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Page 87
... killed 16. Two Belgian Air Force cargo planes collided in air Dec. 12 near Brussels kill- ing all 13 aboard them . . . Freighter Maria Konopnicka burned in shipyard at Gdansk , Po- land , Dec. 13 , killing 22 ... Twenty children were killed ...
... killed 16. Two Belgian Air Force cargo planes collided in air Dec. 12 near Brussels kill- ing all 13 aboard them . . . Freighter Maria Konopnicka burned in shipyard at Gdansk , Po- land , Dec. 13 , killing 22 ... Twenty children were killed ...
Page 103
... killed 3 workers digging Mt. Blanc tunnel , injured 35 . Landslide Apr. 7 in northern Sumatra killed 12 , made 2,500 homeless Eleven in truck killed when express train hit it near Tel Aviv , Israel , Apr. 8 ... Explosion in munitions ...
... killed 3 workers digging Mt. Blanc tunnel , injured 35 . Landslide Apr. 7 in northern Sumatra killed 12 , made 2,500 homeless Eleven in truck killed when express train hit it near Tel Aviv , Israel , Apr. 8 ... Explosion in munitions ...
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... killed 68,000 . In 1666 great fire destroyed 13,200 houses , 89 churches . 1676 Nathaniel Bacon led planters , oppressed by taxes , against Gov. Berkeley at Jamestown ; burned town . Bacon died suddenly ; 23 followers executed . Bloody ...
... killed 68,000 . In 1666 great fire destroyed 13,200 houses , 89 churches . 1676 Nathaniel Bacon led planters , oppressed by taxes , against Gov. Berkeley at Jamestown ; burned town . Bacon died suddenly ; 23 followers executed . Bloody ...
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DEATH ROLL 1962 | 127 |
POSTAL INFORMATION | 140 |
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