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Indiana Hotel Exploded While 30 Guests Slept Inside
Thirty guests were asleep inside the Seitz Hotel near Marion, Indiana, when a powerful gas explosion tore through the two-story brick building. The outer walls…
New York Girl, 14, Killed by Stone Meant for Someone Else
Fourteen-year-old Rosie Grippo was sitting on the stoop of her New York City tenement when a quarrel that had nothing to do with her suddenly…
Massive Store Sign Nearly Crushed Clarksburg Man in 1909
A strong gust of wind nearly turned an ordinary walk along Pike Street into a fatal accident for A. A. Cather of Clarksburg, West Virginia….
Lightning Blast Ripped Door From Hinges and Threw Nevada Man Through Glass
Four men had taken shelter inside a house at Sand Springs, Nevada, while a violent storm raged outside. They sat talking and listening to the…
50 Chicago Hotel Guests Fled as Iron Shattered Through the Floor
More than 50 guests were seated in the dining room of Chicago’s Lakota Hotel when the floor suddenly erupted beneath them. A deafening crash came…
Armed Kansas Farmers Surrounded Traveling Camp After Drunken Men Frightened Local Women
A tense confrontation unfolded near Rochester Cemetery, Kansas, on a Saturday night in September 1907. Local farmers armed themselves with pitchforks and shotguns and surrounded…
Film Caught Fire During a 1909 Show at West Virginia’s Bijou Theatre
Early motion picture theaters carried dangers that modern audiences rarely consider. Film stock was highly flammable, and a small spark inside the projection booth could…
Michigan Farmer Claimed a Lightning Strike Cured His Eight-Year Illness
For eight years, Reuben Nash lived with the lingering pain of an old bicycle accident. The Michigan farmer suffered from neuritis, a condition that caused…
Georgia School Wanted a Teacher Too Ugly to Marry
In 1923, a rural school in Monroe County, Georgia, faced a problem its patrons considered both serious and exasperating. The teachers kept getting married. According…
Child Labor Loophole Let Employers Escape Injury Claims
In 1924, Maryland’s child labor laws contained a cruel loophole. Children could be working illegally. They could be injured on the job. And still, according…
