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Propane Fire Tops Clarksfield Year in 1972
Grace Russell recalls two major 1972 disasters in Clarksfield, the Northern Propane Gas Co explosion on Nov. 15 and the Norfolk and Western train wreck near the Vermilion River on Jan. 23. The propane blast destroyed Norgas and injured no one fatally, while the train crash prompted river-area water shutoffs and a culvert project. The era also saw the disbanding of the local Subordinate Grange after 55 years.
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Grace Russell
Clarksfield
Northern Propane Gas Co
Norfolk and Western Railway
Vermilion River
West Clarksfield
Huron County
Durable Mat Co
Norwalk
Norgas
Conrad
Alphonse Karhoff
Pandora
Hell
Jacob Walter
Ray Haugsted
Northern
Milan
Bellevue
Brewster
Vermilion
Wakeman
N&w
Ohio 18
Barrett's Chapel
Cook Road