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Thirteen Die as Bus Carries Brooklyn Ballplayers
A driven bus carrying more than 50 people to a Sing Sing baseball game plunged from a hill in Ossining New York, burst into flames, killing at least 14 aboard and leaving many missing or severely burned. Rescue crews and spectators battled the fire as officials sifted debris for more bodies, with a possible total death toll rising and several survivors hospitalized.
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Ossining
Brooklyn
Sing Sing Prizon
Hudson River
Young Democratic League
New York Central
Tarrytown
Peekskill
Grassland
Thomas McGuire
Washburne and ‘Fodd Lumber Company
Joseph J. Monahan
Thompson
Walter Thompson
Amos O. Squirer
Broadway
Gates Avenue
Town and County Bus Company of
New Jersey