Man on bridge jumps to death
Louis Capobianco Jr., a 43 year old Brooklyn elevator repairman, leaped 150 feet from the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge to his death after threatening self harm in a taxi ride from Brooklyn. A cab driver tried to dissuade him and blocked him from exiting, but Capobianco escaped and jumped onto rocks in icy water.
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NEW York
Staten Island
Brooklyn
Louis Capobianco Jr
Capobianco
Harry Weiss
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Weiss
Fire Kills Seven in Athol Household Blaze
A fire at a house near Athol Massachusetts killed seven people including Charlene Graneau and four Graneau children and Susan and Robert Peterson. Raymond Abram survived with burns and helped alert a neighbor. Fire Chief Armand J. Dugas reported flames engulfed the building at 2 10 a.m.
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Athol
Mass
Raymond Abram
Irene Cameron
Abram
Raymond
John
Roger T. Peterson Jr
Charlene Graneau
David Graneau
Edward Graneau Jr
Stephen Abram
Jacqueline Abram
Susan Peterson
Robert Peterson
Graneau
Peterson
Abrams
Armand J. Dugas
Massachusetts
30 Die As Bus Is Hit By Freight Train Near Mexico City
A bus carrying townspeople collided with a freight train 30 miles north of Mexico City. Thirty people died and twenty seven were injured. The driver Jose Casamiro was among the dead. A student survivor recalled seeing the train and warning the driver before impact.
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Tultepec
Mexico
Mexico City
Jose Casamiro
Javier Chacon
Tabasco
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