Williamston, NC Three Car Wreck Kills Nine, Oct 1965
NINE PERSONS KILLED IN THREE-CAR WRECK.Williamston, N.C. -- (UPI) -- Nine persons died in a three car wreck near Williamston in Martin County. In that accident, eight persons in one car died. read more »
View ArticleLenoir, NC Auto Crashes Into Tree, June 1965
3 YOUNG MEN DIE IN WRECK.Lenoir, N.C. (AP) -- Three young men were killed early today when their car ran off the Connelly Springs road seven miles south of Lenoir and crashed into a tree. read more »
View ArticleCumnock, NC Coal Firedamp Explosion, Dec 1895
FORTY-THREE KILLED.TERRIBLE MINE DISASTER IN NORTH CAROLINA.AN EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP. read more »
View ArticleLumberton, NC Truck And Train Collision, Aug 1933
TRAIN - TRUCK CRASH FATAL TO SEVEN.LUMBERTON CROSSING IS SCENE OF HORROR.FOUR MORE MAY DIE; TRUCK DRIVEN INTO TRAIN.VICTIMS RIDING TOBACCO TRUCK. read more »
View ArticleFayetteville, NC Fort Bragg Shell Explosion, May 1922
EXPLOSION OF FAULTY SHELLThree Enlisted Men Killed at Camp Brigg[sic], North Carolina. read more »
View ArticleBachelor Creek, NC Torpedo Explosion, May 1864
(Correspondence of the New York Herald.)A terrible disaster - FORTY MEN Killed.BACHELOR CREEK, N.C., May 27. read more »
View ArticleAsheville, NC Gasometer Explosion, Dec 1889
FATAL GAS EXPLOSION.A GASOMETER AT ASHEVILLE, N. C., BLOWS UP, KILLING TWO MEN AND INJURING TWO OTHERS. read more »
View ArticleHendersonville, NC Jet - Private Plane Collision, Jul 1967
SMALL PLANE HITS JET, 82 DIE.No Warning Before Crash. By Fred Girard read more »
View ArticleWilmington, NC Sawmill Explosion, Apr 1873
Terrible Explosion in Wilmington. read more »
View ArticleLookout Cove, NC Steamer BERKSHIRE Fire, Oct 1912
COTTON STEAMER IS AFIRE AT SEAPassengers in Vessel Off North Carolina Coast in Danger. read more »
View ArticleAsheville, NC Kenilworth Inn fire, Apr 1909
KENILWORTH INN IS DESTROYED BY FIREFashionable Hotel Near Asheville, N. C., Burns to Ground at 2 O'clock in Morning.read more
View ArticleAsheville, NC House Fire, Nov 1907
FIRE BURNS RESIDENCE.Home of H. E. Barnard in Asheville Destroyed by Flames---Loss $3,000Special to The Observer.read more
View ArticleAsheville, NC House Fire, Jan 1907
FIRE IN ASHEVILLE.Residence of John W. Neely Badly Damaged by Flames – Partial Insurance.Special to The Observer.read more
View ArticleAsheville, NC Explosion, Dec 1897
BURNED BLACK.A Can of Powder Exploded in a Large Crowd at Asheville, N. C.SICKENING SPECTACLEWas Revealed When the Smoke Cleared Away.FOUND CLOTHES ON FIREread more
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Asheville, NC Battery Park Hotel Fire, Apr 1909
FLEE FROM BURNING HOTEL.Olive Fremstad and Many New Yorkers in the Battery Park at Asheville.read more
View ArticleAsheville, NC (near) Private Plane Crash, Nov 1952
4 MARION PEOPLE KILLED IN CRASH OF PRIVATE PLANE.read more
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Asheville, NC Kenilworth Inn Fire, Apr 1909
GUESTS FLED SCANTILY CLAD; FIRE BREAKS OUT IN THE FASHIONABLE KENILWORTH INN NEAR ASHVILLE, N.C.SEVENTY-FIVE GUESTS ALL ESCAPED.read more
View ArticleAsheville, NC House Collapses Feb 1906
AGED MERCHANT KILLED. Three Others Injured by Collapsing of Residence Being Raised.read more
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Asheville, NC Hospital Fire, Mar 1948
NINE WOMEN DIE IN ASHEVILLE HOSPITAL FIRE.Asheville, N. C., March 11 -- (AP) -- Fire roared through a mental hospital here early today and snuffed out the lives of nine women patients.read more
View ArticleAsheville, NC Fireworks Plant Blast, Dec 1936
THREE KILLED IN FIREWORKS BLAST.OTHERS BELIEVED DEAD AS CHARCOAL FIRE CAUSES EXPLOSION.read more
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