Wreck derails Pennsy freight near Paoli blocks mainline
A pair of Pennsylvania Railroad freight trains derailed west of Paoli, ripping up about 500 feet of four-track main. The incident disrupted east west service with 90 minutes to three hour delays as 24 westbound passenger and four eastbound trains were diverted via Perryville and Columbia. One worker, Frank Browaree of Philadelphia, was injured and transported to West Chester Hospital in fair condition.
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Paoli
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
Perryville
Columbia
Frank Browaree
Philadelphia
Chester County Hospital
West
Chester
Perrysville Columbia
Middletown
Pennsylvania
New York
Tornadoes injure 38 across Alabama and Georgia
Tornadoes struck 11 east Alabama communities and three west Georgia areas on Sunday, injuring at least 38 people and causing extensive property damage. One death was reported as storms ripped a 50 mile path along the Alabama Georgia line.
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Associated Press
Alabama
West Georgia
Georgia
Anniston
Birmingham
Opelika
Gordon Persons
National Guard
Calhoun County
Persons
Seaboard Air Lines
Louisville and Nashville
Piedmont
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Blakely
Richland
Manchester
Traffic safety challenge targets 24 hour accident free day
Washington reports the Presidents Committee on Traffic Safety issued a challenge to motorists to avoid any accidents for a full 24 hours on Safe Driving Day December 15. State by state figures show past day totals of 60 killed and 1,807 injured in 4,907 crashes, with 104 daily fatalities on average in 1952 and 1954.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Committee On Traffic Safety
President's Action Committee For Traffic Safety
H. B. Miller
American Assn
District of Columbia
Maryland
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Woods Fire Enlists County Fire Units Near Buck Lodge
Firemen from Hyattstown Gaithersburg and Upper Montgomery County stations plus a Maryland Forest Patrol truck battled a woods fire on the Kingsbury farms near Buck Lodge after sparks from a passing freight train allegedly started the blaze. Gaithersburg crews returned after others were already on scene.
Cavern Filled After Carroll Street Cave-In
A cave-in on Carroll Street near the Raymond Miller property caused concern in August as ground dropped about nine feet in the garden. It has been filled with cement and stones so the garden can be used again. The cave likely stemmed from heavy pumping of water from a nearby well to boost town water supply.
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Carroll Street
Raymond Miller
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RFD
Charles Town
W. Va
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Frank Keefer
Circuit Court
Ellis C. Wachter
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Frank C. Shook
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Register of Wills
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Radcliff
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Jeanne Barnhart
Mary Jane Edwards
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Pat Hammond
Atlanta
University of Georgia
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4Th Avenue
Brunswick
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David Bingham
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Jackie Corneliis
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Carole Lee Bingham
Patsy Brown
Sharon Hebb
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Sharon Grams
Linda Gosnell
Cheryl Anderson
David
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Margie Seil
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Oden
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Hagerstown
J. R. Bingham
Brownsville
Bill Mann
Lovettsville
W. C. Cox
Leo Everitts
Shirley Oden
Frankie
Richard McKnight
Carroll Manor
Carroll Manor Fire Company, Inc
Evangelical Reformed Church
Adamstown
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Evelyn Thomas
Richard Geisler
Joseph Biser
Wilbur Myers
Jennings P. Bailey,Jr
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Robert DeRose
Richard Biser
Paul Biser
Howard Stup
James Houff
Frederick County
Robert A. Lambert
North Market Street
Robert Keilholtz
Thurmont
Potter County
U.S
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Frederick
Robert C. Schutz
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Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc
Zenith
Sycusa Lca
Ea Cee Sd
In Neeis
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Remsberg's Jewelry Store
KEY Hotel, Bldg
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