In Cleveland, Ohio there was a fire that occurred on June 22, 1969, around 12pm on the Cuyahoga river. People called it the “burning river”. The river caught on fire because there were floating pieces of debris that was slicked with oil. The debris ignited by sparks that came from a train that was passing over the river. The reason it happened is from years of people dumping pollution into the river. After an investigation was done, they decided there was oily debris that became trapped underneath two wooden trestles, which is the rigid support frames, under the bridge. There have been 13 known fires that have happened. It was the Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes that led the efforts in resolving the issue of land pollution. Mayor
The Charleston RiverDogs had their first playoff campaign in 11 years come to an ill-fated end on Saturday night at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Ballpark, falling to the Rome Braves, 4-1 in front of a crowd of 2,230 supporters. Charleston’s loss on Saturday evening left them one game shy of stamping their ticket to the South Atlantic League championship round for the first time in franchise history. The Dogs earned the South Division first-half title in July with almost an entirely different club, as many of the starters were called up to the high-A Tampa Yankees. The season set records for attendance, 293,161 fans walked through the ballpark’s gates this season.
In the town of Johnstown they had steal industries that were booming, and it gave steady paychecks to the workers who worked really hard and long shifts of 12 hours long 6 days a week. Since the town was in a valley with hills surrounding it, it didn't have much of a chance if a flood ever occurred. But the people of Johnstown had no idea of the risk they were at. There was a man made lake that was held by a dam that was made of earth but it was so poorly built that it sagged in the middle and leaked, and it was not easy to release water if it ever became too full. In late May of 1889 came clouds of rain as it rained it filled up the reservoir.
Assessment of Pharoah Rivers (There Are No Children Here) Boimah B. Karmo Neberaska Wesleyan University Abstract Pharoah Rivers is a nine-year-old boy and the fifth of eight children. He is like any other nine-year old child that loves to play and seeks daily challenges. Pharoah and his family live in Chicago in the Henry Horner projects; a public housing complex that's overflowing with gangs, drugs, and the infliction of pain on others.
T he Great Chicago Fire was one of the most devastating disasters in history. It killed hundreds and left over 100,000 homeless. At the time, 1871, Chicago was one of the busiest cities in the country. To make sure everyone had a place to live, city officials looked for cheap building materials. The cheapest by far was wood.
Did you ever know about The Great Chicago Fire Of1876? There are a lot of important facts, causes, and things aboutthe 1800 's lifestyle. It was a very bad night in history thatnight of The Great Chicago Fire Of 1876.To begin with, this is important facts about TheGreat Chicago Fire. According to the text the fire could ofstarted by a cow kicking over a lantern in a barn. To go with theO 'Leary legend, people found cowbells.
Before 1942, very little was known about burn treatments. New methods were developed would help in saving many lives during the following years. If a similar structure built today were built in the same way The Cocoanut Grove was built it would definitely go through the same fate if a fire had occurred. If the structure did not have enough emergency doors or had locked ones it would make the evacuation process extremely harder leading people to panic and to several accidents and most likely deaths.
First, the history of Devils Lake starts in prehistoric times. According to OnMilwaukee, an online news system, historians believe that during prehistoric times Devils Lake is now what it is because of glacial activity. Years ago, Devils Lake was surrounded in huge mountain ranges but through weathering and erosion has created the breathtaking bluffs and the large body of water there is today. One popular theory scientist have about Devils Lake is that years ago the Wisconsin River flowed through the gorge but the water became trapped between the glaciers. Over time the water trapped between the two glaciers became the well known lake.
The purchase was one of the greatest real estate deals that has ever existed in the United States (along with the purchase of Alaska in 1867). President Thomas Jefferson offered 10 million dollars for the port of New Orleans so that the US could have access to the Mississippi River. Instead he received the entire area known as the Louisiana Territory and the New Orleans port and only paid 15 million dollars for it. Which means he paid about 3 cents per acre to buy the entire Mississippi River valley from Napoleon
If the Chicago Fire didn’t happen we probably wouldn’t be doing what we are doing right now. The Chicago Fire Burned for 2 days October 8 to October 10, and it destroyed 18,000 buildings. The Chicago fire killed 300 people and leaving 100,000 people homeless. To fix all the damage it cost $200 million.
1. I think Chris Herren started using drugs and alcohol because of peer pressure, unmanageable emotions, and his own unique experience. Chris, a young man with bright plans for the future, practiced substance abuse at 14. Taking drugs during high school was “ordinary”, and Herren found himself at the mercy of bad influence. In Fall Rivers, the mentality only encouraged this.
GREAT SALT LAKE: Great Salt Lake we all know is the largest natural river located in the West of Mississippi River. It is approximately 75 miles long and about 35 miles wide. How did the Great Salt Lake originated? Initially Great Salt Lake is a part of Lake Bonneville. Lake Bonneville is a great ice age lake that rose dramatically from a small saline lake 30,000 years ago.
There was a very evident point in time where people took interest in the Cleveland River fire when an important issue of Time magazine came out and happened to have a rather large article about the burning river in a section of the magazine called “Environment”. This image of the dismal state of the river got people thinking about just how nasty the pollution of the industrial revolution was and they began to truly believe that this was harmful to human race. Small groups tried to put in time cleaning up parts of the river on their own and then even bigger waves of change were on the
Fires are raging across New York City the first one was on March 18, 1741, at the governor 's house in Fort George it grew out of control and destroyed both the governor 's house and the church next to it. After that, fires began to spring up across the city. On April 6, four fires broke out and a black man was seen running from the scene of the fire, he was arrested along with 20 others who are thought to have been involved in some way.
I choose the Crystal River State Archaeological State Park in Crystal River , Florida. It is more commonly know as the Indian Burial Mounds. The park itself is in a beautiful location , overlooking the Crystal River on one side and grassy plains on the other side. There is recreational activities in the park as well as the museum. Some of the activities are salt and freshwater fishing , picnicking , bird watching and nature walks.
The Great Fire of 1910 lasted for two days and spread from hurricane winds that shot trees up like flying torpedos ( 4