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30 August 1904
Francis Field and the marathon course through St. Louis County, United States
The marathon at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics became an extreme experiment in heat, dust, and mismanagement. Thirty-two men started; only fourteen finished. Fred Lorz crossed first …
18–21 April 1906
San Francisco and the San Andreas Fault rupture zone, United States
At 5:12 a.m. on 18 April, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake ruptured hundreds of kilometers of the San Andreas Fault. Severe shaking damaged communities across northern California. In …
6 December 1907
Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 mine portals and memorial landscape, United States
At 10:28 a.m. on 6 December 1907, explosions tore through the connected No. 6 and No. 8 coal mines at Monongah. The blasts wrecked ventilation, equipment, entries, …
1 October 1910
Former Los Angeles Times Building at First Street and Broadway, United States
At 1:07 a.m. on 1 October 1910, dynamite exploded beside the Los Angeles Times building. The blast and fast-moving fire killed twenty-one people working on the morning …
25 March 1911
The Asch Building, now NYU’s Brown Building, United States
Fire swept through the upper floors of the Triangle Waist Company near Washington Square, killing 146 workers. Many victims were young immigrant women. Inadequate exits, crowded work …
7–12 November 1913
Lake Huron shipwreck field and wider Great Lakes storm area, United States
From 7 to 12 November 1913, converging weather systems produced hurricane-force winds, steep waves, snow, and whiteout conditions across the Great Lakes. Ships sailed with limited forecasts …
20 April 1914
Ludlow Tent Colony National Historic Landmark, United States
On 20 April 1914, gunfire erupted between Colorado National Guard forces, mine guards, and striking coal miners at the Ludlow tent colony. By nightfall the colony had …
24 July 1915
Chicago River wharf between Clark and LaSalle Streets, United States
On 24 July 1915, the passenger steamer Eastland rolled onto its side while still moored in the Chicago River. About 2,500 Western Electric employees, relatives, and friends …
22 July 1916
West side of Steuart Street just south of Market Street, United States
At 2:06 p.m. on 22 July 1916, a suitcase bomb exploded beside San Francisco's enormous Preparedness Day parade, killing ten people and wounding about forty. Labor activists …
30 July 1916
Black Tom munitions terminal, now part of Liberty State Park, United States
Before dawn on 30 July 1916, fires and enormous explosions destroyed the Black Tom rail and shipping terminal in Jersey City, where munitions awaited shipment to Allied …
28 September 1918
Broad Street parade route through central Philadelphia, United States
On 28 September 1918, roughly 200,000 people crowded Philadelphia's Broad Street for a war-bond parade while a lethal influenza wave was already spreading among sailors and civilians. …
15 January 1919
Former Purity Distilling tank site on Commercial Street, United States
A steel storage tank holding about 2.3 million gallons of molasses failed in Boston’s North End, sending a fast-moving wave through streets, buildings, and an elevated railway. …
27 July–3 August 1919
29th Street beach and the South Side conflict area, United States
After Black teenager Eugene Williams drowned at an informally segregated Chicago beach on 27 July 1919, police refused to arrest the white man accused of throwing stones …
16 September 1920
23 Wall Street at the corner of Broad Street, United States
At noon on 16 September 1920, a horse-drawn wagon packed with explosives and iron sash weights detonated outside J. P. Morgan & Co. on Wall Street. Thirty …
31 May–1 June 1921
Greenwood Historic District massacre landscape, United States
On 31 May and 1 June 1921, white Tulsans attacked Greenwood, a prosperous Black district, after a Black teenager was accused of assaulting a white elevator operator. …
25 August–2 September 1921
Blair Mountain battlefield, United States
In late August 1921, thousands of armed union miners marched through southern West Virginia toward Logan County, where anti-union authorities blocked organizing. At Blair Mountain they fought …
28 January 1922
Former Knickerbocker Theatre site at 18th Street and Columbia Road, United States
During a silent-film screening on 28 January 1922, the snow-loaded roof of Washington's Knickerbocker Theatre collapsed onto the balcony and orchestra seats. Ninety-eight people died and 133 …
1–7 January 1923
Former Rosewood community and massacre landscape, United States
In the first week of January 1923, white mobs attacked the predominantly Black community of Rosewood after a white woman in nearby Sumner alleged that a Black …
15 April–August 1927
Mounds Landing levee breach and lower Mississippi floodplain, United States
After months of exceptional rain, the lower Mississippi River overwhelmed levees in spring 1927 and flooded about 27,000 square miles. Hundreds died and more than 600,000 people …
12–13 March 1928
St. Francis Dam ruins in San Francisquito Canyon, United States
Minutes before midnight on 12 March 1928, the two-year-old St. Francis Dam failed in San Francisquito Canyon. Roughly twelve billion gallons of water swept through the Santa …
16 September 1928
Lake Okeechobee south-shore flood and burial landscape, United States
On 16 September 1928, a powerful hurricane crossed Palm Beach County and pushed Lake Okeechobee over low earthen dikes. Deep water swept through farming settlements south of …
10 March 1933
Offshore Newport–Inglewood Fault epicenter south of Huntington Beach, United States
At 5:54 p.m. on 10 March 1933, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake ruptured the Newport–Inglewood Fault offshore. Unreinforced masonry failed across Long Beach, Compton, and the Los Angeles …
5 July 1934
Former maritime union headquarters at Mission and Steuart Streets, United States
During the 1934 West Coast maritime strike, employers and city officials tried to reopen San Francisco's port with strikebreakers and police escorts. On 5 July, police fought …
18 March 1937
London School campus and memorial, United States
At 3:17 p.m. on 18 March 1937, accumulated natural gas exploded beneath the London School in East Texas. The blast lifted and collapsed much of the steel-and-concrete …
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