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Cuyahoga River Fire of 1969

CLEVELAND • OHIO

On June 22, 1969, oil-soaked debris floating on Cleveland's Cuyahoga River caught fire beneath railroad bridges in the industrial Flats. The blaze was extinguished quickly and caused comparatively little damage, yet it became one of...

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Shadyside Flash Flood of 1990

SHADYSIDE • OHIO

On the evening of June 14, 1990, extraordinary rainfall sent walls of water through the Pipe Creek and Wegee Creek valleys near Shadyside in Belmont County. Homes, vehicles and people were swept away with little...

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Silver Bridge Collapse Ohio River, 1967

GALLIPOLIS • OHIO

At approximately 5 p.m. on December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, with the Gallipolis, Ohio, area suddenly collapsed into the Ohio River during heavy rush-hour traffic. Thirty-one vehicles fell with...

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