Bangor Junior ROTC commemorates 127th anniversary of U.S.S. Maine explosion, Bangor Victory Platoon
To honor the brave lives of soldiers and sailors lost in both events, Bangor’s Junior ROTC held their annual commemorative ...
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On This Day: USS Maine explodes, sparks Spanish-American War
Advertisement In 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration of war against Spain. In 1933, U.S. President-elect Franklin ...
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Deadly gas explosion in Taiwan tears through shopping mall floor, kills at least five
A gas explosion at a shopping mall in Taiwan on Thursday killed at least five people and injured several others, according to authorities. Dramatic videos of the explosion in the city of Taichung ...
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Explosion at Taiwan mall kills 4, injures dozens: Cause under investigation
In what appears to be a construction-related accident, an explosion at a mall in Taiwan killed four people an injured dozens including tourist, local officials reported Thursday. The cause of the ...
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On This Day, Feb. 15: USS Maine explodes, sparks Spanish-American War
In 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration of war against Spain. In 1933, U.S. President-elect Franklin Roosevelt narrowly ...
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Gas explosion at Taiwan food court kills 4 and injures 26
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A gas explosion at a department store in Taiwan on Thursday killed four people and injured 26, fire authorities said. The blast occurred at the food court on the 12th floor ...
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Parents of boy, 5, who died in hyperbaric chamber explosion remember ‘curious, energetic, smart’ son
In a statement to the Detroit Free Press, spokesman Andrew Kistner said the cause of the explosion is unknown. Cooper was killed in a fire inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber at the Oxford ...
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William Ray Lucas, ex-director of NASA center that shouldered much of the blame of Challenger explosion, dead at 102
William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, has died. Lucas was 102. Lucas died Monday at his home in ...
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Video. Explosion in department store in Taiwan: one dead, several injured
A powerful explosion ripped through the food court of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan on Thursday, killing one person and injuring ten, four of them critically.