Category: U.S. Historical News
Two Sailors Scalded to Death When Steam Pipe Burst on Destroyer
A routine speed run off San Diego turned deadly aboard the United States destroyer Kilty when a steam pipe burst under pressure. The vessel was…
Two Young Men Blown 150 Feet in Oregon Dynamite Explosion
The blast was so powerful it tore a crater into the earth and nearly demolished a nearby house. In a hop yard near Independence, Oregon,…
New York Officials Warned of Typhus Risk Among Immigrants in 1921
In February 1921, New York health officials sounded an alarm over the way immigrants were being inspected before entering the city. Dr. R. S. Copeland,…
Butte Miner Vanished After Cave-In — Then People Claimed They Saw Him Alive
Two weeks after a deadly cave-in inside Butte’s Minnie Healy Mine, four bodies had been recovered from beneath the rock and dirt. The fifth man,…
Mystery After Oregon Millwright Is Found Dead Standing in Canal
When the body of F.M. Southmayd was found in the government irrigation canal near Klamath Falls, Oregon, in July 1916, there were no signs of…
NY Guard Shoots Disabled Soldier Patient, 200 Veterans Nearly Riot
A wrong gate, a nervous guard, and a pistol pressed too close turned an ordinary return to the Fox Hills hospital into a night of…
Boston Boy Who Stole a Bicycle Was Sentenced to Spend Saturdays in Bed
In 1906, a Boston judge found an unusual punishment for a boy who had stolen a bicycle. There would be no jail cell, no fine,…
Connecticut Buck Charged Railroad Camp and Sent 100 Workers Running
A railroad construction camp near Greystone, Connecticut, was thrown into chaos when a buck burst from the woods and charged straight at the workers. The…
Pottsville Hunter Rescued Alive After Terrifying Mine Shaft Fall
A pheasant hunt near Pottsville turned into a nightmare when 22-year-old Joseph Schrader stepped into an old mine shaft and plunged 400 feet into the…
Ten Germans Seized in New Orleans Over Alleged Plot to Bomb Ships
In the first months of World War I, the United States was still officially neutral, but its ports were already tied to the war overseas….
