Amtrak CSX collision under investigation in Ohio
Four people injured as Amtrak Broadway Limited hit the CSX freight car at Upper Sandusky crossing. Investigators removed black boxes from the Amtrak train and ordered drug tests for operating crews. Two tank cars carried carbolic acid but posed no danger. several crew members and a passenger were treated and released or observed. Six buses transported passengers to their destinations.
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Sandusky
Amtrak
Chicago
Hare
Broadway Limited
New York
CSX
Conrail
Andrea Just
Kentucky
Larry Nunley
Federal Railroad Administration
Wyandot
Michael Hetzel
Robert Whippen
Elkhart
Ind
Wyandot Memorial Hospital
Dennis Schleppi
Fort Wayne
Forace Brewer
Bluffton
Thelma Warfel
Whippen
Schleppi
Ida Epstein
Brooklyn
N.Y
Brewer
Toledo
Quake survivor Helm saves will to live
Buck Helm a 57 year old longshoreman from Weaverville survived 90 hours trapped in a car beneath rubble after the 1 880 freeway collapse in Oakland California. He remains in critical but stable condition at Highland Hospital with kidney damage broken ribs and a skull fracture.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Buck Helm
Lory Hartland
Nugget
Weaverville
Helm
Hartland
Terry Concon
Buckaroo
Trinity County
Desiree
Jeff
Marc
Greg
Jacques Lira
Phyllis Brown
Highland Hospital
Brown
Evacuation as 300 Gallons of Acid Leak Near Peachtree City
A leak at Photocircuits Atlanta Inc. released more than 300 gallons of hydrochloric acid, creating a sulfuric gas cloud over a residential area in Peachtree City. Over 2,000 residents were evacuated, about 37 hospitalized for minor eye and throat irritations and respiratory distress, with shelters set at McIntosh High and Peachtree Elementary. Officials contained the leak by 11:30 p.m., most evacuees allowed home after 4 a.m.
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Peachtree City
UPI
Clayton General Hospital
Photocircuits Atlanta Inc
Atlanta
Chip Williams
Red Cross
McIntosh High School
Peachtree
Doug Hall
Jim Ellis
Containment foreseen for raging brush fire near Camp Pendleton
UPI reports Forest Service officials expect full containment of a brush fire that burned about 11,000 acres across San Diego and Orange counties since Wednesday. By Sunday, 1,100 firefighters faced reduced threats as air support stood by, four injuries recorded, and cost estimates rising from 1.3 to 2.5 million. No homes burned.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
UPI
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Orange County Fire Department
Dan Southworth
Cleveland National Forest
Dolores Fremter
Samaritan Hospital
San Clemente
Orange County
Fremter
Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base
San Diego County
Rancho Carillo
Verdugo Canyon
Kasparov Beats Deep Thought In Two Chess Wins
World champion Gary Kasparov, age 26, defeated Carnegie Mellon University's Deep Thought in two games at the New York Academy of Art. He collected $10,000 and extended his unbeaten streak since 1981 while Deep Thought retired after the 52nd and 37th moves.
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New York
UPI
Gary Kasparov
Kasparov
Carnegie-Mellon University
Deep
New York Academy of Art
Feng-Hsiung Hsu
Carnegie-Mellon
Deep Thought
United States
Carnegie- Mellon
Hans Berliner
Charleston House Fire Kills Four In Downtown Charleston
A downtown Charleston house fire early today killed four people and injured four others as recovery from Hugo continues. Officials said the blaze began about 12:30 a.m. CDT in a frame house, likely from a faulty heating system. The four dead died from burns and smoke inhalation. the injured were treated and released. No identifications were immediately available.
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Charleston
S.C
UPI
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Dixon
Sterling
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