles north of Macdonough, last night, and was totally destroyed. The wreck caught fire and all the persons on the train, except those in the Pullman car, perished. The dead number thirty five in all. Not a single one of the train crew escaped. Ten people, none seriously injured, were rescued. Overwhelming rains of the past two weeks have swollen all the streams in this vicinity. Camp creek, which is over its banks, runs alongside the railroad near Macdonough and finally goes under the roadway through a stone culvert. A cloudburst occurred over that point early last evening and a stretch of track one hundred feet long was washed out. When the train went down, the storm was still raging and all the car windows were shut. The passengers met death without an instants warning. |
| McDonough (Georgia) |
24./25.06.1900 |
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A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Southern Railway ran into a washout one and a half north of McDonough, Ga., and was completely wrecked. The wreck caught fire and the entire train, with the exception of the sleeper, was destroyed. Every person in the train, except the occupants of the Pullman car, perished. Not a member of the train crew escaped. Thirty-five persons in all were killed. The wrecked train was a local known at No. 9. It left Macon at 7:10 p. m., and was due in Atlanta at 9:55 p. m. The train reached McDonough on time, 8:50 p. m. A train from Columbus, due to connect with the train from Macon at McDonough, was late and the wreck train did not wait for it.
The train ran only a mile and a half from McDonough, when without warning it plunged into a washout sixty feet deep and 125 feet wide. Camp's Creek had swollen because of the recent heavy rains and cut out the railroad embankment until the culvert through which it flowed was transformed into a gorge, through which a raging torrent surged. The train, consisting of a baggage car, second class coach, first class coach and a Pullman sleeper, was knocked into splinters by the fall. The wreck caught fire in a few minutes after the fall and all the coaches were burned except the Pullman car. |
| Meldrim (USA) |
24./25.06.1900 |
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Rescue teams renewed dragging operations in the Ogeechee River today searching for more victims of a freak butane gas explosion that already apparently has claimed 17 lives. Many other persons were burned, at least 10 critically.
The blast occurred about 3:30 Sunday afternoon. Two railroad tanker cars spewed flaming death on some 175 fun-seekers in a recreation area beneath a 30-foot river trestle which the Seaboard Air Line train was crossing. The railroad said the explosion of one butane tanker set off a second loaded with 10,000 gallons of the cooking and heating fuel. Two trainmen were injured in the blast and the pileup of freight cars near the end of the long train. A second but lesser explosion came after rescuers reached the scene near this East Georgia town about 18 miles northwest of Savannah.
Most of the 124 cars in the Seaboard Air Line Railroad freight had cleared the 30-foot high trestle before the crash at 3:30 p. m. None fell in the water, but several piled up on the bank and burned through the night. Some of the cars were telescoped. Flat cars dangles from a 75-foot long break at the end of the 250-yard span.
First reports said the journal on one of the cars apparently broke. Some observers thought the trestle gave way. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1901 |
Stickney Furnace |
Das Anwesen wird von der "American Tin Plate Company" an die "Baugh Fertilizer Company" verkauft |
| Canton (Baltimore) |
1901 |
Stickney Furnace |
Das Anwesen wird von der "American Tin Plate Company" an die "Baugh Fertilizer Company" verkauft |
| Pensacola (Florida) |
1901 |
Schreyer, Friedrich Julius |
Mit den aus Pensacola stammenden Lumbermen H. H. Boyer, J. R. Saunders und B. P. Jones aus Valdosta, wird von F. J. Schreyer die "German-American Lumber Company" in Millville betrieben. Das Sägewerk für Pitchpine ligt zirka 166 km an der Küste entlang, östlich von Pensacola (Florida). |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1901 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Das Werk wird für $3.000.000 an die "American Locomotive Co." verkauft |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1901 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Seit 1887 wurden 332 Lokomotiven hergestellt. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1901 |
Coblentz, William |
Coblentz legt an der "Cornell University" die Abschlußprüfung ab. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1901 |
Hilles & Jones |
Bau von Montagewerkstätten gegenüber der 9th Street |
| Fairmont (West Virginia) |
08.01.1901 |
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In the morning extra east engine No. 230 with twenty-three empty cars met engine No. 359 light, on the bridge crossing the mouth of Keen's Run above Everson section on the Monon division of the Baltimore and Ohio, which is twenty-five feet above the backwater of the Monongahela river, and collided. Both engines were going at full speed, as the Pittsburg flyer was nearly due. Engine No. 359 was headed east, but was running backwards and therefore going west.
The dead are:
W. R. BOWMAN, of Fairmont, engineer.
W. J. O'NEIL, of Siverly, Pa.
M. E. BRENNEN, of McKeesport, Pa., conductor.
JOHN DEVENY, of Fairmont, fireman.
WILLIAM PARRISH, of Keyser, W. Va., brakeman.
JOSEPH E. KING, of Monongah, W. Va., conductor.
W. E. MURRELL, of Fairmont, fireman.
Unknown Hobo.
The injured are:
J. F. TEDROW, of Fairmont, brakeman, fatally.
C. J. O'LEARY, of Keyser, W. Va., slightly.
THOMAS A. RICHARDSON, of Fairmont, engineer, slightly.
The heavy engine went entirely through the light one and as the entire crew was in the engine all were killed except Brakeman TEDROW, who was thrown into the river. He will die. |
| Jacksonville (Florida) |
21.01.1901 |
Coe & Wilkes |
Tod von Frederick Wilkes in Jacksonville, Florida, wo er den Winter verbringen wollte |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
26.05.1901 |
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Charles McGlinchey, of Kennett Square, is at the Delaware Hospital suffering from severe scalp wounds, received by being struck by a trolley car late last evening. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
31.05.1901 |
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JOSHUA GILLMAN, aged twenty-six years, was killed, Conductor ELMER JONES was fatally injured, and about a score of passengers were hurt in a trolley accident in this city early this morning. Conductor JONES died to-night at the hospital.
The accident occurred on the Sixth Street line of the People's Railway Company, which had been opened for business only the day previous. Two large cars, Nos. 5 and 16, which were crowded with passengers returning from Brandywine Springs Park, were descending a steep hill from Franklin to Monroe Street. Car No. 16 was in the lead, and as Car No. 5 began to descent the incline the airbrake failed to work. Motorman BENSON reversed the current, and this caused the motor to burn out. The car started on a wild dash down the hill. In a moment it crashed into No. 16, which was only a short distance ahead, and both went spinning down the hill, the cars bumping into each other at frequent intervals. The passengers became frightened and jumped. Only two or three of those who remained in the cars were hurt. GILLMAN, the passenger who was killed, jumped out of a car window and, falling under the wheels, was cut in two.
The two large cars were going at such a great speed that when they reached the base of the incline they were carried some distance up the hill toward Madison Street. There they crashed into a Summer car, which was coming in an opposite direction, and several persons in the Summer car were injured. Motorman ALBERT FULMER of the Summer can did not see the runaway cars until it was too late to avoid the second collision. |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
04.06.1901 |
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A switch engine in the yards of the Southern railways shops near the city limits dashed into a passenger train as it was passing today, killing three passengers and injuring 16, three of them, it is feared, fatally. As the train was passing the sidetrack where the coal chutes are located the switch engine, which had just been deserted by the engineer and fireman, suddenly dashed backward into the moving train. The first-class day coach was thrown on its side and partly demolished. The Pullman was thrown from the track, and one end smashed into kindling wood, while the trucks were knocked from under the combination smoker and passenger coach,
Yardmaster Arrested.
Soon after the wreck G. B. Dunton, an employe of the Southern road, was arrested charged with disorderly conduct. Dunton, who was yardman, dienied [sic] having had anything to do with the wreck, and says he was not on the engine. The officials claim he was seen to get on the engine. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
Ende 1901 |
Delaware Car Works, Jackson & Sharp Co. |
Die 110 zweiachsigen elektrischen Triebwagen für die "Havana Electric Railway Co." werden ausgeliefert |
| Albright (W.V.) |
1902 |
Virginia Furnace |
Das Anwesen wird von Alexander Tait an Stephen B. Elkins verkauft. |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1902 |
Mellin, Karl Johan |
Mit der Verschmelzung der "Richmond Locomotive Works" wechselt Carl J. Mellin als Konstruktionsingenieur zu ALCO in Schenectady |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1902 |
Roosevelt, Theodore |
Eine Karikatur von Clifford K. Berryman von der "Washington Post" zeigt, wie sich der leidenschaftliche Jäger Theodore Teddy Roosevelt (1858-1919) weigert, einen wehrlosen Jungbären zu erschießen. Er hatte vorher kein Jagdglück, und seine Jagdgenossen banden einen jungen Bören an einen Baum; Roosevelt ließ den Bären jedoch laufen. Daraus erwächst in Amerika ein regelrechter Teddybär-Kult. Die Firma Steiff kommt mit der Produktion von Spielzeugbären schließlich kaum noch nach. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1902 |
The Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. |
Übernahme durch die "Bethlehem Steel. Co." als "Harlan Plant" |
| Parkersburg (West Virginia) |
06.01.1902 |
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Two freight trains met in a head-end collision on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, six miles north of here, yesterday, killing the engineer and fireman of one train and injuring the brakemen on each train. Ten cars were piled up, and both engines were almost demolished. The dead are: Engineer WILLIAM SORREL, of Parkersburg; Fireman OSCAR SHANK, of Vinton, O. The injured are: J. W. Woods, brakeman, of Newark, W. Va., and S. V. Shelburne, brakeman, of Radford, Va.
Sorrel had orders to pass at Vienna Siding, but he was relieving his fireman, who was new and exhausted, and passed the siding without knowing it. |
| Kenova (West Virginia) |
07.02.1902 |
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Hurled More Than One Hundred Feet by Fast Train.
A. J. Cochran, living near Kenova, who was struck by a C. & O. train and was supposed to be fatally injured, is reported as getting along nicely.
How Mr. Cochran escaped being killed is a mystery. He weighs two hundred and sixteen pounds and was hurled through the air, striking on the frozen snow, but strange to say, not a bone was broken, and so far as can be ascertained, he sustained no serious internal injuries.
While a mass of bruises from head to foot the injured man is resting well and in a fair way to recovery.
The train was not injured. |
| Northfork (West Virginia) |
08.02.1902 |
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A man named Chekrum, a miner in the employ of the Lynchburg Coal & Coke Company met a horrible death between North Fork Junction and Kyle Friday night.
He left work and started for Kyle to board No. 47 for Keystone He was walking briskly down the track. A heavily loaded freight train was coming up the grade, and he noticing it stepped onto the next track, on which was a freight, west bound. It is thought that the exhausting of the eastbound engines pulling the grade, deadened the sound of the west freight which was rolling down the grade to such an extent that it was entirely unnoticed by him.
The engine of the west train was hooked up rear end forward, and it was not known that any one had been hurt until the train had gone nearly a mile beyond the scene of the accident, when one of the crew went back on the tank and found a hat. This aroused some curiosity and a part of train crew walked back to investigate On reaching the end of the bridge at North Fork, they were horrified to find the leg of a man Going farther, the party found the body of the victim with his head lying directly across the rail, and a few feet further on, his second foot was found. It is a mystery how he was left with his head across the rail. No. 47 was flagged just in time to save the head being severed from the body He had been rolled and dragged by the train until it was almost impossible to recognize him. He was single, and about 28 years of age. |
| Alexandria (Virginia) |
11.02.1902 |
The Emerson Pump and Valve Company |
Patenterteilung für Dampfpumpen |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
11.02.1902 |
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A passenger train ran into an open switch at Dupont, Ga., this afternoon and collided with a freight. Rev. De Witt Talmage, and a number of Philadelphia, clergymen were aboard the train. Several clergymen were more or less injured. Talmage escaped with slight injuries. |
| Dover (Delaware) |
12.02.1902 |
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A wreck occurred on the Delaware Railroad to-night about a half mile from the Dover Station when the evening passenger train, southbound, ran into the rear of extra freight No. 106, which was hurrying on to a siding in order to clear the track. Three cars on the freight and the passenger engine were almost demolished by the wreck and the fire which followed.
The flames, however, were finally extinguished by the Robbins Hose Company, of Dover, which was quickly on the scene.
Brakeman Badly Crushed.
Walter R. Mull, of Wilmington, brakeman on the freight, was injured by being crushed between two cars, and his injuries, while not necessarily fatal, were very serious, he being badly injured in the lower abdomen. He is also suffering from nervousness, but will be removed to his home in Wilmington to-morrow. Several of the passengers were badly shaken and bruised, although not seriously injured.
The regular morning train from Wyoming came up to Dover at 10:30 to-night, and conveyed the down State passengers to their homes, and the work of clearing the tracks was immediately commenced. |
| Waycross (Georgia) |
29.03.1902 |
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George N. Morton, an engineer of the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad, was seriously hurt the morning. While attempting to cross the Plant system track at the union depot he was struck by an engine.
The rain was falling in torrents, and his umbrella prevented him from seeing the engine. Bystanders say he was turned a complete somersault, striking as he fell on the piling, cutting an ugly gash over his left eye and probably fracturing his skull.
He was removed to his residence and attended by a physician. Engineer Stokes took Mortonâ??s train to Fitzgerald. Morton is one of the Atlantic and Birminghamâ??s most popular engineers. |
| Norfolk (Virginia) |
24.08.1902 |
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In a head-on collision between two cars on the Bay Shore Terminal line yesterday afternoon three people were killed and many others badly injured. The dead are: W. S. Yandell, motorman; C. B. Colden, motorman; Linwood Fentrees, aged 10 years.
Among the seriously injured are: W. R. Waller, brother of Major S. W. T. Waller, R. J. Davis, George Stephouson, Mrs. J. P. Stephenson, Joseph White, conductor; Mrs. Victor Parks, skull fractured, and Louis Parka, internal injuries, expected to die.
One car was coming from Ocean View and the other going to the View. The orders were that the shorebound car should wait at the siding for the other. Motorman W. S. Yandell failed to obey the orders, and the crash came 400 yards beyond the siding. Yandell endeavored to jump, but was crushed between the telescoped cars and died hanging by his right leg. Motorman C. B. Colden, of the other car, applied his air brakes as soon as he saw the danger, the collision occurring on a curve, and then tried to jump, as did, Linwood Fentress, the 10-year-old son of R. B. Fentress, president of the Norfolk Cold Storage and Ice Company, who recently purchased extensive subway franchises in Baltimore. Both Colden and young Fentress were caught under the platform of the shorebound car, which piled up on the other, and were killed outright. Colden's head was almost torn from his body and both legs were cut off. The Fentress boy was crushed to death. Both cars were full of Sunday excursionists and few escaped uninjured. |
| Swannanoa (North Carolina) |
25.08.1902 |
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One of the most remarkable wrecks in the history of the Southern railway occurred yesterday afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock, about a mile west of Swannanoa station, the train being No. 11 from the east. Although the engine and three cars went down a high embankment, the engine being completely broken to pieces and three of the cars practically wrecked, all the trainmen and passengers escaped with their lives and no one was injured more than slightly.
Miraculous is the word oftenest used by those who have visited the scene to describe the escape of the engineer and fireman, whose cab was overturned and smashed into kindling wood and scrap iron. Both ends of the engine were buried in the earth. The forward part of the boiler had plowed twelve or fourteen inches into the earth. The overturned tender lay on top of the engine, and the great mass of wrecked machinery was topped by a miscellaneous assortment of trucks, rods, beams, bolts and bars. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1903 |
Poole & Hunt, Union Works |
Tod von Robert Poole. Das Unternehmen wird unter der Firma "Poole Engineering & Machine Company" weitergeführt |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1903 |
Coblentz, William |
Coblentz wird zum Doktor der Philosophie promoviert |
| Woodberry (Baltimore) |
1903 |
Poole & Hunt, Union Works |
Tod von Robert Poole. Das Unternehmen wird unter der Firma "Poole Engineering & Machine Company" weitergeführt |
| Orange (Virginia) |
15.02.1903 |
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Further investigation of the Southern railroad wreck, which occurred at Ravensworth, Va., early Sunday morning, train No. 33, the New York and Florida express, dashing into an open switch, confirms the opinion
that catastrophe was of malicious origination. A. G. Jones, superintendent of the Washington division of the Southern, says that the track is known to have been in perfect shape only a short time prior to the wreck and an investigation afterward showed that the lock of the switch had been broken and had been taken entirely away. He is more inclined to the belief that some enemy of the road desired to wreck the train and that no robbery was intended. Both Engineer John Purvis, whose home was in Alexandria, Va., and Walter Wiggington, the fireman, who lived at a point on the road, died at their posts and the former's body was found under the engine and terribly mangled. Two postal clerks, Victor P. Hammer and N.W. Borden, living in this city, were
injured in the wreck quite severely. |
| Dunlop (USA) |
27.06.1903 |
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There was a fatal wreck on the Atlantic coast line at Dunlops, just north of Petersburg, this morning at 9 o'clock, when the Norfolk and Western Cannon Ball train, the fastest on the road, dashed into a freight on a siding with destructive results. There was an unverified rumor that five passengers were killed, but it is believed here that all escaped serious injury. |
| Marion (Virginia) |
27.06.1903 |
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A southbound passenger train on the Norfolk and Western railway was wrecked two miles east of Marion, Va., late last night. The train struck a cow, throwing the engine from the track. Engineer LEE SPAULDING and Fireman HOOVER, both of Bristol, were instantly killed. Expressmen WOOD and OLEY, of Bristol, were seriously injured, and Expressman A. T. RUCKER, of Bristol, slightly injured. None of the passenger was hurt. |
| Rockfish (Virginia, USA) |
07.07.1903 |
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Ein Frontalzusammenstoß ereignete sich zwischen einem Personen- und einem Güterzug, da der Zugführer des letzteren eine Zuganweisung falsch und der Lokführer sie erst gar nicht gelesen hatte! Unter den Todesopfern waren auch vier Mitglieder des Zugpersonals. 23 Tote |
| Danville (Virginia) |
27.09.1903 |
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While running at a high rate of speed, No. 97, the Southern railway's southbound fast mail train, jumped from a trestle 75 feet high, half a mile north of Danville, Va., this afternoon at 2:50 o'clock and as almost demolished. Of the crew of sixteen men on the train, eight were killed and seven injured, and one was unhurt. The ninth person killed was a boy, the son of Postal Clerk THOMPSON.
All of the injured men are seriously hurt and have been carried to the hospital in Danville. The recovery of Mail Clerk SPIERS is not expected and other clerks are though to have received mortal injuries.
The trestle where the accident occurred is 500 feet long and is located on a sharp curve. Engineer BRODIE was a new man on that division of the Southern and it is said that he came to the curve at a very high rate of speed.
The engine had gone only about 50 feet on the trestle when it sprang from the track, carrying with it four mail cars and an express car. The trestle, a wooden structure, also gave way for a space of 90 feet.
Entire Train Reduced To Pile Of Splinters
At the foot of the trestle is a shallow branch with a rocky bottom. Striking this the engine and cars were reduced to a mass of twisted iron and steel and pieces of splintered wood. As the cars went down they touched the sides of the Riverside cotton mill, which is very close to the trestle. |
| Savannah (Georgia) |
04.10.1903 |
John Rourke & Son |
Die Fabrik brennt ab. Rourke baut so schnell wie möglich eine neue Gießerei und Maschinenfabrik. |
| Piedmont (Mineral, W.Va.) |
13.12.1903 |
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While coming down the 17-mile mountain grade toward Piedmont, W. Va., a Baltimore & Ohio freight train ran away. Control of the train was lost at the summit of the grade, and both engines, which were hauling 24 loaded coal cars, left the track on a sharp curve, one mile west of Everett tunnel, hurling the whole train, with the exception of one car and the caboose, into a deep ravine, killing five of the train crew and seriously injuring five others. Fireman BUCKLEY, who was dead-heading east with Engineer ERVIN, is the only man who was on the front end of the train who escaped to tell the tale. He says the air failed to work coming down the grade, and the heavy train was soon beyond the control of the engineers.
When the train left the track it was running at the rate of fully 100 miles an hour, and the crash was terrific. Both tracks were blocked by the wreck and the track was torn up for 700 yards.
Hundreds of small trees were snapped off in the awful fall of the train as it went plunging down the precipitous mountain side and the path of the wreck was swept clear of vegetation. |
| Kitty Hawk (USA) |
17.12.1903 |
Gebrüder Wright |
Erster erfolgreicher motorisierter Flug mit einem Fluggerät "Flyer I", das schwerer als Luft ist, durch die Gebrüder Wright, Orville and Wilbur, Fahrradhändler aus Dayton (Ohio). Der Flug dauert 12 Sekunden lang und überwindet eine Strecke von 36 Metern ohne Erdberührung. Ein 12-PS-Motor treibt das Flugzeug an. Pilot ist Orville Wright; per Münzwurf hat er das Erstflug-Recht gegen seinen Bruder gewonnen. Der Flug wird in den Dünen von Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, um 10.35 Uhr Ortszeit auf Film gebannt. Die Flugweite wird noch am selben Tag zunächst auf 60 Meter (Pilot: Wilbur Wright) und darüber hinaus übertroffen. |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
01.01.1904 |
Fulton Foundry and Machine Works |
Nathanael Palmer Pratt ("Pratt Laboratory") kauft die Fulton Foundry and Machine Company mit ihrem Werk in der 490 Marietta street |
| Independence (Irondale Furnace) |
1904 |
Irondale Furnace |
Tod von Col. Nemegyei |
| Irondale Furnace (USA) |
1904 |
Irondale Furnace |
Tod von Col. Nemegyei |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1904 |
Mellin, Karl Johan |
Die von Carl J. Mellin konstruierte "größte Lokomotive der Welt" wird auf der Weltausstellung in St. Louis ausgestellt |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1904 |
Hilles & Jones |
Übernahme der Anlagen der "Wilmington Malleable Iron Company" südlich der Werke von "Hilles & Jones" |
| Blue Mountain (Frederick, Maryland) |
04.01.1904 |
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A broken rail caused the derailment of three cars of an eastbount passenger train on the Western Maryland railroad, causing the death of two persons and the injury of 30 other passengers and trainmen. The ladies' coach, which was the last of the train, rolled 80 feet down the mountain side and landed bottom upward. The accident occurred near Blue Mountain House station, 15 miles east of Hagerstown.
KATHERINE SENOR, 8 years old, daughter of a Baltimore newspaper man, died after being taken from the wreckage car. An unknown woman was so wedged in the wreckage that her dead body is unrecognizable. It is thought that she was MRS. E. E. ROY or FOY of Philadelphia. She was about 35 years of age. MRS. SENOR, mother of the dead child, is seriously injured. Her son, 6 years old, was also seriously injured.
All except the ladies car passed safely over the broken rail. The baggage car and smoker were pulled from the track by the rear coach, but did not go over the bank. |
| Wheeling (West Virginia) |
01.02.1904 |
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JOHN CONLEY, foreman of Baltimore and Ohio boilermakers, and VINCE BUMER, his assistant, were scalded in an explosion at Benwood Junction while they were engaged in repairing an engine boiler. Conley will die.
The boiler was leaking and they tried to tighten the shut-off with a wrench, when the pressure of 175 pounds of steam blew it out. The men were thrown 10 feet and rendered unconscious. |
| Frostburg (USA) |
14.04.1904 |
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A trolley car on the Frostburg and Westernport Railway ran away on the grade at Grant Street, Frostburg, early this morning, jumped the track on a curve, and ran into a telegraph pole. Two passengers, JOHN GOUGH, aged nineteen, of Midland, and J. J. ROSS of Lonaconing, were killed. At least thirty others were seriously injured, while only a few of the eighty on board escaped cuts from broken glass.
Among those who may die are MISS NORA DAVIS, Grahamtown, who sustained concussion of the brain; RICHARD HAWKINS, Grahamtown, whose skull was fractured; JOHN McDONALD of Lord; DANIEL HARRIS of Grahamtown, and MRS. JOHN KROLL of Lonaconing.
The air brake on the car refused to work. This is the third accident on the Grant Street grade within a few weeks. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
01.07.1904 |
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621 King Street Alexandria, Va. Ashley Moseley, a car inspector in the employ of the Washington-Southern Railway, was instantly killed in the freight yards a short distance west of this city about noon yesterday. While trying to cross a track Mosely was struck by a freight car which was making a "flying switch" or, in other words was traveling from the momentum given it by a locomotive, and was knocked under the wheels. His head was severed and his body mangled. The accident was witnessed by a brakeman named Watkins, who shortly afterward reported the circumstances to Dr. William R. Purvis, the city coroner. Watkins stated that he saw Moseley approaching the track, and called to him to stop but that the unfortunate man apparently became dazed and tried to save himself by catching hold of the narrow platform of the car instead of jumping aside. Dr. Purvis decided that Moseley's death was due to accident and that an inquest was unnecessary. The remains were turned over to an undertaker and prepared for burial. Moseley lived at Moseley Junction, near Richmond, and the body will be sent there for interment. |
| Graniteville (S.C., USA) |
04.07.1904 |
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In an effort to save, her child from a horrible death beneath the wheels of a speeding Southern railway train, Mrs. J. J. Engle, wife of a prominent merchant of Graniteville, S. C, herself was killed this evening at Graniteville. With her little girl, Mrs. Engle was walking down the track, she on one side of the track and the child on the other. Hearing the approach of a train and fearing the child would attempt to reach her side she dashed in front of the locomotive in a wild effort to prevent her daughter crossing the tracks.
The engine struck the woman and killed her instantly. |
| Catawba (South Carolina) |
09.09.1904 |
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Evidences of criminal work have been discovered which point to the fact that train No. 41, on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, which was ditched at a trestle just south of the Catawba river, South Carolina, early today was deliberately wrecked.
The train, consisting of an American car, a mail car, two day coaches and a Pullman sleeper, crashed down an embankment as it cleared the sinking trestle. A light engine and caboose following the train smashed into the debris and ploughed[sic] through a coach, dealing death to four passengers and injuries to thirty-five others.
GEORGE S. FITZWATER, chief detective of the Seaboard Air Line, said to-day that he had found some spikes and bolts and two angle bars which had been removed from the track with claw bars, and he said he was confident that criminal work had been done. He expressed his belief that some one had disconnected the joints in the lower half of the bridge. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
24.09.1904 |
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John Downey, twenty-seven years old, of 206 Jackson street, Anacostia, was probably fatally injured yesterday while trying to board a moving trolley car at the corner of Jackson and Monroe streets, Anacostia. He was taken to the Providence Hospital, where it was discovered that his skull was fractured. Last night his condition was reported as critical.
Downey, who is a clerk in the post-office, was to go on duty at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and leaving his home a few minutes after 3 o'clock, he had just about time to reach his desk on schedule. He was still several yards from the corner of Monroe street when car No. 1102, of the Anacostia line, city-bound, passed. He was still too far away to signal the motorman, as he started in pursuit.
Running as fast as he could, he managed to grasp the rear rail of the last car, but he was unequal to the task of swinging himself aboard. No one noticed him hanging there and as the speed of the car increased, he was lifted from his feet, dragged some distance, and when his strength became exhausted and he was forced to let go, he fell with such force that he was thrown almost on the sidewalk. His head struck the edge of the curbing, and he lay in the street unconscious. Pedestrians who witnessed the accident called Dr. James A. Watson and Dr. Cameron, and they placed temporary dressings on Downey's head until he could be removed to the hospital in the patrol wagon of the Anacostia police station. |
| Alexandria (Virginia) |
25.10.1904 |
The Emerson Pump and Valve Company |
Patenterteilung für Dampfpumpen |
| Huntington (West Virginia) |
1905/06 |
Ensign Manufacturing Company |
Bau des ersten Ganzstahlwagens im Werk Huntington der ACF |
| Savannah (Georgia) |
1905 |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Eine Erweiterung des Dienstes nach den amerikanischen Südstaaten stellt die Eröffnung der nur durch Frachtdampfer betriebenen Linie des "Norddeutschen Lloyd" über Philadelphia nach Savannah dar. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1905 |
Coblentz, William |
Coblentz tritt als Physiker in das amerikanische "National Bureau of Standards" ein und gründet die Radiometrie-Abteilung. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1905 |
Tabulating Machine Company |
Die Firma wird in New Jersey eingetragen |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1905 |
unbekannt |
Coblentz tritt als Physiker in das amerikanische "National Bureau of Standards" ein und gründet die Radiometrie-Abteilung. |
| Weirton (USA) |
1905 |
Weirton Steel Corporation |
Ernest Weir, der sich vom Bürojungen bei der U.S. Steel Corporation bis zum 28. Lebensjahr zum Generalmanager des Zinnplattenwerks Monessen hochgearbeitet hatte, beendet seine Tätigkeit und kauft zusammen mit seinem Partner James Phillips ein Zinnwerk in Clarksburg (West Virginia). |
| Davy (USA) |
02.02.1905 |
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Robert Lydon, of Davy, was struck by a train and sustained a contused knee. |
| Greenville (S.C.) |
29.04.1905 |
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The Robert C. Ogden special train, bearing Mr. Ogden and 100 members of the Southern Conference for Education on their return to New York, was wrecked at 7:53 o'clock this morning in the yard of the Southern Railroad here, by dashing at great speed into the rear end of a freight train. Four train hands were killed and several passengers and employes (sic) injured.The train was running at a rate of fifty miles an hour when the engineer saw just in front of him a freight train backing out on the main track. With him was Charles M. Cope of Columbia, S. C., a brakeman, the fireman having jumped to safety at the first sign of danger. Hunter put on the air brakes and started to jump, but hesitated. Cope threw him off the engine and then jumped himself. Hunterâ??s right leg and left arm were fractured. Cope landed on his head and was instantly killed.
The engine, after telescoping two freight cars, rolled over on its side. The baggage car plowed its way into a bank and tipped over to the right. The first of the dining cars, the St. James, known on the road as the hoodco, because it has figured in half a dozen small wrecks and a serious one at Jacksonville, Fla., was thrown for a quarter of its length on top of the smoker. The other cars stayed on the track, none of the passengers in them being seriously hurt, although many of them were thrown about like dice in a box, bumping their heads against the berth partitions.
The Pacific, an observation car, was the only car back of the forward cars that was damaged. This was the first prize car at the Chicago Fair, and was the one that carried the body of President McKinley from Buffalo to Canton, Ohio. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
03.-14.05.1905 |
Betts, Thomas George |
Sitzung der Internationalen Eisenbahn-Kongreßvereinigung in Washington. Der Schwede Th. T. Betts nimmt daran teil und studiert zwei Monate lang das Eisenbahnwesen in den USA; der schwedische Staat hatte Reisekostenzuschüsse gewährt. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
03.-14.05.1905 |
Congrès International des Chemins de Fer |
Sitzung der Internationalen Eisenbahn-Kongreßvereinigung in Washington. Der Schwede Th. T. Betts nimmt daran teil und studiert zwei Monate lang das Eisenbahnwesen in den USA; der schwedische Staat hatte Reisekostenzuschüsse gewährt. |
| Patapsco (Carroll, Maryland) |
17.06.1905 |
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Auf einem eingleisigen Streckenabschnitt kam es zu einem Frontalzusammenstoß, da das Personal des einen Zuges die Zuganweisung mißachtet hatte. 26 Tote |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
26.06.1905 |
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In a collision tonight between a trolley car returning from shore resorts east of the city and a freight train of the Pennsylvania Railroad, LAURA SCARBOROUGH, colored, was killed, MRS. SARAH CROMWELL, white, was so seriously injured that she died at midnight at the hospital, and a dozen or more were injured. The car, coming toward the city from Back River, was behind time, and did not stop, except to let off passengers. For that reason only about forty persons were on board. At Highlandtown, an eastern suburb, there are many railroad tracks, protected by safety gates. Reaching one of these, the car stopped while a freight train passed. The gates were raised and the trolley proceeded slowly.
Just as the forward part of the car was on the railroad tracks, the freight backed unexpectedly. The car was knocked from the tracks and rolled over, the last car of the freight leaving its rear trucks, and mounting upon the trolley, crushed it like an eggshell.
Plenty of aid was at hand, but it was impossible to release all those pinnioned under the wreck until jacks could be obtained. While these were being sought, those who could be reached were extricated and immediately placed upon a car and brought to the City Hospital. Among these was MRS. CROMWELL, and there were four others still unconscious when the hospital was reached. |
| Clarysville (Maryland) |
11.07.1905 |
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George Pippen, aged fifty-seven years, a veteran miner of this region, who resided at Shaft and was employed at Hoffman Mine, was killed to-day by a car of the Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway in front of his home and in view of his wife and several of his children. He had left home to go to a store, and his attention was attracted by the passing of a coal train and he failed to heed the approach of the trolley, which had sounded the danger whistle. Just as the car was about to pass him he stepped in front of it and was crushed to death. |
| Keyser (West Virginia) |
11.07.1905 |
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Lloyd Harper, aged sixty-five, one of the oldest freight conductors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, whose home was in Brunswick, was hurled the length of his caboose to-night in the Keyser yards and his neck was broken. Death was instantaneous. A string of cars struck the caboose while being shifted. |
| Norfolk (Virginia) |
17.08.1905 |
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So far only twelve known dead have been taken from the wreck of the Atlantic Coast Line railway's Kingston and Greenville, N. C., excursion train which went through an open draw yesterday, though there are some eighty of the colored excursionists yet missing and the probabilities are that the bodies of many of those will be found in the bottom of the river after all dragging has been completed.
A wrecking company raised the two submerged cars but as they did so the ends fell out of the cars and what dead were in the car are now at the bottom of the river with the debris from the interior of the car. The river is now being dragged an it is expected a number of bodies will be recovered soon. The latest victims to be found are an unknown colored man and an unknown colored woman, it having been impossible up to this time to identify either. These bodies were taken from the water this morning. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1906 |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Der Verkehr des "Norddeutschen Lloyd" von und nach Boston weist 3.500 Kajütenpassagiere und 68.000 Zwischendeckspassagiere, ausgehend und einkommend zusammengerechnet, auf. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1906 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Gründung der "Honeywell Heating Specialty Company" in Wabash, Indiana, durch Mark C. Honeywell |
| Daytona Beach (USA) |
1906 |
Stanley Motor Carriage Company |
In Daytona Beach wird mit dem Dampfauto-Modell "Stanley Rocket" von Fred Marriott ein Geschwindigkeitsweltrekord für Automobile mit Dampfantrieb mit 205,5 km/h aufgestellt, der für 103 Jahre Bestand hat. |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
1906 |
Goldschmidt Chemical Co. |
Gründung der "Goldschmidt Chemical Co." in New York als zweit ausländische Tochtergesellschaft |
| Fort Valley (USA) |
22.07.1906 |
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Two freight trains met in head-on collision on the Central of Georgia Railway two and a half miles south of here at 4 o'clock this morning and three negro trainmen were killed and Engineer Yets was seriously injured. About fifteen cars were ruined. The wreck was caused by the negligence of the northbound conductor, who failed to read his orders right and claims that he and the engineer had been on duty for fifty consecutive hours. |
| Hamlet (North Carolina) |
22.07.1906 |
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Twenty or more were killed and twenty-three badly injured in a head-on collision between a Seaboard Air Line passenger train and an extra freight one mile from here to-night. Nearly all those killed were colored passengers. The wreck occurred about 7:30 o'clock. The passenger train, which left Charlotte at 5 o'clock, was without orders and was moving at the rate of forty miles an hour. Without warning the freight, an extra fruit train, west bound, dashed around the curve in the deep cut one mile from Hamlet, and the two trains came together with an awful crash and roar. Engineer LEWIS and his firemen were instantly killed and death was almost as swift to the passengers in the colored coach. The destruction was complete and rendered more horrible by the cries and groans of the dying. |
| Macon (Ga.) |
23.07.1906 |
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Train No. 16, of the Southern Railway, which left Atlanta at 6:15 this morning for Brunswick, dashed into an open switch as it was approaching the depot here this morning and crashed into several carloads of coal. The engine was badly damaged, as was the coal cars, but there was no damage to the passenger coaches.
J. L. Mitchell, a mail clerk of Atlanta, was the most seriously injured. He was bruised about the side.
John R. Cooper, the well-known criminal lawyer of Macon, who was a passenger on the train, was hit in the eye by flying coal and was badly hurt.
The train was in charge of Engineer C. H. Weakly and Conductor R. T. Hubbard, both of Atlanta; neither of these men were injured. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
22.09.1906 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Tod von John F. Wiessner jr. in seinem Haus auf dem Brauereigelände. Sein Bruder George wird sein Nachfolger als Präsident. George und Henry Wiessner setzen mit John Neumeister als Braumeister den Familienbetrieb fort |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
22.09.1906 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Tod von John F. Wiessner jr. in seinem Haus auf dem Brauereigelände. Sein Bruder George wird sein Nachfolger als Präsident. George und Henry Wiessner setzen mit John Neumeister als Braumeister den Familienbetrieb fort |
| Lynchburg (Virginia) |
29.11.1906 |
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Rear End Collision on President's Own Line Claims Seven Victims. General PHILLIP SCHUYLER, of New York, Perishes by Fire.
The accident, the worst that has occurred on the Southern road in many years and practically unparalleled in railway accident history in that is cost the life of the president of the road on which it occurred, seems to have been due to a mistake by the operator of the block signal at Rangoon, four miles north of the scene of the accident, in letting the second train through before his block was cleared. MATTOX, the operator, disappeared. |
| Jacksonville (Florida) |
18.12.1906 |
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Atlantic Coast Line passenger train No 82, north-bound from Tampa, collided head-on with a south-bound extra freight, near McGuire's Creek, seven miles from Jacksonville, to-day.
The dead:
CLAUDE BAILEY, white, express helper, first trip out.
Seriously injured.
W. F. Shelley, engineer of passenger train, shoulder dislocated.
H. V. Cader, express messenger, body crushed and internally injured, may die.
Baggagemaster Wooten, leg broken.
Other members of the crew and several passengers were slightly injured.
The express, mail, and baggage cars of the passenger train were telescoped and five gondola coal cars were piled on top of them. Responsibility for the wreck has not yet been placed. |
| Chatham (Virginia) |
29.12.1906 |
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Two persons were killed and two more injured in a big freight wreck on the Southern Railway this afternoon just this side of Chatham, about twenty miles north of Danville. The dead:
GROVER FRANKLIN, son of D. H. FRANKLIN, tobacconist of Danville.
ARCHIE WYATT, son of W. H. WYATT, clothier of Danville.
The injured:
STANBURY MAYS, of Brutus, Va., skull injured; operated on in hospital.
PHILIP WHITE, of Danville, not seriously hurt.
Both of the killed and injured were evidently beating their way on the train. They are all young white boys.
The wrecked train was No. 83, a through freight running from Monroe to Spencer. It was in charge of Conductor R. L. MILLER and Engineer C. H. CHANDLER, both of Spencer. The train was running at a rate of speed of about twenty-five miles an hour and consisted of about thirty cars. Upon reaching the switch south of Chatham, several of the cars in the middle of the train jumped the track. In all eight cars were either derailed or wrecked and were piled up alongside the track in one congested heap. The cars were loaded with iron, cement, and oil.
The accident is attributed to the breaking of a flange on the wheels of one of the cars.
It will probably be after midnight before the siding is cleared in order to allow other trains to pass, and to-morrow before the main line is cleared. The track was torn up for a considerable distance and the large iron rails were broken into many pieces. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1906 |
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The fatal error of an engineer in passing a black signal light that he could not see in the fog, thus letting two trains in "on the same block" to follow each other over the same track, was the cause of a frightful rear-end collision on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Terra Cotta, in the outskirts of this city.
The bodies of thirty-eight have been found, some of them mutilated beyond all hope of identification. It is by no means certain that this completes the list of killed. It may reach forty, or even fifty. The disaster occurred in a dense fog. The wrecked train was a local from Frederick, Md. It was ran down by a special equipment train, comprised of eight empty cars. Two of the coaches on the local were reduced to splinters. The other two coaches, one a smoker, were shattered from end to end, but remained on the trucks.
The local was just pulling out of the Terra Cotta station, after taking on about a dozen passengers. The special came flying along at sixty miles an hour and drove with irresistible force through the two rear coaches.
A spur of track runs of the side of the hill to the terra cotta works behind the station. There was a flat car at the top of the hill, and, working free it ran away down the hill and crashed into the wreck. A score of passengers struggling to release themselves from the wreckage were caught before the flat car, which almost cut clean through the smoking car.
Six bodies have been taken from under the front end of the flat car, and the railroad officials say it will never be known in which of the two crashes these passengers met death. |
| Norfolk (Virginia) |
1907 |
Baldwin Locomotive Works |
Auf der Jamestown Ter-Centennial Expsition in Norfolk (Va.) stellt Baldwin fünf Dampflokomotiven aus, ferner drei Baldwin-Westinghouse elektrische Lokomotiven und drei elektrische Drehgestelle |
| Talbotton (USA) |
15.01.1907 |
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About 7 o'clock this morning a work train on the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad, between here and Junction City, had a wreck. It is supposed that the rails, turned and stopped directly across the track. The tender and several flat cars were piled on it. Conductor L. B. Nickerson, of Jacksons Gap, Ala., had his leg broken. He was brought to Talbotton, where the bone was set by Dr. W. P. Leonard, assisted by Dr. E. L. Bardwell.
J. W. Norris was the engineer on engine No. 1603 and Henry Trammell was fireman. Fortunately neither was hurt. |
| Orchard Hill (USA) |
19.01.1907 |
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Central of Georgia freight train No. 42, bound for Macon, in charge of Conductor Harry WHITMAN and engineer GREEN, jumped the track at Orchard Hill, six miles south of Griffin, Friday afternoon, while the huge engine was making full speed. The engine tank and thirteen cars were almost entirely demolished and the track was obstructed all night, causing the Chicago and Florida (illegible) and passenger train No. 12 to be turned back to Atlanta at the scene of the wreck.
All trains Friday night were operated over the Southern Railway to Macon.
Evan KENDRICK, a negro brakeman, was painfully though not fatally injured in the head and left ankle by falling from the top of the tank. No cause is assigned for the wreck. |
| Gray (Georgia) |
20.01.1907 |
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Train From Athens Derailed on Account of Rotten Crossties
The Athens train, which is due in Macon at 11:45 over the Central, ran off the track in the morning at 10 o'clock between Grays and Bradley, about twenty-six miles from Macon, owing to a rotten tie which caused the rail to give way, and break, throwing the train off the track and severely frightening some of the passengers.
The two passenger coaches were thrown off the track on their side and the engine was partly thrown off.
After the passengers had gotten off and it was seen that no one was hurt, the work of getting the engine on the track was begun, which lasted about three hours.
The passengers made a fire out of the rotten ties and talked of wrecks and other things as best they could until the engine was freed from the wreck, when all got aboard the engine and rode into Grays, where they were met after some delay by a train which brought them into Macon, where they arrived at 4 o'clock. No one was hurt in the wreck, and all got to Macon safely. The cars were considerably damaged and the track was torn up for some distance. |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
21.01.1907 |
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The body of A. C. Pritchard, and aged Confederate veteran, who was run down and killed by a trolley car Saturday afternoon near the State house where he was going to attend the R. E. Lee exercises, was shipped to Griffin this afternoon for burial. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Pritchard, and five children. |
| Yemassee (USA) |
21.01.1907 |
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News was received here tonight of the wreck and destruction of northbound special New York and Florida vestibule train No. 88, Atlantic Coast Line, at 8:20 o'clock, at Yemassee, a junction point fifty-nine miles from Charleston. The train, which was running at a fair speed, went into an open switch and crashed into the engine of a freight train on the siding.
Engineer Johnson of Florence, on train No. 88, was killed, and Engineer Horton and tree train hands of the freight were injured. The train, composed of a baggage car and several Pullmans, caught fire at once and all except one car were burned. It was said that there were only a few passengers northbound on board and only one was hurt. The name of the passenger and extent of his injuries could not be learned tonight.
Capt. C. C. Tilghman was in charge of the vestibule train and Conductor Stuart Heisenberger in charge of the freight. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
03.03.1907 |
Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Company, Malster & Reaney |
Tod von William R. Malster |
| Hinton (West Virginia) |
12.03.1907 |
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The F. F. V. train, known as No. 3, which leaves Washington at 11:10 p.m. over the Chesapeake and Ohio, was wrecked this morning about 9 o'clock at a point five miles east of here. The engine struck a slide and left the track. Engineer JOHN W. FLANNAGAN and Fireman MICHAEL QUINN were fatally injured and both died soon after being brought to the city. The train was running at a slow rate of speed and this accounts for the fact that no one else was injured.
The engine, two express cars, and postal car were derailed, and badly damaged, and the forward part of the combination car left the track. The road at this point is double track and the engine tore up both tracks for a distance of one hundred yards, and then turned over across the two tracks. Engineer FLANNAGAN stuck to his post and was caught under the reverse bar and scalded so badly that he died in a few hours. Fireman QUINN was also fatally scalded and only survived FLANNAGAN a few hours. The express messenger, although his car was damaged, escaped unhurt.
The slide occurred just at this end of Little Bend tunnel and at a place which has heretofore been considered safe. The debris came down immediately in front of the train. The track-walker was within fifteen feet of where the slide down was, but had not time to flag the oncoming train. Late this afternoon the passengers and mail were transferred and brought here.
Engineer FLANNAGAN was the oldest engineer on the Chesapeake and Ohio, having been in the passenger service since 1879. |
| Pleasant View (Jackson, W.Va.) |
01.05.1907 |
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Train No. 716, the fast flyer, northbound on the Ohion River division of the Baltimore and Ohio, was wrecked this afternoon at Pleasant View, three miles south of Ravenswood. Three persons were fatally injured, four seriously injured, and twelve injured so that physicians attentions were necessary. The wreck was caused by a defective rail, it is supposed. The entire train, except the engine, left the track and the three rear coaches turned over and rolled down an embankment. Nearly all the injured were in those coaches.
Fatally injured:
William Stanley, Pittsburg, traveling salesman; internally injured
Judge Ollie Ohley, Charleston, injured on head and back and probably internally
Richard Cowell, Parkersburg, injured in back, probably fatally.
The Seriously Injured.
Seriously injured:
F. E. Gettler, Gallipolis.
J. P. McNelly, Pittsburg.
Elbert Hager, Burlocksville.
Mathias Stiles, Lincoln Cocnty, [sic] W. Va.
R. L. Stowers, Hager Post-office.
Rhoda Stowers.
E. M. Hager, Hager, W. Va.
Amelia Hager.
Six or eight others were cut and bruised.
Among those on the train not injured was Adjt. Gen. S. B. Baker, of Clarksburg. He was badly shaken up, but did not require the attention of a physician.
Trains Hurried to Scene.
News of the disaster reached here shortly before 5 oâ??clock. A wrecking train, followed closely by a special, on which were dozens of physicians, was hurried to the scene. The relief train returned with the injured at 8 p. m.
The wreck occurred about 3 oâ??clock p.m. while the train was running sixty miles an hour. The tender of the engine left the track first and was followed over an embankment by three of the five coaches. |
| Raleigh (N.C.) |
07.08.1907 |
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Two bodies in burning debris and one body recovered from the wreck, 11 freight cars burned and several passengers slightly injured, are the results of a head-on collision on the Southern railway, nine miles east of Raleigh, Tuesday night. The dead are:
W. C. PARKER, Spencer, N. C., engineer of freight train.
JACK BETHEL, Greensboro, N. C., fireman, and Fireman Young of Lexington, N. C. |
| Kanawha Falls (USA) |
02.09.1907 |
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A Chesapeake & Ohio local passenger train, No. 6, was derailed a mile below Kanawha Falls to-night, and as a result seven are dead and seventeen injured.
A coach, the combination express and mail car, and the baggage car overturned rolling toward the Kanawha River.
Among the dead are:
Allen Loving, a law student at West Virginia University, serving as express agent during the Summer.
C. S. Campbell, a telegraph operator.
Spreading of rails is supposed to have caused the accident. |
| Rudd (North Carolina) |
18.10.1907 |
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Three killed and thirty-seven injured, one of them probably fatally, is the result of the collision at Rudd, N. C., last night between a Southern railway passenger train and a freight train, which was standing on the siding there. Southern railway officials report that one of the injured may die and that the front brakeman on the freight train, whom the railroad officials believe caused the accident by leaving the switch open has disappeared. The killed are:
J. A. BROADY, of Spencer, N. C., fireman on the freight train.
MRS. J. P. THOMAS, Danville, Va., wife of a freight conductor.
D. ALLEN BRYANT, Richmond, Va., representative of a paper box company.
Most of the injuries sustained by the passengers were slight. |
| Hiram (Georgia) |
07.01.1908 |
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The second section of the Coliver Special, running from Cleveland, Ohio, to St. Augustine, Fla., was wrecked this afternoon between Dallas and Hiram, Ga., on the Southern Railroad. The accident occurred on a trestle 25 feet high, over the bed of Copper Mine Creek.
Five of the seven cars in the train were derailed, and a score or more passengers, most of them residents of Ohio, were injured. The only persons seriously hurt are Engineer EDWARDS, Road Foreman of Engines SNAPP, and a negro fireman, named EDWARDS, who will probably die. The engine passed the bridge in safety, and then left the rails and turned on its side. The baggage car turned over on the bank. FIve heavy Pullmans following crashed through the trestle and fell to the bed of the creek. One car in the middle of the train broke in two through the strain. The accident occurred about 1,000 yards south of where the Seaboard Air Line crosses the Southern Railway tracks, on a bridge. A frieght[sic] train was passing on the Seaboard Air Line when the crash came, and the conductor of the freight saw the wreck. Running his train into Hiram, he sidetracked every thing but a caboose and one car, and ran these back to where the passengers were slowly extricating themselves from the wreckage. |
| Millers (Maryland) |
18.03.1908 |
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Herman Shewbridge, aged 21 years, a B. & O. freight brakeman, was brought to this city on B. & O. train No. 3 this morning, suffering with a painful injury to both legs, having them cut and bruised by falling from [from] a car at Millers, below this city. His injuries were dressed by a B. & O. surgeon and he was later sent to his home in Sandy Hook, Md. |
| Griffin (Georgia) |
27.04.1908 |
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Raymond Miller, and operative in the Kincaid cotton mills, was run over and killed by a north-bound Central passenger train at Experiment last night.
It is supposed he got on the main line through mistake and thought the train was on another track. He was about 25 years of age and unmarried. |
| Pensacola (Florida) |
19.05.1908 |
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As a result of a collision between Cars of the Belt and Park lines on West Government street, Mrs. Mary Sikes, residing in the eastern section of the city, is in a serious condition, her sister, Mrs. P. J. Williams, is painfully injured, together with both of the latter's children, and a three-year old negro girl is dead.
Mrs. Sykes and Mrs. Williams with her children were leaving the car at the corner of Government and Reus strets[sic], when a park line car dashed into it at full speed. The first car was filled with passengers and they were thrown over seats and wild confusion prevailed. The negro girl was hurled against an opposite seat and received internal injuries from which she died this afternoon. Both cars were damaged, and numerous other persons received slight injuries. |
| Columbus (Georgia) |
20.05.1908 |
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In the morning about 6:30 o'clock as No. 121, local freight of the Seaboard Air Line, was pulling into the city, the engine and one box car left the track near the Lummus gin plant, and ran for about 50 feet on the crossties. It seems that the switch on the spur leading into the Lummus company's yard had been turned for the train to enter the yard, and when the train reached this point the engine, instead of entering the yard, mounted the rail and dropped off onto the ties, followed by the box car. Mr. Guess, the section foreman, states that he does not know who turned the switch on the spur track, but that it must have been done sometime during the night. Freights Nos. 77 and 79 were delayed somewhat by the wreck as it required some little time to pull the engine and car on the track again and repair the track. The services of three other engines were required to pull the engine of No. 121 back on the track again. |
| Greenville (S.C.) |
29.05.1908 |
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An accident which came very near resulting seriously, occurred about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the trolley line on the west bank of the river. Street car No. 12, which was loaded with passengers for the ball park, was rounding the curve along the ascent from the west bank of the river when it collided with the north street car No. 1. The cars came together with terrific force and it was remarkable that no one was painfully injured on either car save the motorman, Mr. John Biggers, on car No. 1. Mr. Biggers' injuries are painful indeed, though not necessarily serious. He was carried to Earle's sanatorium for treatment. Mr. Martin, motormon [sic] on car No. 12, received a slight cut on the face but his injuries were not as painful as Mr. Biggers'.
Many of the passengers on No. 12, when they saw that the cars were about to collide, jumped to the ground. While those who remained in their seats were considerably shaken up.
The vestibule of No. 1 was completely demolished but the larger car was not hurt.
The cause of the collision, as given by the traction company, was that the signal light at the corner of Augusta and Pendleton streets had fused out and that Motorman Biggers, seeing no signal at this point, thought that the track was clear.
The accident occurred on a curve and the motormen saw the approaching car too late to apply the breaks [sic] for effective service. |
| Annapolis (USA) |
06.06.1908 |
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Eight dead and nearly a score badly injured is the result of a serious accident on the Annapolis branch of the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis electric railway, which occurred last night at a point about two miles from this city. A special carrying no passengers from Annapolis for Washington, and a regular car from Baltimore, for this city, well filled, while traveling at about thirty-five miles an hour met head on at a curve which prevented the motormen seeing each other's car until too late to avoid the catastrophe. A confusion of orders is said to have been the cause of the wreck. |
| Hinton (West Virginia) |
07.06.1908 |
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Train No. 8 on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, the flyer, between New York and Cincinnati, was wrecked twice while passing through West Virginia today. Engineer Malone, of Thurmond, W. Va., sustained injuries from which he may die, and three passengers were slightly injured. At Whitcomb, a small station near Hinton, W. Va., the engine tender left the rails, and was followed by the express car, mail car, combination coach and one sleeper. In this wreck none of the cars was overturned and no one was injured. The passengers were transferred to a new train which had gone fifty miles when four sleepers and the diner went off the track. Engineer Malone was riding in a smoking compartment of a sleeper. He leaped out of a window. The cause of the first wreck could not be ascertained, but the second, it is said, was caused by the rails buckling owing to excessive heat. One of the passengers was Miss Anna Davidson, of Washington, D. C., who was painfully bruised. |
| Bessemer City (USA) |
02.08.1908 |
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Traffic on the Charlotte-Atlanta division of the Southern railway is completely blocked by the wreck of train No. 38, the New Orleans-New York Limited, northbound, which came to grief one mile south of Bessemer City, Sunday night.
The tender and one postal car left the track and fell down a 30-foot embankment and one postal car, the club car, the diner and the front trucks of one sleeper left the rails, but did not turn over. The locomotive remained on the track.
Five postal clerks were more or less seriously injured.
No passenger was hurt, nor were the engineer and fireman injured. |
| Buford (Georgia) |
24.08.1908 |
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Braver heroism or nobler self-sacrifice has never been shown than in the death of Engineer B. F. Dewberry, of 119 Washington street in the wreck of train No. 38 on the Southern road near Buford yesterday afternoon.
At the cost of his own life Engineer Dewberry, stood at his throttle amid fire and scalding water, stood and suffered and died in order that the scores and suffered and dried in order that the scores of men and women in his keeping might escape. Thereby many human lives were spared and thousands of dollars of property was saved.
And close by the engineer all this while was the negro fireman, Mayson Wadkins, who also died for duty's sake.
Cool and Brave.
When the giant engine sprang from the track, Mr. Dewberry, realizing the danger that was imminent, reversed his lever and pulled on the emergency brakes. Much of the equipment of the handsome train was shattered: the track was torn up for a distance of two hundred yards by the terrible shock, but the passengers all scrambled to their feet without serious injury.
The engine toppled and reeled over on its side, the big drivers still whirring around in reverse motions. And on the engine seat was Engineer Dewberry. |
| Gainesville (Georgia) |
24.08.1908 |
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As a switch engine of the Gainesville Midland Railway was crossing Main street near the Southern depot at 9:45 this morning, an electric car of the Gainesville Street Railway ran into it with a load of passengers and the front platform of the car was torn off. Motorman Whit Evans was badly bruised by the impact: W. P. Graves, a travelling salesman was also considerably bruised and passengers were badly shaken up, though no one was seriously hurt.
A negro hotel porter was thrown to the ground and the car platform was pitcher over his body. The street car track was wet from rains, and when the brakes were applied the car slid. |
| Asheville (USA) |
25.08.1908 |
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Southern railway freight train No. 63 was ditched by a washout between Saluda and Flat Rock at 8:30 tonight. Details are meager, telegraphic and telephonic communication being difficult, owing to damage done to wires by heavy storms of yesterday and Sunday. Fireman W. H. Phillips, of Hendersonville, is reported seriously injured. A wrecking train has left here for Saluda.
The lifeless body of Engineer London was found beneath the wreck of his train at 11:40 oâ??clock tonight. The deceased was 38 years old and leaves a widow and two children. |
| Lumpkin (Steward, Georgia) |
25.08.1908 |
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Seaboard passenger train No. 74, from Montgomery to Americus, was wrecked Monday morning at 1 o'clock near Lumpkin, resulting in the killing instantly of Engineer O. J. Gilstrap and his negro fireman, McKenzie, both being residents of Americus, Ga.
The track had been undermined by torrential rains, falling a few hours previously, and, without receiving the slightest warning. Engineer Gilstrap drove his locomotive into the death-trap.
The locomotive turned completely over, catching the unfortunate engineer and fireman, pinioning them beneath and mutilating them considerably. Their remains were brought to Americus.
Engineer Gilstrap is survived by his wife and five little children. He was thirty-five years old, and had practically grown up in the employ of the Seaboard railway. |
| Toccoa (USA) |
25.08.1908 |
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Officials of Oconee county, S, C. have taken into custody three men, Henry Love, John Howard and Thomas Howard, whom they charge are responsible for the wreck of the Southern railway's limited new Toccoa on Monday. The results of the investigation of the accident show that the train was deliberately derailed. Prints of wrecking tools have been discovered upon the rails. |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
29.08.1908 |
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While attempting to cross the tracks of the Southern road at the Atlanta Steel Company's yards about 4 miles out on the Peachtree road Mrs. J. P. Hornsby about 45 years of age sustained a very serious injury yesterday at noon. The bumper of a moving freight car knocked her under the trucks and a wheel passed over her wrist mangling the flesh and muscle of the right arm below the elbow.
Dr. Harry B. Nunnally was summoned and gave her surgical attention while the ambulance of Greenberg Bond and Bloomfield was notified. The ambulance was rushed at full speed to the scene of the accident making the trip in less than fifteen minutes. Mrs. Hornsby was removed to Wesley Memorial hospital where she is reported to have withstood the accident remarkably well and there is a chance for her immediate recovery. Fortunately no amputation was necessary as the bones were not broken.
Mrs. Hornsby resides at the corner of Piedmont and Pine streets with her husband and five children. She was carrying a pail of milk at the time of the accident. |
| Weirton (USA) |
1909 |
Weirton Steel Corporation |
Ernest Weir verlegt sein Werk von Clarksburg (West Virginia) in das stille Dorf Holiday's Cove am Ohio River, das später in Weirton umbenannt wird. |
| Delmar (Delaware) |
26.02.1909 |
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Seven men were killed or burned to death in a head-on collision between an express train and two locomotives on the Delaware Division on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Delmar, 100 miles south of this city. Two passengers were injured.
The dead are:
OLIVER PERRY, Adams Express messenger; Philadelphia.
J. D. McCREADY, baggage master; Wilmington, Del.
GEORGE DAVIS, engineer; Seaford, Del.
W. T. COCKRAN, mail clerk; Philadelphia.
J. W. WOOD, mail clerk; Wilmington.
R. M. DAVIS, mail clerk; Philadelphia.
CHARLES WILHELM, mail weighman; Newcastle, Del.
The injured:
MISS ASHANSOPILOS, Memphis, Tenn.; shoulder bruised.
LEWIS BROCKWAY, in charge of the pony of â??The Princess Trixieâ? company; internal injuries; taken to hospital at Salisbury, Md.
PRINCESS TRIXIE, the educated horse, was burned to death. She had been exhibited at Keith's Theatre, Philadelphia, for the past two weeks, and was being taken to Norfolk to fulfil [sic] an engagement.
The horse was twenty years old and had been shown all over the world by her owner, W. HARRISON BARNES. |
| Annapolis (USA) |
1910 |
United States Naval Academy |
W. D. La Mont wird an der United States Naval Academy in Annapolis graduiert. |
| Macon (Ga.) |
14.02.1910 |
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Five persons were instantly killed, eight seriously injured and a score slightly injured when passenger trains No. 2 and No. 5 on the Georgia Southern & Florida railroad met head-on this afternoon at 5 o'clock, 19 miles below Macon, between Wellston and Bonaire. It is stated that the accident was caused by the crew of train No. 2 misreading orders to meet train No. 5 at Bonaire. A wrecking train and relief train were sent out from Macon as soon as the news of the disaster reached the head office of the road. The relief train reached Macon at 11 o'clock bearing the bodies of the dead and injured. Both engines, the mail and baggage cars and two day coaches were completely demolished. The trains were not running at a great rate of speed, but they met on a curve and the engineers had little chance to prevent the accident. The wreck occurred in a dismal swamp and passengers described the cries of the wounded and dying as most pitiful and heart rending.
Several hours elapsed before medical aid reached the scene. Many women passengers bound the wounds of the injured with bandages torn from their clothing. |
| Wheeling (West Virginia) |
19.02.1910 |
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A Wheeling & Lake Erie railway freight engine, running wild, crashed through a trestle over a creek fifteen miles from here today, falling thirty feet and burying the engineer, fireman and two brakeman. The fireman was killed. The others were probably fatally hurt. |
| Dublin (Georgia) |
03.04.1910 |
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The through freight train and the night local train on the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad collided at the Telfair street crossing in Dublin, Ga., last night at 4:45 o'clock, killing Jeff SWIFT, flagman on the latter train. One of the engines was practically ruined. Engineer LAND, of the through freight, was injured to a slight degree. A number of box cars were smashed into kindling wood and it will be several hours before the wreckage can be cleared away and the track opened.
The cause assigned for the wreck is that the local train in shifting had run out on the main line. The conductor of the train could not flag the approaching train in time to keep it from smashing into his train.
Flagman SWIFT, who was killed, was a native of Dublin and his family lives there. None of the injuries to the two crews amounts to anything except those of Engineer LAND and his are not serious. |
| Ashley Junction (USA) |
03.06.1910 |
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Train No. 52 of the Atlantic Coast Line bound for Columbia, sideswiped freight No. 350 en route to Charleston at the Ashley Junction this morning shortly after 6 o'clock, resulting in the engine of No. 52 and four cars of the freight train being ditched and engineer J. B. Hammond and fireman R. Buckley of the passenger train being slightly injured. The freight train had taken to the siding when the passenger train came along with the result that the time and distance had not been accurately measured and the big puffing leviathan struck the freight cars a mighty blow, leaving the track and toppling over with four of the long train of laden cars. Engineer Hammond and fireman Buckley owe their lives to their jumping from the train. When they saw the collision was inevitable they leapt form the cabs and saved themselves from being pinioned under the engine and perhaps killed or seriously injured. The injuries of Hammond and Buckley were declared today by the Atlantic Coast Line officials to be a minor character and in substantiation of the statement, it was said that the men proceeded on to their homes at Columbia for such medical treatment as may be necessary. The accident is under investigation and the blame will be placed where it belongs. The collision blocked the tracks for several hours but before midday, the lines were again open and traffic uninterrupted. |
| Charleston (West Virginia) |
14.08.1910 |
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Four men were killed and six were injured when an equipment train backed into a moving yard engine in the Chesapeake & Ohio yards at Handley, West Va., last night, according to reports that reached here to-day.
The dead are John P. Dryer, engineman on yard engine; Benjamin Allman, assistant track foreman; Andrew L. Pack, coal miner, and Reuben Dean, a blacksmith.
The last two were negroes, and were riding on the equipment train. |
| McCormick (South Carolina) |
16.10.1910 |
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Five were killed and seventeen injured when two trains on the Charleston & Western Carolina crashed together at full speed shortly after 6 o'clock this afternoon, two miles south of McCormick, S. C. All of the dead and seven of the injured were members of the train crew. It is said that the operator at McCormick failed to deliver â??meet ordersâ? for the southbound train.
Both locomotives were completely demolished and the baggage cars of both trains were telescoped. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
30.10.1910 |
Tabulating Machine Company |
Die Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen GmbH (DEHOMAG) wird als deutsche Tochtergesellschaft gegründet |
| Richmond (Va.) |
13.12.1910 |
Mellin, Karl Johan |
C. J. Mellin erhält das U.S.-Patent 978.186 für eine Mallet-Gelenklokomotive mit führendem Drehgestell |
| Longdale Furnace (USA) |
1911 |
Lucy Selina Furnace |
Außerbetriebnahme |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1911 |
Tabulating Machine Company |
Charles R. Flint erreicht den Zusammenschluß der "International Time Recording Company", "Computing Scale Company" und der "Tabulating Machine Company" und bildet die Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R). |
| Ocilla (USA) |
25.03.1911 |
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In one of the worst railroad disasters ever known in the South Atlantic states, eight persons were killed and more than a dozen injured when train No. 95, known as the Dixie Flyer, on the Atlantic Coast Line, running between Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla., went through a trestle over Alapaha river, eighteen miles east of Tifton early this morning.
The cars plunged into the river without a moment's warning to the sleeping passengers when an axle on the engine suddenly snapped when midway of the trestle. The locomotive never left the track but the tender was derailed and the tank tumbled to the bank of the stream. The trestle is about half a mile long but the river was low, and at the point of the accident was not more than fifty yards across. The express and baggage cars, two day coaches and one Pullman were piled in an indescribable mess in the center of the stream, but fortunately few of the passengers were carried beneath the water. |
| Hartsville (South Carolina) |
09.04.1911 |
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One of the most horrible accidents that have ever occurred in Hartsville happened this morning at 5 o'clock in the baggage coach of the negro show, "Silas Green." which was sidetracked in the Atlantic Coast Line yards. After closing an engagement of two days here, the troupe had packed and was ready to leave when fire was discovered in the baggage car. In this car were eight negro men, five Shetland ponies, a horse, a mule, trunks and other paraphernalia. It appears that the men, having worked hard, had fallen asleep. The doors of the car were closed, as a heavy rain had fallen during the night. As the fire burned on top and on the side, a natural inference would be that the fire was caused from ignited gas, but it is denied that there was any gas in the car.
Two Dead.
One man was taken from the car dead, being horribly burned about the face, hands and feet. One of the injured, WILLIE DUNDEE, Hartsville negro, died later. The others, six in number, were sent to the hospital at Sumter. All are very seriously hurt. Three are thought to be fatally injured. The physicians of the town have done all in their power to relieve the suffering of the injured, the wounds have been carefully dressed, and it is hoped that three will recover. |
| Hamlet (North Carolina) |
27.07.1911 |
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One of the worst wrecks ever experienced by the Seaboard Air Line occurred right in front of the Hamlet roundhouse at 10:40 this morning, when a colored excursion bound from Durham to Charlotte and running as second No. 33, in charge of Conductor WILLIAM BOWEN of Raleigh and Engineman BEN KOONCE of the same place, went head-on into a freight coming into the yards from Wilmington and in charge of Engineer ARCHIE TAYLOR and Conductor BENTON BROWN. The track at this place makes a sharp curve and both sides of the main line were lined with box and coal cars. The freight was crawling into the yards under the impression that no train was coming and Engineer KOONCE was heading for Hamlet at a good clip, sure also that the track was clear. The two engines lie now beside the track fast to each other in a grasp of death. The wrecking crew have so far been unable to separate them. |
| Merry Oaks (North Carolina) |
02.11.1911 |
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Seaboard Air Line through passenger train No 43, running from New York to Jacksonville, was derailed, with the exception of the engine at Merry Oaks, 20 miles west of Raleigh at 8 oâ??clock tonight. None of them was fatally hurt.
Among the residents of Washington reported injured are G. T. Cashwell, express messenger, L. R. Tindall, of 230 Seventh street northwest, M. H. King, mail clerk, and H. L. Rosswell, mail clerk.
The others reported injured are Miss N. Doyle, of Quincy, Mass., Frank Strouner, of Brockton, N. Y., W. H. Pawe, Camden, S. C. , Mrs. G. W. Murray, of St. Petersburg, Fla., W. G. Thweatt, Richmond, Va., Dr. F. C. Hoke and wife no address; Mrs. H. L. Bruster, of Rochester, N. Y., Miss Sarah Long of Syracuse, N. Y., Mrs. R. W. Thompson, St. Petersburg, Fla., Nathan St. Kaughman, of Baltimore, Md., R. G. Simpson, of Pittston, Pa., Miss Marie Cochran no address, H. B. White no address and J. H. Ryan, of Richmond Va.
The cause of the wreck has not been determined. |
| Chattahoochee (Fulton, Ga.) |
03.11.1911 |
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Three persons were killed and four injured when fast mail train No. 15, on the Southern railway, running from Cincinnati to Jacksonville, Fla., was wrecked at Chattahoochie [sic], near here, about midnight. The train was going at a high rate of speed when it struck a broken rail in a deep cut. The dead:
E. O. PYRON, baggageman, Atlanta.
BEN RIGGS, negro fireman, of Cleveland, Tenn.
UNKNOWN NEGRO.
The injured:
KELLIE WOODSON, Indianapolis.
MRS. MOLLY DYER, of Johnson City, Tenn.
JOHN HOUGHLAND, of New Albany, Ind.
ELLA WILLIAMS, colored, of Chattanooga, Tenn. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1912 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Umbenennung der "Electric Heat Regulator Company" in "The Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company" |
| Macon (Ga.) |
1912 |
Robert Findlay Iron Works |
Schließung auch der Gießerei |
| Hortense (Georgia) |
05.05.1912 |
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Southbound Southern train No. 18, Cincinnati to Jacksonville, was wrecked at Hortense this morning and four persons injured, one seriously.
They are:
A. K. VANEVERA, engineer, of Macon.
E. L. KNIGHT, fireman, of Jesup, seriously injured.
J. I. COLEMAN, mail clerk, of Atlanta, gash in head.
J. H. JAMES, colored, mail clerk of Atlanta, slightly hurt.
No passengers were injured.
The train was thrown off near the station by the rerailer, which was opened by mistake as the train reached it. C. L. SANDERS, relief agent, after seeing the result of his mistake, left the station on a run. He was located at Offerman, where he stated he was not going to return.
Steel cars on this train probably saved a heavy death list. The engine turned completely over. Before leaving the wrecked engine, the engineer shut off all steam, so that there would be no trouble for the workmen. Every car on the train was derailed, the mail car being carried some distance from the track. The injured were rushed to a Jesup hospital. A special was also ordered from Waycross, but was turned back before arriving at Hortense. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
11.06.1912 |
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The badly crushed body of Representative ROBERT C. WICKLIFFE, of Louisiana, was found on the railroad tracks near Potomac Park. It was presumed he fell from a south bound train.
Later evidence of the engineer showed that WICKLIFFE had been struck while crossing the track, returning from a fishing trip. MRS. WICKLIFFE was at the capitol, when she heard the news. She fainted. WICKLIFFE was alone when killed. Despite the sign of warning against trespassing on railroad property there, he was seen to climb the elevation apparently unconscious of the oncoming train. He was struck and instantly killed. |
| Dalton (Georgia) |
12.06.1912 |
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Three persons were killed, but more than 30 hurt when a Western & Atlantic excursion train running from Calhoun, Ga., to Chattanooga, Tenn., was wrecked near here this morning.
The dead are:
Fireman HOLCOMB.
ARTHUR PITCHER, section employe.
JOSEPH MILLER, negro porter.
The injured are being brought here. The cause of the wreck is not known.
The wreck occurred in a cut and was caused by spreading rails. Four cars were overturned which was responsible for the long list of injured. |
| Frederick (Maryland) |
29.08.1912 |
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One man was injured and over five hundred gallons of milk lost this morning when the 8:30 car over the Frederick Railroad ran into a freight train near the Montevue switch.
Residents in the nearby houses saw the car and the train approaching at a good rate of speed and heard both whistles blow. Neither appeared to slow up, but the struck with a crash.
One passenger, Martin L. Wachter, was on the trolley. He was cut about the face and head but his injuries are not serious. He was brought to Frederick by Col. E. Austin Baughman, who was passing in his automobile. Dr. Franklin Buchanan Smith dressed Wachter's injuries.
Flood of Milk Loosed.
The front of the trolley car was piled up with milk cans consigned to Frederick consumers and dealers. The cans were crushed and smashed in the collision, and their contents, estimated at more than five hundred gallons, poured over the track and road.
Wet Rails the Cause.
The cause of the wreck was assigned this morning by Superintendent I. Paul Smith, of the Frederick Railroad, to wet the rails. It is usual for the train or the car to wait at the switch. This morning, however, the rails were slippery from last night's rain, and the car was unable to stop. Some witnesses say that the car was going at a lively clip and the train was slowing down. There were few people on the road at the time and accounts of the affair vary in details.
After the collision it was found that the train had plowed about five feet into the car. The engine sustained only minor damage, and the six freight cars attached were not damaged. |
| Macon (Ga.) |
21.09.1912 |
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For a tort upon the person of T. W. Amerson on September 21, the Macon Railway and Light Company was made defendant in the city court yesterday morning under a $3,500 damage suit filled by Walter Defore, attorney.
Plaintiff alleges negligence on the part of the defendant company and tells the story of his injury in the following manner: He says his wagon was standing near the curb on the right side of Hardeman avenue and was headed in the direction of Vineville. There was another vehicle in front of his wagon and horse.
Mr. Amerson avers he started to pull out to the right and toward the car tracks when he saw a car about 300 feet away, coming toward him at a high and dangerous rate of speed. He says the track was straight and the motorman had plenty of time to see his team, but, notwithstanding this, the car came thundering on and crashed into his wagon.
Mr. Amerson was thrown out, he alleges, and injured about his body, internally and in his right thigh. He declares his earning capacity has been cut down to one-third of what it was originally. He gives his age at 54 years. |
| Guyandotte (USA) |
1913 |
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Seven men are known to have been killed and the lives of several others are believed to have been lost today, when a west-bound Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad freight train crashed through a weakened bridge across Guyandotte River at Guyandotte, a suburb near this city. The accident was spectacular. A crew of thirty or more iron workers was employed installing a double track system across the bridge when the freight train approached. A few left their posts, it is said, believing the bridge unsafe.
Carried Down With Bridge.
When near the center of the structure there was a crash and the bridge crumbled. The heavy train shot into the water and the bridge debris covered the train wreckage.
Members of the train crew and iron workers not caught beneath the wreckage struggled through the water to shore. Some of the injured were aided by others who escaped unhurt.
Efforts are being made to determine the exact number of men who comprised the train and iron workers' crews. No attempt has been made tonight to recover the bodies of the victims.
Believed Bridge Safe.
The cause of the accident is believed to be the result of the water undermining the piling that had been put in at low water stage. A heavy rise in the river had caused considerable loss within the last few days, but the railroad officials felt confident that the bridge was entirely safe.
A passenger train had passed over the bridge just a few moments before the freight train crashed through.
The bridge is a total loss. The engine, one of the largest type, probably will have to be removed from the water before progress can be made in recoveing the bodies.
A rigid investigation is under way both by the civil authorities and officials of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1913 |
Coca-Cola Company |
Die "Coca-Cola"-Flaschen bekommen eine Rundung |
| Lovejoy (Georgia) |
19.04.1913 |
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Seventeen people were hurt, only two seriously, when Central of Georgia passenger train No. 15, northbound, from Macon to Atlanta, was wrecked one mile east of Lovejoy, 75 miles north of Macon last night at 7.25 o'clock. Five coaches were overturned when the train struck a broken rail while going around a curve in a small cut. The wreck is believed to have been due to a broken rail, though reports were in circulation that there were indications of train wreckers having been at work. A call was sent to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta and an automobile filled with track dogs was rushed to the scene of the wreck in an effort to track down the guilty parties in case there had been foul play.
Engine Remains on Rails.
Though the train was going at possibly 25 miles an hour and was just rounding a curve in a cut one mile this side of Lovejoy, the engine and the Nashville express car sustained on the rails. The mail car, baggage car, two day coaches and the parlor car left the rails and turned completely over and all were well filled with passengers at the time. How more escaped serious injury and death has not been explained. |
| Cohill (USA) |
29.05.1913 |
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One man was killed and 11 injured in a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon between two freight trains on the Western Maryland railroad on Big Six curve, near Cohill, five miles west of Hancock.
C. E. GEIST, fireman on the eastbound train, of Hagerstown, was killed. Eight trainmen and three train riders were injured. The injured were taken to the Washington County Hospital, Hagarstown.
It is said the wreck was due to misunderstanding of orders. Second Section of train No. 342, eastbound, in charge of Conductor C. C. BRAKE and Engineer L. M. STEVENS, collided with extra No. 755, westbound, in charge of Conductor W. O. MYERS and Engineer J. C. KNISELY. Both engines were derailed.
Nineteen cars, loaded with coal, on the eastbound train were demolished and nine empties of the westbound train smashed. A number of cars rolled down a steep embankment into the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. The fast mail for Baltimore from Elkins, and other trains, were detoured around the wreck over the Baltimore and Ohio via Baird and Cherry Run. |
| Kingstree (USA) |
18.11.1913 |
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Train No 212, a northbound through freight, was derailed exactly opposite the passenger and freight depot here this morning at 4 o'clock. The train was running about 20 miles per hour, and the momentum was so great that cars were piled up three deep and towered above the depot. The wreck was caused by the arch bar on the rear truck of the third car from the engine breaking, falling down and catching up a board on the railway crossing just south of the station, and before the derailed car left the track and the train could be stopped, 13 cars were derailed and piled up across the track and cotton platform. About 75 feet of the covering on the cotton platform was knocked down, and the car doing this damage was piled up on top of the wreckage. Five cars were completely demolished, and the contents, consisting of lumber, phosphate rock, shingles, building material and kaolin, was scattered promiscuously along the track for a distance of 100 yards. No estimate can be made just now as to damage to the freight, but the damage to the rolling stock approximates $3,000.
There was no loss of life and not a single injury, the crew being back in the cab.
The most thrilling experience in the whole wreck was related by a tramp who was riding in a car that was piled upon two others. When he awoke and crawled out, he could survey the whole town from his vantage point. Sedately picking a few splinters from his wool hat, he climbed down and called down dire fates upon a railroad system that would allow a gentlemen's rest to be thus disturbed.
Wrecking crews worked all day and the track was sufficiently cleared at 6 p.m. to permit the passing of trains. All traffic during the day was blocked and trains were detoured by Lanes and Sumter.
This wreck occurred exactly in the same spot as did the last big wreck here ten years ago.
Practically all business was suspended in Kingstree today and hundreds of people, including many from miles around, viewed the wrecking forces at work. |
| Augusta (Ga.) |
1914 |
Lombard Iron Works |
Umbenennung in "Lombard Iron Works and Supply Company" |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1914 |
The Rust Engineering Co. |
Die "Rust Engineering Company" eröffnet ein Büro in Washington, D.C. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
05.1914 |
Mühlfeld, John Erhardt |
Versuche mit einer Kohlenstaubfeuerung Bauart "Lopulco" bei der Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad von Mai 1917 bis Juli 1918 |
| Sadler (North Carolina) |
14.06.1914 |
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Engineer John Wingate of Danville, and Fireman Pickard of Southern train No. 29, bound from New York to Birmingham, Ala., were killed in a derailment at Sadler, N. C., about 15 miles north of Danville this morning.
The wreck occurred at 12:28 and was caused by the engine splitting a switch. The engine left the track and rolled down an embankment for 10 feet or more. Fireman Pickard was instantly killed and his body has not yet been recovered from beneath the wreckage. Wingate was removed from the debris badly scalded and othersiwe injured and died about 1 o'clock.
All of the coaches except the last three left the track but no passengers or other members of the crew are reported injured. A hospital corps was rushed to the scene from Reidsville, and wreckig crews sent from Monroe, Va., and Spencer.
Thirty rail lengths of track, about 900 feet, was torn up. Careful inquiry by the train officials and a trip through the train results in report that no passengers were injured. Six cars were derailed, but not turned over. Fireman Pickard was caught between engine and tender. |
| Columbus (Georgia) |
22.11.1915 |
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The bodies of six persons have been recovered, and nearly forty other persons are in hospitals in Columbus tonight as a result of a head-on collision between a passenger train on the Central of Georgia and a special train carrying the CON T. KENNEDY Carnival shows, six miles west of here this afternoon. Show officials believe the death list will exceed twenty-four victims. Railroad officials here, where all of the reports of the wreck are coming in, blame the crew of the passenger train for failure to obey orders.
The passenger crew had orders to stop at Muscogee, four miles east of Columbus, and wait for the special show train. They failed to stop. The railroad officials emphasize the fact that the crash occurred on a straight stretch of track. The passenger coaches were of steel construction, three in number.
Both trains were running about 30 miles an hour.
The engines of both trains were demolished, yet did not leave the rails.
Cars at the head end of the show train were telescoped. There were two carloads of animals. Most of the animals were burned alive.
Twelve Pullman cars, carrying the principal people in the KENNEDY shows, were not damaged, as they were at the rear end of the special train. |
| Newport News (USA) |
18.12.1915 |
---- |
Verloren gegangen auf See auf der Fahrt nach Trinidad östlich von Newport News. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1916 |
Poole & Hunt, Union Works |
Die "Poole Engineering & Machine Company" errichtet eine neue Montagewerkstätte |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1916 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Beginn der Herstellung von automatischen Temperaturreglern |
| Madison (Florida) |
1916 |
Florida Manufacturing Company |
Ende mit dem Aufkommen des Mexican Boll Weevil (Mexikanischer Baumwollkapselkäfer) |
| Sparrows Point (USA) |
1916 |
Pennsylvania Steel Co., Sparrows Point Works |
Übernahme durch die "Bethlehem Steel Co." |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1916 |
Ericsson, John |
The U.S.-Kongreß stellt $35,000 zur Verfügung, um ein John Ericsson memorial in Washington, D.C., zu schaffen |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1916 |
Coca-Cola Company |
Die "Coca-Cola"-Flaschen bekommen die gekannte geschwungene Form. Sie wurden von Earl Dean, einem Maschinenbauer der Roots Glass Company in Philadelphia entworfen; als Vorbild diente eine Jugendstil-Vase. |
| Woodberry (Baltimore) |
1916 |
Poole & Hunt, Union Works |
Die "Poole Engineering & Machine Company" errichtet eine neue Montagewerkstätte |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1917 |
Betts Machine Company |
Übernahme durch die E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company |
| Caldwell (Mecklenbg. Cty., N.C.) |
17.07.1917 |
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A coroner's investigation has been ordered for Wednesday morning to determine the cause of the wrecking of a Southern Railway passenger train at Caldwells Station this morning, in which two were killed and two hurt.
The dead are Fireman ERNEST KELLER of Barbers Junction, and J. E. WALKER, of Statesville, a negro passenger. W. E. SLOAN, of Statesville, a passenger, and Engineer J. C. LANYOEX, of Charlotte, were injured, and several passengers more or less bruised.
That the train was willfully wrecked is generally accepted. It apparently was done by drawing the spikes for a distance of several yards with tools which had been stolen from the section house at Huntersville, a mile and a half away. The tools were found hidden in a briar thicket near where the wreck occurred. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
09.10.1917 |
Sholes Standard Typewriter Co. |
Tod von Zalmon G. Sholes |
| Millsboro (Delaware) |
05.12.1917 |
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Peter S. Shockley, former County Comptroller was instantly killed today when he attempted to cross ahead of the passenger train at Millsboro. He was about 55 years old and was a prominent businessman. He turned his car directly in front of the train and attempted to beat it across the track. |
| Weirton (USA) |
1918 |
Weirton Steel Corporation |
Zur Verbesserung der Koordnation zwischen den einzelnen in der Zwischenzeit erworbenen Werken an drei Standorten wird das Unternehmen in die "Weirton Steel Company" umstrukturiert. |
| Wooddale (Del. |
1918 |
Delaware Iron Works, Alan Wood |
Die Papierfabrik in Wooddale brennt ab und wird nicht mehr aufgebaut |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
1919 |
Randall Brothers Inc. |
Die Firma wird als "Randall Brothers, Inc." eingetragen |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1919 |
Coca-Cola Company |
Gründung |
| Ellenton (South Carolina) |
25.07.1919 |
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Six persons were slightly injured this morning at 7 o'clock when Charleston & Western Carolina passenger train No. 46 was derailed at Balley's Mill Trestle, about three miles from Ellenton, S. C. The derailment was caused by the foundation of the trestle being undermined by heavy rains and swollen streams. All of the cars were derailed, but none turned over. |
| Frost (South Carolina) |
25.07.1919 |
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Twelve persons were killed and 38 injured, some very painfully, yesterday afternoon, when Southern train No 42 from Spartanburg crashed into the rear end of train No 18, operated between Columbia and Greenville. The wreck occurred near Frost, six and one-half miles from Columbia. Both trains were eastbound. The accident happened at 2 20 o'clock.
Train No. 18 was compelled to stop to repair a crossover pipe in the air-brakes. HARRY LOCKLAIR, flagman, 523 Senate Street, Columbia, was stationed up the road while the repair was in progress. With the pipe adjusted, the flagman was signalled in. Hardly had the train begun to move off before No. 42 bore down upon No. 18 and the terrific impact drove the rear steel coach of the front train more than half way through the wooden coach directly ahead. The fireman on the rear train said he was the first to discover the train directly ahead as his engine bore around the curve. He shouted to Engineer BRANCH LONG. The emergency brakes were applied, but the trains immediately collided and as the front train had begun to move off, the cars were driven possibly 150 yards before brought to a stop. The fireman on 42 jumped and escaped without injury. Engineer LONG had two ribs broken |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1919 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Die Brauerei erreicht einen Spitzen-Ausstoß von 110.000 barrels im Jahr |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
1919 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Die Brauerei erreicht einen Spitzen-Ausstoß von 110.000 barrels im Jahr |
| Longdale Furnace (USA) |
1920 |
Lucy Selina Furnace |
Nach dem Tod von Frimstone im Jahre 1920 geht das Eigentum testamentarisch auf Mrs. J. E. Johnson über, die mit ihrem Ehemann, Captain Johnson, viele Jahre mit Firmstone verbunden war. |
| Winnsboro (South Carolina) |
18.03.1920 |
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A freight wreck occurred here last night at about 8:40 o'clock when a special freight train, north bound from Columbia, ran into the rear of local freight No. 63, which was standing still on the track, about a quarter of a mile below the freight depot. The accident was due to a cross in the train orders. Train No. 63 had come into the station at Winnsboro, and the engineer had received his orders and had been shifting cars out on the tracks at the Winnsboro mills. In the meantime, the dispatcher at Columbia had sent out a special freight with orders of right of way, but the engineer of train No. 63 did not receive the change in orders in time, as he was between the depot and the Winnsboro mills when the new orders were received. At the time of the collision, he was preparing to go out to the Winnsboro mills again, and the door to the engine box was open. The force of the collision knocked the fire out into the engine cab, which caught fire and was completely destroyed. About eight freight cars of train No. 63 were badly damaged, and one was completely destroyed. Fortunately, there was no loss of life or serious injuries to either train crew. Turner, a member of the train crew of the special freight, was slightly injured and was carried to Columbia for treatment. The track was cleared in time for the first northbound passenger train through Winnsboro this morning, which reaches here at 6:30 a.m. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1921 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Wegen der Prohibition beendet John George Neumeister seine Tätigkeit als Braumeister |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
1921 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Wegen der Prohibition beendet John George Neumeister seine Tätigkeit als Braumeister |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
29.09.1921 |
Columbian Iron Works and Dry Dock Company, Malster & Reaney |
Die "Bethlehem Steel Corporation" erwirbt die gesamte "Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Corporation". Insbesondere Schiffsreparaturen werden weiter betrieben. |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1922 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Bau einer Messinggießerei |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1922 |
Hilles & Jones |
Verkauf an die "Consolidated Machine Tool Corporation of America" in Rochester, N.Y. |
| Springfield (Effingh., Ga.) |
18.10.1922 |
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Three men are dead, Engineer J. R. Graham, Fireman Cecil Cook and a negro brakeman, Ike Campbell, a Savannah and Atlanta freight train was still burning at noon today, following a wreck which occurred at Springfield, the train, headed north from Savannah, Ga., at 1:15 o'clock this morning, when [sic] telescoped over a small trestle, which had recently been washed out by recent rains.
The bodies of the three men had not been recovered up until noon, and there was little prospects of reaching them before late afternoon. The charred remains of Fireman Cook could be seen by the relief workers, but the terrific heat prevented them from coming within any reaching distance of the body.
The Savannah and Atlanta railway sent a relief train out from Savannah this morning, after the wreck was reported. Their efforts at the scene, however, could be of little avail, since the oil from the turtled engine had spread over the water into which the train was dumped, and the flames were leaping high into the air.
The small trestle, washed out, is within a few yards of the Springfield station. Engineer Graham passed through Springfield at an early hour this morning, and it was not known then that the trestle had been washed away by the swelling rains of last night.
The crashing train brought out citizens of Springfield at the early hour, and although they attempted to reach the three men, the spreading flames started by the overturned engine prevented their aid. |
| Savannah (Georgia) |
um 1923 |
McDonough & Ballantyne |
Ende der Geschäftstätigkeit |
| West Point (Georgia) |
03.06.1923 |
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Lem Traylor, colored, suffered a fractured skull when he fell beneath the rear coach of A. and W. P. Train No. 40, as the train pulled out of the station at 1:20 a.m. today. His condition is critical, but physicians say he may be saved by an operation.
He was attempting to leave the train after it had begun to develop speed, lost his footing before releasing the train and was drawn underneath. It is thought he was struck by a step of another part of the car and not by a wheel. |
| Cottondale (Florida) |
27.09.1923 |
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A definate check at noon today shows that only one person was killed in the wreck at Cottondale, Fla., late last night between a Louisville & Nashville train and an excursion train.
The person killed was Mrs. I. T. Lane, of Dothan, Ala., Mrs. Francis Holland also of Dothan, reported killed, is alive and expected to recover. Approximately 22 other persons were injured. |
| Richmond (Va.) |
15.10.1924 |
Mellin, Karl Johan |
Tod von Carl J. Mellin in Schenectady |
| Edgemoor (Delaware) |
09.01.1925 |
Edge Moor Iron Company |
Erteilung eines Patents Nr. 1552020 auf einen Dampfüberhitzer |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
08.07.1925 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Tod von George F. Wiessner, und Henry F. Wiessner wird als Nacholger Präsident |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
08.07.1925 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Tod von George F. Wiessner, und Henry F. Wiessner wird als Nacholger Präsident |
| Savannah (Georgia) |
1926 |
McDonough & Ballantyne |
Tod von J. McDonough |
| Washington (D.C.) |
29.05.1926 |
Ericsson, John |
Das John Ericsson Memorial in Washington, D.C., wird in Gegenwart von Präsident Calvin Coolidge und dem schwedischen Kronprinzen Gustaf Adolf enthüllt. |
| Greenville (S.C.) |
11.06.1926 |
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Two persons were instantly killed warly this morning when the east bound Norfolk Southern night express crashed through a burning trestle over Chicod creek, about 10 miles east of this city.
The dead are J. R. SLADE, engineer, 42, Norfolk, and BILL HARRINGTON, fireman, 30, Berkley, Va. Passengers and other members of the train crew escaped serious injuries, only two receiving minor hurts.
The entire train, with exception one Pullman coach, was precipitated through the trestle to the marsky lowland 30 feet below. Wrecking crews have continued work since early today in an effort to clear away the twisted and burned mass of wreckage and rebuilt the 150-foot span which collapsed under the burden of the engine and five coaches. Until this is accompliched all trains will be diverted to the Atlantic Coast Line tracks from this city to Parmele, thence to Washington.
The trestle is located on the center of a complete "S" curve, and the train was rounding the curve just 200 feet distant when the engineer saw smoke rising from beneath the trestle. Members of the train crew state that MR. SLADE applied the emergency brakes and used every other effort to bring the train to a standstill. The entire train had almost cleared the burning span when the collapse occurred. With the exception of the Pullman which remained on the tracks every coach was completely demolished as well as burned into ashes. |
| Rockmart (USA) |
23.12.1926 |
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Bei strömendem Regen stießen zwei Personenzüge frontal zusammen, weil das Lokpersonal eines Zuges die Zuganweisung falsch interpretiert hatte. 20 Tote |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1927 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Zusammenschluß der "Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company" mit Honeywell. Sitz der Gesellschaft ist in Minneapolis |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1927 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Schließung |
| Demorest (USA) |
07.02.1927 |
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Two persons were killed and several injured, two seriously, when the Fallulah Falls passenger train from Franklin, N.C. to Cornelia, Ga., was wrecked at Hazelwood Creek trestle, near Demorest, Ga., late Monday.
The body of E. S. HOGSED, news agent, of Cornelia, and that of an unidentified negro passenger had been recovered from the wreckage.
J. D. MILLER, engineer of the train, was scalded and is in a serious condition. The fireman, whose name was not learned, was also badly scalded.
A negro woman passenger was thought to be dying.
A. F. LOCKER, superintendent of the road, was cut about the face by glass. A few other passengers were injured slightly.
The wreck took place Monday afternoon when the engine, baggage coach and one passenger car went through the trestle. One passenger coach remained on the tracks.
The road is fifty-eight miles long and extends through rugged and hilly country. The trestle at which the wreck occurred is forty feet higher. |
| West Point (Georgia) |
18.04.1927 |
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W. J. Dale, Houston, Texas, and W. L. Moody, Galveston, Texas, were injured Monday when the Crescent Limited, New York to New Orleans, Southern Railway passenger train, was derailed near West Point, railroad officials here said.
Dale, a Houston insurance man, received a broken leg. Moody, an attorney, suffered abrasions about the body.
The train was delayed for little more than an hour. |
| Augusta (Ga.) |
1929 |
Lombard Iron Works |
George S. Lombard übernimmt die Leitung der "Lombard Iron Works and Supply Company" |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1929 |
Silica Gel Gesellschaft, Dr. von Lüde & Co. |
Gründung als Tochtergesellschaft der Silica Gel Corporation, Baltimore, Md., USA |
| Newark (Delaware) |
1929 |
Potts Welding & Boiler Repair Co., Inc. |
Gründung als Kesselreparaturbetrieb |
| Thomasville (Georgia) |
1929 |
Cleaver-Brooks |
Gründung durch John C. Cleaver, der beginnt, kleine, transportable Kessel zu bauen. |
| Weirton (USA) |
1929 |
Weirton Steel Corporation |
Die "Weirton Steel" schließt sich mit der "Michigan Steel" (Detroit) und der "M.A. Hanna Steel" (Cleveland) zur "National Steel Corporation" zusammen. |
| Parkton (Maryland) |
14.01.1929 |
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The death today of Edith Hannigan, 8, marked the end of a family of five who were alive and well until a railroad train struck their automobile early yesterday at Perkton, Md.
Mrs. Minnie Hannigan and two of her children were killed almost instantly, Earle Hannigan and a daughter, Edith, were taken to a Baltimore hospital, where they both died.
Funeral services for all members of the family will be conducted at Parkton tomorrow. |
| Aberdeen (Maryland) |
17.01.1929 |
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A double collision, involving two Pennsylvania railroad passenger trains and a freight train, killed four trainmen and seriously injured another. Conductors of the two passenger trains declared none of their passengers were seriously hurt.
Passenger train No. 412, bound from Washington for Philadelphia, struck the freight train, also northbound, just after it pulled from a siding, near Short Lane station, near here. Freight cars toppled onto the southbound track in front of express train No. 121, from New York to Washington.
K. A. KLEIN, brakeman of the freight train, and V. W. STEWART, flagman, were killed in the first crash and A. C. TERHUNE, engineer of the southbound expresss train, and M. GOLDSTEIN, his fireman, were killed when their train ploughed into the wreckage. Bodies of the two from the freight crew and of the passenger firemen were removed and taken to an undertaking establishment here. The body of the express engineer was still under the engine five hours after the wreck, workmen having been prevented by outpouring steam from recovering it.
LEON SWEETING, engineer of the northbound passenger train, was badly scalded and was taken to the Havre de Grace Hospital, where his condition is reported to be serious. JOHN H. LEE, fireman on the same train, was in the hospital, suffering from shock. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
08.04.1929 |
Coca-Cola Company |
"Coca-Cola" kommt nach Deutschland: Die erste Flasche wird in Essen abgefüllt |
| Augusta (Ga.) |
19.04.1929 |
Lombard Iron Works |
George R. Lombard stirbt. Er war ein hervorragender Geschäftsmann und führte das Unternehmen in seine führende Stellung auf diesem Gebiet. |
| Edgemoor (Delaware) |
05.07.1929 |
Edge Moor Iron Company |
Erteilung eines Patents " Baffling for water-tube steam boilers" |
| Washington (D.C.) |
17.11.1929 |
Hollerith, Herman |
Tod von Herman Hollerith in Washington, D.C. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
17.11.1929 |
Tabulating Machine Company |
Tod von Herman Hollerith in Washington, D.C. |
| Onley (USA) |
30.11.1929 |
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Speeding northward over the Pennsylvania railroad here last night, seven coaches of a Norfolk-New York train filled with excursionists left the rails, killing nine persons and injuring approximately 25 others, two probably fatally. Two coaches turned over and more than 400 passengers on the train were thrown into confusion as the coaches smashed against the first two to leave the rails and stopped after tearing up a large section of the track. Officials Say Wreck Was Caused By Broken Rail Which Engine and Two Coaches Passed Over Safely. Rear Coach Also Stays on Track
The train said to have been traveling about 50 miles an hour, was seen by BEN PARKS, resident of Onley to sway and rock violently just before it came to an abrupt halt in the space of some 200 yards. PARKS in describing the track to commonwealth attorney J. F. WALTER, said that he saw the cars reeling and then two of them "gradually" turned and fell to their sides. |
| Savannah (Georgia) |
29.12.1929 |
William Kehoe & Co. |
William Kehoe stirbt an Lungenentzündung im Alter von 89 Jahren. Er wird auf dem katholischen Friedhof begraben. |
| Rockford (Wilmington) |
1930 |
Joseph Bancroft |
Der Betrieb ist einer der größten Textilveredelungsbetriebe weltweit. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1930 |
Coblentz, William |
Coblentz wird Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (unsicher, ob ehrenhalber). |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1930 |
Coca-Cola Company |
Gründung der Coca-Cola GmbH, Essen |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1930 |
Joseph Bancroft |
Der Betrieb ist einer der größten Textilveredelungsbetriebe weltweit. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
Jan. 1931 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Verkauf der Anlagen an die "American Malt Company" |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
Jan. 1931 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Verkauf der Anlagen an die "American Malt Company" |
| Thomasville (Georgia) |
1931 |
Cleaver-Brooks |
John C. Cleaver und Raymond Brooks bilden die Firma "Cleaver-Brooks" und beginnen mit der Massenproduktion von Kesseln. |
| Savannah (Georgia) |
1932 |
John Rourke & Son |
Tod von John Rourke. Sein Sohn James übernimmt die Firma. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1933 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Die Wiessner Brauerei eröffnet als "American Brewing Co.", welche die Brauerei noch bis 1973 betreibt |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
1933 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Die Wiessner Brauerei eröffnet als "American Brewing Co.", welche die Brauerei noch bis 1973 betreibt |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1934 |
Poole & Hunt, Union Works |
Während der Wirtschaftskrise verkauft das Unternehmen große Teile seines Geländes an die "Franklin Balmar Company" |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1934 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Erwerbung der "Brown Instrument Co." in Philadelphia (gegründet 1910 durch Richard Brown) durch Honeywell |
| Woodberry (Baltimore) |
1934 |
Poole & Hunt, Union Works |
Während der Wirtschaftskrise verkauft das Unternehmen große Teile seines Geländes an die "Franklin Balmar Company" |
| Williamsport (Maryland) |
11.04.1935 |
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At least fourteen high school pupils died tonight at 11:30 o'clock in the crash of a speeding train and their school bus. The bus was returning to Williamsport, Md., after the pupils, members of the high school there had attended a chemistry lecture at the University of Maryland, at College Park. First reports indicates there were 30 persons in the bus.
The train, a Baltimore and Ohio express, eastbound from St. Louis, tearing into the bus, caught the wreckage up and carried it hundreds of yards before the brakes of the train ground it to a halt. The view of the crossing, on the outskirts of this village, was described by police as not obstructed. 14 Schüler kommen ums Leben, 13 Schüler, ein Lehrer und der Busfahrer werden verletzt. Der Busfahrer trägt die Schuld |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
22.12.1935 |
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Einsturz der Appomatox-Flußbrücke in Hopewell, Virginia. Ein Bus fährt über die geöffnete Zugbrücke 14 Tote |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
1936 |
Randall Brothers Inc. |
Bis 1936 folgt Luther H. Randall, Sr. seinem Vater, H.G. Randall, und er erwirbt auch den Geschäftsanteil seines Onkels. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1936 |
Mühlfeld, John Erhardt |
Tod ca. 1936 |
| Beckley (West Virginia) |
20.08.1936 |
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Three members of a train crew, off on their day's run up Piney river gorge, died today when the boiler of their locomotive exploded.
The giant mallet type engine had just reached a small bridge as steam burst back through the cab and hurled two of the men out.
Conductor BLAINE SIMMONS of Raleigh was killed instantly, his body thrown 75 feet and badly mangled.
The scalding steam killed Engineer BROWN NUNNALLY of Hinton before rescuers arrived.
Fireman RAY E. SINGER of Oak Hill died of burns in a Beckley hospital four hours later.
ALthough the trucks of the locomotive were thrown from the rails, none of its 97 cars left the rails and the crew of an engine just in front escaped injury.
Low water in the boiler was given as the cause. E. L. BOCK of Huntington, general superintendent of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad said:
"So far as we know the explosion was caused by the engineer permitting water to get low in his boiler."
The train, running on the busy Piney river branch of the C. and O. was about at the middle of the gorge, a few yards from lonely White Stick station.
The force of the blast went downward toward White Stick creek 25 feet beneath the little bridge. Trainmen said this fact probably prevented more damage. The giant drivers went upward, however, and caused the trucks to leave the tracks.
Steam and hot water sprayed the ground for 200 feet around, killing all vegetation in that radius.
The scene of the explosion was miles from the nearest telephone and help was some time in arriving because the crew of the undamaged engine had to make a run to Quinnimont. Wrecking crews cleared the single track line this afternoon.
The Piney river division is one of the busiest branches of the railroad through Raleigh county. Much of the tonnage of the Winding Gulf coal fields goes through the rocky, lonely gorge. |
| Ormond Beach (USA) |
23.05.1937 |
Rockefeller, John Davison |
Tod von John Davison Rockefeller in Ormond Beach, Florida |
| Hansford (West Virginia) |
27.09.1937 |
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A Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train, brakes screeching a cacophony of death, killed seven persons last night in a collision with a truck at the Hansford railroad crossing.
A mother, father and four children were among the victims. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1939 |
Homberger, Ludwig |
Ludwig Homberger nimmt eine Lehrtätigkeit an der American University in Washington, D.C. auf. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1939 |
Hilles & Jones |
Einstellung der Produktion und Verkauf des Anwesenes in separaten Blöcken |
| Savannah (Georgia) |
1942 |
John Rourke & Son |
Tod von James Rourke |
| Chesapeake (Virginia) |
28.07.1942 |
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Einsturz der Chesapeake City-Brücke, Virginia, eine Autobrücke als senkrechte Zugbrücke. Der Tanker "Franz Klasen" rammte die Pfeiler. Das Hauptsegment erleidet Totalschaden |
| Fort Eustis (Newport News) |
31.07.1942 |
United States Army Transportation Corps |
Gründung durch Präsident Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Newport News (USA) |
31.07.1942 |
United States Army Transportation Corps |
Gründung durch Präsident Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
24.02.1943 |
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The Pennsylvania railroad's crack passenger train "The Cavalier," heavily crowded and stopped for a signal, was rammed from the rear by a speeding switch engine and two passenger coaches early today and 57 passengers and crewmen were injured, six seriously.
Most of the injured were Navy enlisted personnel.
The crash, heard over a square mile area, shattered windows and lights in some coaches, derailed one car and tied up the southward traffic tracks of the railroad's main line four hours.
Scores of passengers standing in the aisles, waiting to get off at the Wilmington station a quarter mile away, were knocked to the floor and those seated were hurled against the seats in front of them.
Seven ambulances and scores of police and private cars took the injured to Wilmington's three main hospitals, which immediately were overcrowded. A general call was sent out for physicians and nurses.
All but the six seriously hurt were discharged after receiving treatment for lacerations, shock and bruises.
The train was southbound from Philadelphia to Cape Charles, Va. The railroad company said the two coaches attached to the switch engine were carrying 52 sailors and were about to be coupled onto the train. |
| Rennert (USA) |
16.12.1943 |
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Zugzusammenstoß in Rennert (N.C.). Beim in Richtung Süden fahrenden "Taniami Champion", einem Zug der Atlantic Coast Line Railroad auf der Fahrt von New York City nach Florida, bestehend aus einer dreiteiligen dieselelektrischen Lokomotive der Baureihe EMD E 6 und 18 Personenwagen. Bei Rennert befährt der Zug eine zweigleisige Strecke. Hier entgleisen aufgrund eines Schienenbruchs gegen 0.50 Uhr bei einer Geschwindigkeit von etwa 135 km/h die letzten drei Wagen, bleiben aufrecht stehen, ragen aber ins Gegengleis. Dies löst eine Zwangsbremsung für den Zug aus, als dadurch die Kupplung reißt und die Hauptluftleitung unterbrochen wird. Der vordere Zugteil kommt nach etwa 800 Metern zum Stehen. Mangels Sicherung des Gegengleises durch den vorderen Zugteil fährt der Gegenzug des Taniami Champion (gleiche Lokomotivkomposition und 16 Personenwagen) mit 130 km/h in die entgleisten drei Wagen. Hierbei sterben 72 Menschen, 71 davon in dem auffahrenden Zug. Die meisten kommen ums Leben, als beim Auffahren der dritte Wagen auf den zweiten geschoben wird und ihn unter sich begräbt. Sehr viele der Toten sind Soldaten auf Heimaturlaub aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Unter den Verletzten befindet sich auch die Opernsängerin und Schauspielerin Grace Moore. |
| Stockton (Georgia) |
04.08.1944 |
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A west bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train crashed into the locomotive of a by-passed freight on a siding near here early today, killing at least 47 persons, mostly railway laborers going home for the week-end to Alabama. ROCKWELL said an apparent rail failure hurled the passenger train into the freight as it passed the siding. The passenger cars struck the engine of the freight, one splitting lengthwise. It was in this car that most of the dead were found, ROCKWELL said. The car immediately behind that which split lengthwise was badly damaged and another was crumpled by the impact. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1945 |
Homberger, Ludwig |
Ludwig Homberger wird Professor für Transportwesen an der American University in Washington, D.C. |
| Newport News (USA) |
19./20.08.1945 |
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Testfahrt der 52 2006 von Stuttgart-Untertürkheim nach Augsburg mit einem Güterzug von 915 t bzw. 84 Achsen. Die Rückfahrt erfolgt am 20. August. Danach wird die Lokomotive versandfertig für den Abtransport in die USA gemacht; Aufschrift an den Windleitblechen: "President Transportation Board Fort Monroe Virginia USA |
| Wallace (South Carolina) |
17.12.1945 |
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Heavy Winter fog was blamed today for the broadside crash of the luxury train Silver Meteor into the New York bound Sun Queen near here yesterday.
There were six known dead and at least 62 persons were injured when the Florida-bound Meteor crashed into the middle of the Queen as it pulled onto a siding to clear the tracks.
The dead:
One soldier (name withheld).
Two sailors (names withheld).
Meteor Engineer W. W. SHOEMAKER of Raleigh, N.C.
Porter JAMES T. FERRELL of Richmond, Va.
PERRY C. REESE, Alexandria, Va., a passenger.
Officials of the Seaboard AIr Line Railway said an early investigation showed that SHOEMAKER didn't see the Sun Queen coaches until it was too late. Survivors reported there was a heavy pre-dawn fog.
SHOEMAKER'S train was roaring southward as the first section of the Silver Meteor. The Sun Queen was pulling onto the Kollock siding.
All but the last five coaches of the Queen were on the siding when the few passengers not asleep saw the Meteor's headlight burst out of the fog. A second later there was a grinding crash as the south-bound engine plowed into the front end of the fifth coach from the end. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1946 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Gründung der "Minneapolis Honeywell Aero Division" |
| Richmond (Va.) |
1946 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Die Produktion von Spezialitäten für die "American Locomotive Company" geht zu Ende. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1946 |
Georgetown University |
Im Jahr 1946 ist Lise Meitner Gastprofessorin an der Catholic University in Washington D.C. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
01.01.1946 bis 31.03.1946 |
Marshal, George |
Die Industrieproduktion in Westdeutschland liegt 1946 noch bei 31 Prozent der Produktion von 1936. |
| Hampton (Virginia) |
März 1946 |
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Die Lokomotive 19 1001 wird auf einer Ausstellung in Fort Monroe (Virginia) mit entfernter Triebwerksverkleidung (zumindes rechts) und Holztreppe zur Führerstands-Besichtigung gezeigt |
| Powhatan (West Virginia) |
12.06.1946 |
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Two crewmen were killed and at least 12 persons injured late today when the Norfolk and Western Railway's new streamliner, the "Powhatan Arrow," left the tracks on a sharp curve here and overturned.
The engineer, ROBERT D. NAP, and the fireman, BEECHY LAWSON, were killed.
The engine and two cars of the train, eastbound from Cincinnati, O., to Norfolk, Va., left the rails, the locomotive turning completely over on its side, trapping the fireman. Both said the train was traveling "pretty fast" when the accident occurred.
Passengers riding in the five rear coaches, which were undamaged, said they did not know what had happened when the train came to an abrupt half. ELIZABETH TEACHEN of Houston, Texas, bound for Norfolk, Va., said the sensation was one of quick braking.
The coaches which left the rails did not telescope. Windows were smashed but none completely broken out, and the inside of the all-steel coaches apparently suffered only slight damage. The seats were not torn loose.
The accident occurred with 100 yards of the Powhatan baseball field, where hundreds of persons sat in a grandstand less than a month ago to watch the Arrow on her maiden trip. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
01.01.1947 bis 31.03.1947 |
Marshal, George |
Die Industrieproduktion in Westdeutschland liegt 1947 noch bei 34 Prozent der Produktion von 1936. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
05.06.1947 |
Marshal, George |
George Marshall legt in einer Rede in der Universität Harvard die Grundzüge seines Plans dar. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
05.06.1947 |
Marshal, George |
In einer Rede in der Harvard-Universität schlägt US-Außenminister George C. Marshall ein Wirtschaftsaufbauprogramm für Europa vor, in das auch Deutschland einbezogen werden soll (Marshallplan). |
| Augusta (Ga.) |
1948 |
Lombard Iron Works |
Umwandlung in "Augusta Iron & Steel Works Inc." |
| Washington (D.C.) |
1948-1952 |
Marshal, George |
17 Länder nehmen an dem Wiederaufbau-Programm von George Marshall teil. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
04.1948 |
Marshal, George |
Der Kongreß in Washington stellt für das Wiederaufbau-Programm rund 13 Milliarden Dollar zur Verfügung. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
01.01.1949 bis 31.03.1949 |
Marshal, George |
Die Industrieproduktion in Westdeutschland liegt 1949 bei 90 Prozent der Produktion von 1936. |
| Huntington (West Virginia) |
Mai 1949 |
Eisenbahn-Bezug |
Der Giesel-Ejektor (Flachschornstein) wird erstmals auf einer Rangierlokomotive der "Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad" in Huntington (West-Virginia) in Betrieb genommen. |
| Huntington (West Virginia) |
Mai 1949 |
Giesl-Gieslingen, Adolph |
Der Giesel-Ejektor (Flachschornstein) wird erstmals auf einer Rangierlokomotive der "Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad" in Huntington (West-Virginia) in Betrieb genommen. |
| Anderson (S.C.) |
1950 |
The Singer Manufacturing Company |
Eröffnung einer Singer-Nähmaschinenfabrik in Anderson, South Carolina. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1950 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Honeywell erwirbt die "Micro Switch" in Freeport, Ill. |
| West Palm Beach (USA) |
1951 |
Cunningham |
Beginn des Automobilbaues |
| West Palm Beach (USA) |
1951 |
Cunningham |
Gründung (?) |
| Washington (D.C.) |
14.06.1951 |
U.S. Census Bureau |
Anlieferung des "UNIVAC I" |
| Hampton (Virginia) |
1952 |
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Verschrottung der Lokomotive 19 1001 in Fort Monroe (Virginia) |
| Washington (D.C.) |
01.01.1952 bis 31.03.1952 |
Marshal, George |
Die Industrieproduktion in Westdeutschland liegt 1952 bei 145 Prozent der Produktion von 1936. |
| Saint Petersburg (Florida) |
26.06.1952 |
Gebrüder Sussmann |
Arthur Sussmann sirbt in St. Petersburg (Florida) |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1953 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Beginn der Production des Honeywell T86 Round Thermostats |
| Savannah (Georgia) |
1953 |
John Rourke & Son |
Ende der Firma und Übernahme durch "Savannah Machine Shop" |
| Washington (D.C.) |
15.01.1953 |
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Dieses Unglück, bei dem glücklicherweise keine Todesopfer zu beklagen waren, erregte dennoch großes Aufsehen. Die außer Kontrolle geratene E-Lok der Baureihe GG1 2'CoCo2' überfuhr mit dem "Federal Limited" bei einer Geschwindigkeit von ca. 55 km/h den Prellbock und kam erst in der Halle des Bahnhofs "Union Station" zum Halten. Die Lok und die ersten zwei Wagen durchbrachen die Decke des Kellergeschosses. Die Ursache dieses Unfalls war ein Fehler im Bremssystem des aus 16 Wagen bestehenden Schnellzugs. Man fand später heraus, daß der Luftabsperrhahn der Bremskupplung zwischen dem dritten und vierten Wagen durch Kontakt mit dem Untergestell geschlossen worden war. Glücklicherweise hatte man bemerkt, daß der Zug nicht mehr anzuhalten war, so daß die Fahrgäste die ersten Wagen noch verlassen konnten. Auch Teile des Bahnhofs und der Büros konnten evakuiert werden, bevor der Zug in den Bahnhof raste. Da Präsident Eisenhowers Amtseinführung zwei Tage später stattfinden sollte, wurde das Loch in der Kellerdecke provisorisch ausgebessert, und die Lokomotive wurde erst viel später entfernt. 87 Verletzte |
| Dillon (South Carolina) |
21.04.1953 |
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Death still cast a wavering hand over the survivors of the nightmarish Atlantic Coast Line train wreck tonight, with the unofficial toll of life set at six. More than 125 were injured.
JOE BOATWRIGHT, Marion's fire chief, said he saw "four dead for certain," and was sure that two more dead were taken out of the twisted tombs of what was a crack stream-liner bound from Miami to New York Monday night.
Even as rescue workers dug feverishly and wrecking crews from Rocky Mount and Florence labored over the twisted steel and iron, fire mushroomed from one of the pullman's. Flames roared skyward and dense clouds of smoke billowed hundreds of feet into the air.
he actual cause of the wreck was not known. JEFFORDS said that he didn't believe the train was "speeding". He pointed out that the Champion had left Savannah and Florence on time and the time of the wreck, 11:15, indicated that it was "on time" at that point. JEFFORDS said that, at Florence, the train was carrying 287 passengers with tickets through to Richmond and that several more persons had gotten aboard at Florence. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
04.07.1953 |
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum |
Eröffnung des Museums im Rundlokschuppen |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1954 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Die Honeywell Research entwickelt einen Germanium-Leistungsransistor. Gründung der Transistor-Abteilung in Minneapolis |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1954 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Übernahme der "Heiland Research Corp." in Denver (Colorado) (gegründet 1934) durch Honeywell und deren Umwandlung in die Abteilungen für Test-Instrumente und Fotoabteilung |
| Arlington (Virginia) |
22.11.1954 |
Homberger, Ludwig |
Tod von Ludwig Homberger in Arlington |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1955 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Gemeinschaftsunternehmen mit Raytheon unter der Firma "Datamatic Corp.". Das ist der Beginn des Computer-Geschäfts von Honeywell. Das erste Computersystem des Unternehmens ist der D-1000. Er wiegt 25 tons, benötigt eine Fläche von 6.000 square feet (558 qm) und kostet 1,5 Millionen Dollar |
| Roanoke (USA) |
1955 |
Norfolk and Western Railway |
O. Winston Link beginnt, angeregt durch seine Industriefotografie in Staunton (Va.), mit der Fotografie auf der "Norfolk and Western Railway" |
| Staunton (Virginia) |
1955 |
Link, Ogle Winston |
O. Winston Link beginnt, angeregt durch seine Industriefotografie in Staunton (Va.), mit der Fotografie auf der "Norfolk and Western Railway" |
| Staunton (Virginia) |
1955 |
Norfolk and Western Railway |
O. Winston Link beginnt, angeregt durch seine Industriefotografie in Staunton (Va.), mit der Fotografie auf der "Norfolk and Western Railway" |
| West Palm Beach (USA) |
1955 |
Cunningham |
Produktionseinstellung von Personenkraftwagen |
| Washington (D.C.) |
28.06.1955 |
National Museum of American History |
Präsident Dwight D. Eisenhower unterschreibt das Gesetz zum Bau des Museums; Kosten: 36.000.000 $ |
| Luray (Virginia) |
09.08.1956 |
Link, Ogle Winston |
Das Foto "Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole" von W. Winston Link entsteht in Luray, Virginia, auf der "Norfolk and Western Railway" |
| Luray (Virginia) |
09.08.1956 |
Norfolk and Western Railway |
Das Foto "Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole" von W. Winston Link entsteht in Luray, Virginia, auf der "Norfolk and Western Railway" |
| Roanoke (USA) |
09.08.1956 |
Norfolk and Western Railway |
Das Foto "Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole" von W. Winston Link entsteht in Luray, Virginia, auf der "Norfolk and Western Railway" |
| Pineola (Florida) |
18.10.1956 |
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Frontalzusammenstoß von zwei Güterzügen der Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Pineola. 5 Personen des Zugpersonals kommen ums Leben |
| Spartanburg (South Carolina) |
24.01.1958 |
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Der nach Süden fahrende Personenzug "The Southerner" Nr. 47 der Southern Railway nach New Orleans entgleist wegen eines Weichenfehlers, als er ca. 1 Meile vom Bahnhof Spartanburg entfernt in ein Seitengleis fährt. Die zwei entgleisten Wagen werden ca. 200 yards mitgeschleift und stoßen mit einem Kastenwagen und einen Kesselwagen auf dem benachbarten Gleis zusammen. Keine Verletzten und realtiv geringer Sachschaden. L. L. Walters, Hauptbetriebsleiter für den Transport on Charlotte, North Carolina, sagt, der Zug No. 47 fuhr mit 10 m.p.h., als die Wagen entgleisten. 200 Schwellen werden zerstört |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
10.1958 |
Pusey & Jones Co. |
Schließung des Werks im Oktober |
| Berryville (Virginia) |
1959 |
Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association |
Informelles Treffen an einem Sonntagnachmittag auf der Farm von Fred Stickley at Waterlick, Warren County, Virginia |
| Meldrim (USA) |
28.06.1959 |
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Zwei Kesselwagen, die mit Butan beladen sind, entgleisen auf einer hölzernen Fachwerkbrücke über den Ogeechee River der Seaboard Air Line Railroad in Meldrim. Bei der folgenden Explosion kommen 23 Menschen ums Leben. Ursache ist die Bewegung der Schienen auf der Brücke, als sie durch den bewegenden Zug zusammengedrückt werden; die Brücke hatte keine Zwangsschienen |
| Oakland (Garrett, Maryland) |
10.09.1959 |
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Ein Schulbus vom Garrett County Board of Education steckt auf einem Bahnübergang in Oakland fest und wird von einem Zug erfaßt. 7 Kinder kommen ums Leben, 11 Verletzte |
| Berryville (Virginia) |
1960 |
Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association |
Die Ausstellung dauert den ganzen Sonntag, mit einer Dampfmaschine und einem Wagen, der Kinder und Erwachsene befördert |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1960 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Übernahme des Anteils von Raytheon an der "Datamatic Corp." und Bildung der EDP-Abteilung von Honeywell |
| North Carolina |
06.01.1960 |
---- |
Ein US-amerikanisches Verkehrsflugzeug vom Typ DC 6 B stürzt über dem US-Bundesstaat North Carolina ab. Alle 34 Insassen kommen bei dem Unglück ums Leben. |
| Berryville (Virginia) |
1961 |
Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association |
Auf der Ausstellung werden drei Dampfmaschinen gezeigt |
| Rockford (Wilmington) |
1961 |
Joseph Bancroft |
Schließung |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1961 |
Joseph Bancroft |
Schließung |
| Bowie (Maryland) |
02.02.1961 |
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Six persons were killed and about 130 injured Thursday when a special train carrying some 300 passengers derailed near Bowie Race Course.
Rescue workers searched the seven battered and tilted coaches until darkness covered the southern Maryland countryside, without finding additional victims. The dead included five passengers and a dining car waiter.
A spokesman for the Pennsylvania Railroad said one coach, in which a seventh body was believed to have been trapped, was thoroughly searched and no body was found.
The coach will not be moved until Friday but the spokesman said authorities were reasonably certain no more victims would be found.
The 11-car train originated in Philadelphia and picked up additional passengers at five stops along the way.
The crash occurred about three miles from the race track, at a point where the train leaves the main line and enters a spur track to the left side.
More than 90 persons were treated at nine hospitals in the Baltimore-Washington area and another 40 were treated by the race track physician. |
| Frederick (Maryland) |
08.1961 |
Eastern Shore Threshermen & Collectors Association, Inc. |
Die erste Show findet statt |
| Fredericksburg (Frederick) |
08.1961 |
Eastern Shore Threshermen & Collectors Association, Inc. |
Die erste Show findet statt |
| Berryville (Virginia) |
1962 |
Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association |
Auf der Ausstellung werden sechs Dampfmaschinen gezeigt |
| Washington (D.C.) |
15.09.1962 |
Coblentz, William |
Tod von W. Coblentz in Washington, D.C. Beisetzung auf dem "Rock Creek Cemetery" in der Hauptstadt. |
| Berryville (Virginia) |
1963 |
Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association |
Die Show wird in White Post, Clark County, Virginia, durchgeführt, wo mehr Platz zur Verfügung steht. |
| Berryville (Virginia) |
1964 |
Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association |
Die Show findet in den Clark County Ruritan grounds in Berryville, Virginia, statt |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1964 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Änderung der Firma in "Honeywell Inc." |
| Orlando (Florida) |
1964 |
Walt Disney |
Kauf des Geländes für den zweiten Park in Orlando, Florida, der noch besser als das erste Disneyland werden soll. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
01.1964 |
National Museum of American History |
Eröffnung im Januar |
| Newark (Delaware) |
1965 |
Potts Welding & Boiler Repair Co., Inc. |
Eintragung im Staat Delaware |
| Berryville (Virginia) |
1966 |
Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association |
Die Show 1966 ist ein Rückschlag |
| Winter Park (Florida) |
29.03.1966 |
Blomberg, Martin |
Tod von Petrus Fredrik Martin Blomberg in Winter Park (Florida) |
| Cherryville (N.C., USA) |
13.07.1966 |
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Zwei Züge der Seaboard Air Line Nr. #45 und #46 stoßen an der Ostseite von Cherryville frontal zusammen. J. W. Pait aus Hamlet, NC, kommt ums Leben. 6 Lokomotiven und 22 entgleisen. Die GP-9's 1911-1927-1963-1971-1979 und F-3,4027 sind die zerstörten Einheiten. Die Drehgestelle der Wagen werden geborgen und an General Electric geschickt und für die neuen SAL U-30-B -Einheiten, als 800–814 im Spätjahr 1966 und Anfang 1967 an die "Georgia Central Railroad" ausgeliefert |
| Weirton (USA) |
1967 |
Weirton Steel Corporation |
Errichtung eines Sauerstoff-Stahlwerks |
| Point Pleasant (W.V.) |
15.12.1967 |
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Die 525 m lange stählerne, ketten-aufgehängte Straßenbrücke ("Silver Bridge") über den Ohio, welche die Orte Point Pleasant, West Virginia, und Kanauga, Ohio, von 1928 bis zu ihrem Einsturz 1967 miteinander verbindet, stürzt bei Point Pleasant (Virginia) zusammen. 73 Menschen finden bei dem Unglück den Tod (auch genannt: 46 Tote, 9 Verletzte). Ursache sind Gussfehler und Korrosion |
| Newnan (USA) |
1968 |
R. D. Cole Manufacturing Co. |
Übernahme durch die "Garver Tank and Manufacturing Company", eine Abteilung der "Union Tank Car Company" (Chicago, Illlinois) |
| Wilmington (N.C.) |
13.03.1968 |
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Durch ein Bremsversagen an einer Lokomotive der Seaboard Air Line, die 13 Wagen zieht, stürzen die Lokomotive und zwei Wagen in den Cape Fear River. Dabei rammen sie die Steuerbordseite eines Tankers. Keine Toten oder Verletzten. |
| Berryville (Virginia) |
04.10.1968 |
Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association |
Verordnungen werden angenommen, und die Satzung wird durch die State Corporation Commission der "The Shenandoah Valley Steam & Gas Engine Association" gewährt. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1970 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Honeywell kauft das Computer-Geschäft von "General Electric" und bildet die "Honeywell Information Systems Division" (HIS) |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
1972 |
Randall Brothers Inc. |
Bis 1972 folgt Luther H. Randall, Jr. seinem Vater, Luther H. Randall, Sr., als Präsdient der Gesellschaft. |
| Athens (Ga.) |
01.12.1972 |
Athens Foundry and Machine Co. |
Umzug nach Elberton, Georgia |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1973 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Die Hauptgebäude des Brauereikomplexes werden in das National Register of Historic Places aufgenommen |
| Charleston (S.C.) |
1973 |
Robert Bosch GmbH |
Bosch errichtet eine Fertigungsstätte in Charleston, South Carolina/USA. |
| Easton (Maryland) |
1973 |
Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Association |
Gründung durch einige Enthusiasten, um kulturelles Erbe der Landwirtschaft zu bewahren |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
1973 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Die Hauptgebäude des Brauereikomplexes werden in das National Register of Historic Places aufgenommen |
| Hortense (Georgia) |
13.03.1973 |
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Ein südwärts fahrender Zug entgleist in Hortense, GA, durch einen LKW, der nicht am Bahnübergang anhielt |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1974 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Honeywell übernimmt das Prozeßrechner-Geschäft von "General Electric". Daraus wird später die "Process Solutions Division" von Honeywell mit Sitz in Phoenix, Arizona |
| Wake Forest (N.C., USA) |
12.08.1974 |
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Der Amtrak-Zug "Silver Star" entgleist in Wake Forest, North Carolina, in einer Kurve, 28 Verletzte |
| Covington (Virginia) |
08.01.1975 |
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Bei einem Personenunfall auf der Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. in Covington kommt ein Gleisarbeiter ums Leben. |
| Richmond (Va.) |
15.07.1977 |
Bleibtreu, Hermann |
Tod von Hermann Bleibtreu in Richmond (Virginia), wo er die letzten Jahre in einem Altersheim lebte |
| Youngstown (Florida) |
27.02.1978 |
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Forty-three cars of the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay freight train jumped the tracks about 2 a.m. CST Sunday. One of the chlorine tank cars cracked open on impact and the toxic gas boiled out. A cloud of chlorine gas that escaped from a derailed freight train and has already killed eight people floated north, triggering a string of evacuations in its path. At least 2,500 people with a five-mile radius of Sunday's derailment were evacuated, Civil Defense Director RON JOHNSON said propane leaking from one of the tank cars could mix with the billowing chlorine and explode, turning the 115-car freight train into a chain of fire. |
| Elma (Virginia) |
04.12.1978 |
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Southern Crescent passenger train that derailed near Shipman, killing six persons. Bound from Atlanta to Washington, the Southern Railway train jumped its tracks at Elma, an abandoned Nelson County rail stop in mountainous central Virginia, about 5:30 a. m., Sunday.
Seven cars and three locomotives lay scattered like kindling in and around a shallow ravine beside the track. Only the lead locomotive, which broke away, and the last car remained untouched. |
| Milligan (Florida) |
08.04.1979 |
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Der Güterzug Nr. 403 der Louisville and Nashville Railroad entgleist mit 29 Wagen zwischen Milligan, Florida und Crestview, Florida. Aus einem leck geschlagenen Kesselwagen tritt Ammonium-Anhydrit aus. 14 Verletzte |
| Cary (N.C.) |
1980 |
H. Bahlsens Keksfabrik KG |
Beginn der Bahlsen-Produktion in Amerika durch Erwerb der "Austin Quality Foods Company" in Cary/North Carolina. |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
1980 |
Goldschmidt Chemical Co. |
Goldschmidt Chemical Corp., eine Tochtergesellschaft der Essener Th. Goldschmidt AG, wählt das kleine Städtchen Hopewell/Virginia als ersten Produktionsstandort des Unternehmens in den USA seit 1916 aufgrund der ausgezeichneten Standortbedingungen aus. Dank gut ausgebildeter Arbeitskräfte vor Ort sowie einer ausgezeichneten Infrastruktur konnten die Stadtväter von Hopewell seit den 1950er Jahren zahlreiche renommierte Chemieunternehmen rund um die Stadt ansiedeln. Goldschmidt beginnt mit einer Anlage zur Produktion von Wirkstoffen für die Kosmetikindustrie. |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
1980 |
Goldschmidt Chemical Co. |
Mit der Gründung der Goldschmidt Chemical Corp. in Hopewell/Virginia und dem Baubeginn einer Produktionsanlage kehrt die Th. Goldschmidt AG nach fast 65 Jahren als produzierendes Unternehmen in die USA zurück. |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
1980-1989 |
Goldschmidt Chemical Co. |
In den 1980er Jahren folgen weitere Produktionsanlagen zur Herstellung von Bautenschutzmitteln und Katalysatoren für PU-Schäume. |
| New Bern (USA) |
1980 |
Robert Bosch GmbH |
Bosch erwirbt eine Fertigungsstätte für Elektrowerkzeuge in New Bern, North Carolina/USA |
| Tampa (Florida) |
09.05.1980 |
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35 Menschen sterben, als der liberianische Tanker "MV Summit Venture" während eines Sturms mit einem Brückenpfeiler prallt, worauf etwa 366 Meter der ursprünglichen Sunshine Skyway Bridge bei Tampa, Florida, in die Tampa Bay fallen. 22 der Opfer sind Insassen eines Greyhound-Reisebusses, der beim Einsturz der Brücke 45 m in die Tiefe gerissen wird. - Eine neue Brücke mit Schrägseil-Mittelöffnung wird am 7. Februar 1987 eingeweiht. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
10.1980 |
National Museum of American History |
Umbenennung aus "National Museum of History and Technolgoy" |
| Fredericksburg (Virginia) |
1981 |
Walter Montanwerke |
Walter (Tübingen) eröffnet in den USA die erste Niederlassung außerhalb Europas: "Walter Grinders USA" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
1981 |
Goldschmidt Chemical Co. |
Der Standort Hopewell nimmt zunächst die Produktion von Betainen auf und wird später weiter ausgebaut. Unter anderem kommt in den 1980er Jahren die Produktion von PU-Additiven hinzu. Innerhalb der Degussa ist Hopewell später ein Produktionsstandort des Geschäftsbereichs Oligomers & Silicones. |
| Roanoke (USA) |
1981 |
Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH & Co. KG |
Gründung der NSW Corporation in Roanoke, VA, USA Fertigung und Vertrieb von NSW-Nunststofferzeugnissen und NSW-Umwelttechnik |
| Weirton (USA) |
1982 |
Weirton Steel Corporation |
Die "National Steel" teilt mit, daß sie keine bedeutenden Investitionen in ihre Werksabteilung Weirton mehr tätigen werde. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
14.01.1982 |
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Washington (AP) -- What started as a minor mishap turned into slow-motion terror when a subway operator backed a packed train that had started down the wrong track into a concrete divider, killing three people and injuring two dozen others.
The first fatal accident on the capital's showcase subway system occurred during the afternoon rush hour Wednesday, less than 30 minutes after an Air Florida jet crashed into a bridge in a severe snowstorm and plunged into the Potomac River killing 80 people.
JOE SHEARD, director of rail operations for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority -- METRO -- said it started when a switch being operated manually was set the wrong way and headed the train down the wrong track near the Smithsonian station.
When the operator slowly backed up the train, the lead car moved diagonally because its front wheels remained on the wrong track while its rear wheels were rolling down the other track.
That skewing movement caused the car to impale itself on a concrete divider separating the two rails, ripping open a 15-foot section of the car wall, buckling the roof and tearing up about eight sets of seats.
CODY PFANSTIEHL, a Metro spokesman, said 155 people, including up to 80 standees, could have been crowded into the car. The train had six cars. |
| Weirton (USA) |
1984 |
Weirton Steel Corporation |
Die Beschäftigten kaufen ihr Werk von der "National Steel" als ein "Emloyee Stock Ownership Plan" (ESOP). Weirton Steel wird die US-amerikanische Gesellschaft im Besitz ihrer Beschäftigten. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1986 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Honeywell erwirbt die "Sperry Aerospace Group" für 1,029 Billion Dolla und verbindet die "Honeywell Commercial Division" mit dem Geschäftsfeld der "Sperry Commercial Flight Systems" in Phoenix, Arizona |
| Fort Lauderdale (USA) |
1986 |
Modular Computer Systems Inc. |
Erhöhung des AEG-Anteils an der MODCOMP von 25% auf 100% |
| Essex (Maryland) |
04.01.1987 |
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A highspeed Amtrak passenger train collided with three Conrail locomotives and derailed Sunday, killing at least 12 people, injuring at least 160 and trapping passengers in the wreckage, authorities said.
It was the worst accident in Amtrak's history, and officials feared they would find more bodies in the Colonial, a train bound from Washington, D.C., for Boston and Springfield, Mass., with about 400 people aboard.
The impact left three of the 12 passenger cars piled atop each other, and the bottom-most car, a cafe car, remained out of rescuers' reach late Sunday.
"They're all twisted in a mess," said JAY MILLER, a Baltimore County police spokesman at the scene of the 1:30 p. m. accident, about seven miles east of Baltimore.
Gov. HARRY HUGHES, at a news conference, said 12 deaths had been confirmed. The three Conrail diesel engines had apparently run a red light to enter the main line heading north, the same direction as the Amtrak train, officials said.
It was not immediately clear whether the freight engines had pulled completely onto the line before the collision or whether the passenger train had time to slow down before the crash, officials said. |
| Weirton (USA) |
1989 |
Weirton Steel Corporation |
Ein Teil der Aktien wird öffentlich angeboten, um ein 500.000.000 Dollar-Investitionsprogramm zu beginnen. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1990 |
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum |
Das Museum wird eine selbständige, gemeinnützige Gesellschaft |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1991 |
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum |
Eröffnung der Hays T. Watkins Research Library als Teil des Museums |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1991 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Die "Honeywell Information Systems" werden an Bull verkauft. Damit enden die Aktivitäten im Prozeßrechner-Geschäft von Honeywell |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
05.1991 |
Goldschmidt Chemical Co. |
Aufnahme einer eigenen Produktion für organomodifizierte Siloxane. Damit ist ein großer Teil des in Essen gesammelten Know-hows in der angewandten Grenzflächenchemie auch in den USA unmittelbar verfügbar. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1992 |
Consol Energy Inc. |
Die Rheinbraun verstärkt ihr Engagement in Nordamerika. Unter Einbringung ihrer bisherigen Steinkohlenbeteiligungen erwirbt sie 50 % der Anteile an der Consol Energy Inc., Wilmington/Delaware. Dieses Gemeinschaftsunternehmen mit dem amerikanischen Chemiekonzern DuPont ist nach dem Erwerb weiterer Gruben drittgrößter Steinkohleproduzent der USA. |
| Fort Meade (Maryland, USA) |
1993 |
National Cryptologic Museum |
Eröffnung |
| Huntersville (N.C., USA) |
1993 |
Ernst Siegling, Spezialriemenfabrik |
Produktionsbeginn im Carolina Manufacturing Center (CMC) von "Ernst Siegling" (Hannover) in Huntersville, North Carolina/USA |
| Fort Lauderdale (USA) |
18.03.1993 |
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A gasoline tanker trapped in traffic at a railroad crossing was struck by an Amtrak train Wednesday and exploded in a giant fireball that set nine other cars and trucks ablaze.
The tanker driver and five others died in their vehicles.
Fifteen people waiting at the crossing were injured, and six of the 118 aboard the train from New York City were taken to a hospital for observation, officials said.
The 11-car train remained upright after the mid-afternoon crash at a crossing near Interstate 95, but the lead locomotive was blackened and the luggage and dining cars caught fire.
A witness described panic as people stuck in traffic caused by road construction scrambled for their lives after the blast. |
| Greensboro (North Carolina) |
1994 |
Mann + Hummel Filterwerk GmbH |
Gründung der "Mann+Hummel Filter Technology, Inc.", Greensboro, North Carolina/USA (später: "Mann+Hummel USA, Inc.") |
| Athens (Ga.) |
01.12.1994 |
Athens Foundry and Machine Co. |
Ende der Geschäftstätigkeit |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
1995 |
Poole & Hunt, Union Works |
Ein Feuer zerstört die als Kletterpark genutzte Montagehalle und die Maschinenwerkstätten |
| Cary (N.C.) |
1995 |
H. Bahlsens Keksfabrik KG |
Die Bahlsen-Tochter "Austin Quality Foods Company" in de USA erzielt umgerechnet 216 Millionen DM. |
| Woodberry (Baltimore) |
1995 |
Poole & Hunt, Union Works |
Ein Feuer zerstört die als Kletterpark genutzte Montagehalle und die Maschinenwerkstätten |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
09.1995 |
Randall Brothers Inc. |
Errichtung eines Verteil-Betriebs in Statesboro, Georgia |
| Cary (N.C.) |
1996 |
H. Bahlsens Keksfabrik KG |
Hermann Bahlsen und sein Familienstamm zieht sich nach den Streitigkeiten seit 1992 komplett aus dem Unternehmen zurück. Er wird unter anderem mit der bisherigen Tochtergesellschaft "Austin Quality Foods", Cary /North Carolina abgefunden. |
| Fort Lauderdale (USA) |
1996 |
Modular Computer Systems Inc. |
Veräußerung des Geschäfts durch die AEG |
| Weirton (USA) |
1996 |
Weirton Steel Corporation |
Die Schulden sind reduziert, und das Werk ist modernisiert und steht auf festen finanziellen Füßen |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
1997 |
Karl Berrang GmbH |
Gründung der "Berrang Inc.", Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
1998 |
Randall Brothers Inc. |
Bis 1998 folgt Luther H. Randall, III seinem Vater Luther H. Randall, Jr. als Präsident der Gesellschaft. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
1998 |
Consol Energy Inc. |
Nach dem fast vollständigen Rückzug von DuPont ist Rheinbraun seit 1998 Mehrheitsaktionär bei Consol Energy Inc. |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
1999 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Honeywell geht in der "Allied Signal" auf, und die Firma lautet "Honeywell International" |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
2000 |
Goldschmidt Chemical Co. |
Aufnahme der Produktion von Heptamethyltrisiloxan (HMTS), einem Vorprodukt für die Herstellung von Spezialitäten im Bereich Agro |
| Concord (Cabarrus, N.C.) |
21.05.2000 |
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Einsturz einer privaten Brücke in Concord, North Carolina, einer Fußgängerbrücke über die Richtungsfahrbahn einer Straße. Die Spannseile waren von Beton ummantelt. Korrosion von Spannseilen aus Stahl durch den Zusatz von CaCl2 als Beschleuniger im Beton. Einsturz eines 24-m-Teilstücks. 100 Verletzte. Baujahr 1995, CaCl2 ist in den meisten Ländern zu dieser Zeit schon als Stahlbetonzusatz verboten |
| Columbus (Georgia) |
2001 |
Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co. |
Bau einer zweiten Fabrik mit 150.000 sq ft (14.000 m²) mit einer neunen Savelli-Gießlinie zur Herstellung von kleinen und mittleren Sphäro- und Grauguß-Teilen |
| Greenville (S.C.) |
2001 |
Karl Berrang GmbH |
Gründung der "Berrang Inc.", Greenville, S.C., USA |
| Washington (D.C.) |
11.09.2001 |
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Als drittes Ereignis Attentats-Serie, die dem El-Kaida-Netzwerk zugeschrieben wird, wird eine Boing 757 der American Airlines (Flug 77, Washington - Los Angeles) mit 58 Passagieren (davon 5 Terroristen) und 6 Besatzungsmitgliedern um 9.38 Uhr Ortszeit über dem Pentagon bei Washington D.C. zum Absturz gebracht. Dort sterben 190 Menschen ([FAZ 11.09.2002, S. 9]: 125 Menschen). |
| Georgia |
2002 |
Kolb GmbH & Co. |
Gründung der "KOLB-Fasteners Inc." als USA-Service-Center in Georgia |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
2002 |
Goldschmidt Chemical Co. |
Ein komplettes Entwicklungszentrum mit Anwendungstechnik und Marketing wird bezogen. |
| Union Bridge (USA) |
2002 |
Heidelberger Zement AG |
Inbetriebnahme des größten und modernsten Zementwerks der USA in Union Bridge in Maryland mit einer Kapazität von 2 Mio t |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
2003 |
Goldschmidt Chemical Co. |
Die Zahl der Mitarbeiter in Hopewell steigt bis 2003 auf 216. Die Produktion weiterhin diversifiziert und vergrößert. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
16./17.02.2003 |
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum |
Durch die große Schneelast (Schneehöhe bis 1,80 m) stürzt die Hälfte des Rundschuppendachs ein. |
| Rockford (Wilmington) |
Mai 2003 |
Joseph Bancroft |
Der letzte Eigentümer, die "Wilmington Piece Dye Company", geht in Konkurs. - Die Örtlichkeit wird von der " O'Neill Properties Group" erworben, und die Umwandlung in eine Wohnanlage ist geplant. |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
Mai 2003 |
Joseph Bancroft |
Der letzte Eigentümer, die "Wilmington Piece Dye Company", geht in Konkurs. - Die Örtlichkeit wird von der " O'Neill Properties Group" erworben, und die Umwandlung in eine Wohnanlage ist geplant. |
| Atlanta (Georgia) |
2004 |
Karl Berrang GmbH |
Verlegung des Hauptsitzes der "Berrang Inc." von Atlanta, GA, nach Greenville, S.C., USA |
| Greenville (S.C.) |
2004 |
Karl Berrang GmbH |
Verlegung des Hauptsitzes der "Berrang Inc." von Atlanta, GA, nach Greenville, S.C., USA |
| Hopewell (Va.) |
01.01.2004 bis 31.03.2004 |
Goldschmidt Chemical Co. |
Inbetriebnahme einer neuen Produktionsanlage zur Herstellung von Polyethern im Frühjahr |
| Wilmington (Delaware) |
01.01.2004 bis 31.03.2004 |
Coca-Cola Company |
Der Gewinn und Umsatz steigen im ersten Quartal stärker als erwartet. Dazu trägt insbesondere ein höherer Absatz in Europa und China bei. Damit setzt sich die Entwicklung aus dem vergangenen Jahr fort. Der Reingewinn steigt um 35 Prozent auf 1,13 Milliarden Dollar, der Umsatz auf 5,09 Mrd. Dollar. |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
13.11.2004 |
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum |
Wiedereröffnung nach Beseitigung der Einsturzschäden von 2003 |
| Graniteville (S.C., USA) |
05.01.2005 |
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About 2:39 a.m., eastern standard, northbound Norfolk Southern Railway Company freight train 192, while traveling about 47 mph through Graniteville, South Carolina, encountered an improperly lined switch that diverted the train from the main line onto an industry track, where it stuck an unoccupied, parked train. |
| Graniteville (S.C., USA) |
06.01.2005 |
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Zwei Züge der Norfolk Southern stoßen um 2.40 Uhr in der Nähe der Avondale Mills Fabrik in Graniteville zusammen. Der eine Zug mit der Nr. P22 ist auf einem Nebengleis bei der Fabrik abgestellt. Wegen einer falsch gestellten Weiche wird der zweite Zug mit der Nr. 192 der Chlor, Natriumhydroxid und Kresole geladen hat, ebenfalls auf das Nebengleis geleitet und kollidiert mit dem dort stehenden Zug. Bei der Kollision entgleisen die beiden Lokomotiven und 16 der 42 Wagen des Zuges 192 sowie die Lok und einer der beiden Wagen des Zuges P22. Einer der mit Chlorgas gefüllten Tankwagen des Zuges Nr. 192 reißt auf, und rund 82 Tonnen Gas strömen aus. Zehn Menschen sterben (davon einer etwas später durch das Einatmen von Chlor), und rund 250 Menschen werden wegen Chlorvergiftung behandelt. |
| Newport News (USA) |
11.06.2006 |
Ericsson, John |
Ein Nachbau in Originalgröße des USS "Monitor" wird im "The Mariners Museum" in Newport News, Virginia, getauft. |
| Richmond (Va.) |
Ende 2006 |
Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works |
Die Fabrik stellt viele Jahre Spezialteile unter Vertrag von ALCO her, zuletzt als Spezail-Stahfabriktionswerk und ist bis ins Spätjahr 2006 in Betrieb. |
| Washington (D.C.) |
07.01.2007 |
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At about 3:45 p.m. eastern standard time, northbound Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail train 504 derailed one car as the train traversed a crossover from track 2 to track 1. The accident occurred in an underground tunnel on the Metrorail Green Line near the Mt. Vernon Square 7th Street-Convention Center station at chain marker E2 23+28. The train was traveling about 18 mph as it approached the station. The train consisted of six cars. The fifth car from the head end of the train derailed. About 80 passengers were on board at the time of the accident. Twenty-three passengers were transported to local hospitals for treatment and released. Emergency response personnel from Washington, D.C., provided the on-scene treatment and transportation of the injured passengers. |
| Raleigh (N.C.) |
2008 |
Adolf Bühler |
Erwerbung der "Aeroglide Company" in Raleigh, USA, Marktführer für Trockenmaschinen und andere thermische Prozesse in der Nahrungsmittel-, Tierfutter- und sonstigen Industrie durch Bühler (Uzwil) |
| Pendergrass (USA) |
05.2008 |
Deutz AG |
Beginn der Vorserienproduktion im neuen DEUTZ-Xchange-Werk in Pendergrass (Georgia, USA) |
| Baltimore (Maryland) |
2009 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Die Hauptgebäude des Brauereikomplexes werden renoviert und von einer Not-Profit-Institution als Firmensitz genutzt |
| Greenwood (Baltimore) |
2009 |
John F. Wiessner & Sons Brewing Co. |
Die Hauptgebäude des Brauereikomplexes werden renoviert und von einer Not-Profit-Institution als Firmensitz genutzt |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) |
2010 |
Honeywell International Inc. |
Übernahme der "PEHA Elektro GmbH" in Lüdenscheid / Halver |
| Thomasville (Georgia) |
Dez. 2010 |
Cleaver-Brooks |
Einführung des Schnelldampferzeugers der Nebraska D series, welcher die Zeit zwischen Zeichnung und Installation deutlich verkürzt - ein integriertes D-style Industrie-Wasserrohrsystem. |
| Thomasville (Georgia) |
Jan. 2011 |
Cleaver-Brooks |
Der CBEX, ein integriertes Flammrohrkesselsystem mit Schnittkanten-EX Technologie, welche einen neuen Standard für einen kompakten, hocheffektiven Entwurf darstellt. |
| Sweetwater (Dade Cty., Florida) |
15.03.2018 |
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Einsturz einer Fußgängerbrücke in Sweetwater, Florida, USA. Sie führte zum Campus der FIU über eine siebenspurige Straße. Das 53 m lange, 950 t schwere Stahlbeton-Modul war am 10. März 2018 eingehoben worden. Ursache ist der Bruch vom Fußknoten der Enddiagonalen vom Überbau am Nordende nach unzulässigem Nachspannen der Spannlitze im unverpreßten Hüllrohr der Druckstrebe im Bauzustand. Das Tragwerk bricht und begräbt 8 durchfahrende Autos unter sich. Mindestens 9 Tote und 9 Verletzte. Baukosten 11,4 Mio. USD. (9,2 Mio. € |
