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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1950
Page
10
A commuter bus carrying 43 passengers and the driver struck a light pole on the Oakland side of the Bay Bridge. Flames engulfed the vehicle but all occupants escaped through rear and emergency exits after windows were broken. Thirteen suffered minor injuries from burns. a firefighter used foam to smother the blaze.
The Mount Waialeale region on Kauai receives near constant rain. In 1948 the downpour reached 624 inches. Surveyors devised a method using an aluminum shelter and a Navy helicopter to install a continuous rainfall recorder and graph hourly rainfall.
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