Category: U.S. Historical News
“Strictly Fresh” Eggs Arrived Chirping
In the summer of 1909, a shipment of “strictly fresh” eggs arrived in Chicago with an unexpected surprise inside. After a hot ride from Missouri…
Veteran Brakeman Mangled While Coupling Cars
Railroad work in the early 1900s was dangerous, and few jobs were more perilous than coupling cars in a busy yard. One wrong step, one…
Troopers Use Riot Clubs in McKees Rocks Strike
In the summer of 1909, the strike at the Pressed Steel Car Company in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, had become a scene of hunger, fear, and…
Fatal Coffee at Baltimore Boarding House Kill One, Poisons Others
In the spring of 1919, an ordinary supper at a Baltimore boarding house turned into a scene of panic and horror. One moment, the people…
Two Women Found Strangled Hours Apart in New York City
In the summer of 1907, New York City police were confronted with a chilling double murder mystery. Two women had been found dead in different…
Man Crushed By a Giant Redwood in Laytonville
In the redwood camps of northern California, logging was a dangerous trade even for the most experienced men. The trees were enormous, the terrain was…
Twenty Men Killed When 1,000 Pounds of Dynamite Exploded Too Soon
In the spring of 1909, a stone quarry near South Bethlehem, New York, was being prepared for a blast so powerful it was expected to…
Firsthand Accounts of the Horror of Poison Gas in World War I
The First World War had already introduced the world to horrors on a scale few could have imagined, but in 1915, a new terror drifted…
Coal Flies as Indiana Man Tries to Steal Engine
On a summer afternoon in Aurora, Indiana, while the engineer and fireman stepped away from their switch engine to eat dinner, 23-year-old Louis R. Henry…
Twelve Men Killed in Johnstown Mine Blast
In the coal regions of western Pennsylvania, danger was never far beneath the surface. Men went underground each day into narrow passages where darkness, gas,…
