Sinking of the Maine...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Dec. 24, 1910 The front page of the issue is a full illustration: "How The Army Engineers Will Uncover The 'Maine.'" along with two small illustrated insets show a: "Longitudinal Section Through Cofferdam" & "Plain View of Cofferdam." which includes a report about this retrieval inside.



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New York Yankees 1932 World Series...

PRESCOTT JOURNAL MINER, Prescott, Arizona, September 30, 1932



* 1932 New York Yankees World Series

* Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig on team

* Chicago Cubs - MLB baseball



This 6 page newspaper has nice banner headline on the front page: "GOMEZ PITCHES YANKEES TO SECOND VICTORY" with subheads and box scores. 1st report coverage on the New York Yankees winning game 2 of the World Serie... See More  

Bonus Army in Washington D.C...

PRESCOTT JOURNAL-MINER, Arizona, July 26, 1932 



* Bonus Army 

* World War I veterans 

* Washington D.C. camps 



This 6 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "FIRST BLOOD SHED IN RANKS OF BONUS ARMY" with subheads. Coverage on the gathering of World War I veterans in Washington D.C.



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1963 Mount Everest record...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, May 24, 1963 



* Mount Everest climbing 1st 

* Nepal 



This 52 page newspaper has a two column heading at the bottom of the front page: "U.S. Teams Make History In Everest Twin Assualt" with caption: "Summit Meeting" and two small photos of Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld. 1st report coverage on American climbing teams be... See More  

Louis Lepke Buchalter Executed...

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William McKinley annual address...

ALLENGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, December 7, 1900



* President William McKinley

* State of the Union Address



This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 7: "PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE" with text that takes up 5 full columns and is signed in type: William McKinley.



Other news and advertisements of the day. Light browning, otherwise good conditio... See More  

1904 Cheswick, PA coal mine explosion...

ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, January 26, 1904 



* Hardwick coal mine explosion (1st report) 

* Cheswick, Pennsylvania disaster 



This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "BURIED ALIVE" and "Over 100 Men Perish in Mine Near Pittsburg As Result of Explosion". See photos for 1st report coverage on the Hardwick coal mi... See More  

1947 Haifa oil refinery massacre...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, December 30, 1947 



* Haifa oil refinery massacre (1st report) 

* Jewish - Jews - Judaica - Arabs 



This 12 page newspaper has a small one column heading on the front page: "Claim 36 Jews, 11 Arabs Killed In Haifa Riots". 1st report coverage on the Haifa Oil Refinery Massacre.



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Charles Lindbergh Ransom Money Found In 1934...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, September 21, 1934 



* Bruno Hauptmann arrested (1st report) 

* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping - Ransom money found 



This 10 page newspaper has two column headline on the front page: "ARREST IN LINDBERGH CASE BELIEVED TO HAVE SOLVED THE KIDNAPPING CRIME" with related photo. 1st report coverage on the arrest of B

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Earthquake report in a San Francisco newspaper...

THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS, California, March 8, 1937 The banner headline reads: "S.F. QUIVERS IN 'QUICKIE' QUAKE" with related subheads and a front page photo. More inside. Nice to have in a San Francisco newspaper.

The complete first section with 16 pages, very nice condition.

Roulette, PA fire....

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, January 6, 1902



* Roulette, Pennsylvania

* Fire disaster



This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "A VILLAGE BURNED", "The Business Part Of Roulette, Pa., Destroyed", "Hotel, Stores, Telephone Exchange, Offices, Etc..." and more.  This is first report coverage on ... See More  

Spindletop oil field fire in Beaumont TX...

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, October 8, 1902



* Spindletop oil field fire disaster

* Beaumont, Texas



This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "ANOTHER GREAT FIRE", "Disastrous Conflagration In the Texas Oil Field", "Twelve Or More Lives Lost" and more. 1st report coverage of the Spindletop oil field fire disaster at B... See More  

The flood in Wellsville, New York...

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, July 7, 1902



* Wellsville, New York flood



This 4 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "WELLSVILLE FLOODED !", "Cloud Burst Makes Raging Rivers of the Small Streams", "MADISON STREET A WRECK" and more. This includes lengthy text.



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1902 Marshall Pass train robbery...

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, July 15, 1902 



* Marshall Pass, Colorado train robbery 

* Narrow Gauge Railroad 

* Wild Bunch ? 



This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "MASKED MEN ROB TRAIN", "At Chester, Colo., 250 Miles West of Denver", "Blew Open Two Express Safes" and more. See photos for 1st report cover... See More  

The death of William T. Sampson...

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, May 7, 1902



* Admiral William  T. Sampson's death



This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "HIS LIFE WORK ENDED", "Rear Admiral Sampson Passes Away In Washington" with subheads and illustration of Sampson.  First report coverage on the death of United States Navy Rear Admiral, William ... See More  

Baltimore, Maryland tornado disaster....

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, July 21, 1902



* Baltimore, Maryland

* Tornado disaster



This 4 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page:

"TORNADO'S MAD WORK", "Many Deaths and Much Damage at Baltimore", "Nine Drowned In Harbor" and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on the tornado disaster at Baltimore, Maryland.



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Johnny Lujack wins 1947 Heisman Trophy...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, December 2, 1947



* Johnny Lujack wins Heisman Trophy

* Notre Dame Fighting Irish - NCAA college football



This 30 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 23: "Lujack Is Top College Grid Player in Nation", "Notre Dame Quarterback Voted Winner of Annual Heisman Trophy; Chappius of Michigan Is Second" with ... See More  

Jellico TN KY dynamite disaster...

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, September 21, 1906



* Jellico Tennessee/Kentucky

* Dynamite explosion



This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Town Wrecked By Dynamite". 1st report coverage on the explosion disaster at Jellico, Kentucky/Tennessee from a railroad car loaded with 11 tons of dynamite.



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1930 Southern Cross... Harbor Grace flight...

THE WORLD, New York City, June 27, 1930



* Southern Cross airplane flight

* Fokker F.VII trimotor monoplane

* Charles Kingsford Smith



This 28 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "SOUTHERN CROSS SOARS OVER CITY, LANDS SAFELY AT MINEOLA FIELD" with subheads and photo of the famed airplane. 1st report coverage on the Southern Cross flight from Harbor Grace to... See More  

Ohrdruf concentration camp liberated...

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, April 9, 1945



* Ohrdruf concentration camp liberated

* Jewish holocaust being revealed



This 8 page newspaper has one column headings on page 2: "Americans Seize Nazi Camp Where 4,000 Murdered" and "Armored Division Finds 77 Bodies Of Latest Victims". 1st report coverage on the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. This wa... See More  

Hornellsville, NY sleigh-train disaster...

ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, February 3, 1905



* Hornellsville, New York

* Arkport sleighing disaster



This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "HORNELLSVILLE WOMEN IN AN AWFUL ACCIDENT" and more with list of the dead and injured (see photos). 1st report coverage on the sleigh & train collision at Arkport, New York which r... See More  

Annie Edson Taylor... Niagara Falls...

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Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 20, 1944



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations

* Help on the way?



This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5: "SPEED SEEN NEEDED FOR JEWS' RESCUE" and "1,500,000 in Hungary and Rumania Can Be Saved, Says Official in Palestine"



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Glenn Springs raid... Texas....

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, May 8, 1916



* Glenn Springs raid

* Boquillas, Texas

* Mexicans



This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page: "BANDIT RAID INTO TEXAS", "Four Americans Are Killed", "Eight Troopers Fight 75 Mexicans" with subheads. 1st report coverage on the Glenn Springs raid in Southw... See More  

Waco Texas street duel....

WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, New York, October 22, 1901



* Waco Texas street duel

* Gunfight - revolver



This 4 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page that include: "STREET DUEL IN TEXAS", "Bad Feeling Between Families Ends In Two Deaths", "Father And Son the Victims" and more. See photos for 1st report coverage on Southwestern street duel in Wac... See More