Showing posts with label disasters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disasters. Show all posts
4/22/24

Hatch: Found Over 400 Years After the Mary Rose Sunk

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The skeleton of a sea dog was found during the excavation of the Mary Rose, a warship of King Henry VIII's fleet that sank during the B...
11/16/23

Tommy: Sole Survivor of SS Princess Sophia

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A dog named Tommy was the only one to survive the tragic sinking of the SS Princess Sophia in 1918, the deadliest maritime disaster along N...
12/19/21

Dogs Warn Residents of Impending Landslide

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Dogs in the Canadian village of Saint-Jean-Vianney behave unusually hours before a devastating landslide happens on a spring night in 1971. ...
4/30/21

Chernobyl Disaster and the Dogs Left Behind

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A few days ago was the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine - the worst nuclear disaster in history. Unfortunately, many d...
2/23/21

Earthquake, Bubonic Plague and a Fox Terrier

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A fox terrier helped in the prevention of the bubonic plague after San Francisco's massive earthquake in the early 1900s. The ea...
2/13/21

Dog Survives Train Wreck

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Dog survives 1911 train wreck without injury in Florida. Atlantic Coast Line train No. 85 coming from Orlando crashed just north of ...
12/10/20

Tina: Survived Flight 401 Crash

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Tina, a white toy poodle, survived the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401. The crash site of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 Flight 40...
11/5/20

Dogs and the St. Francis Dam Disaster

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The collapse of the St. Francis Dam is the second greatest disaster in California history and considered by some as the worst American civi...
6/4/17

Tubby: Tacoma Bridge Disaster's Only Fatality

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Tubby became a famous dog in history for being the only one to die that fateful day the Tacoma Bridge collapsed. On July 1, 1940 th...
2/2/17

Dogs on the Hindenburg

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Two dogs were aboard the Hindenburg during its infamous flight from Germany to New Jersey in 1937. One dog was named Ulla. The other is unk...
1/15/17

9/11 Dog Heroes

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Following the attacks on September 11, 2001, thousands of courageous heroes were there to help at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and ...
12/31/16

Hurricane Katrina: Benefits Dogs and Other Pets

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Love can bring good from the bad. Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast early in the morning on August 29, 2005. The storm was a ...
7/16/16

Hiroshima: Photograph of a Boy and His Dog

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A photograph of two innocent beings who lost their lives during one of history's worst man-made disasters. On August 6, 1945 a ...
5/31/16

The Dog of Pompeii: Immortalized in Plaster

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This dog became famous in history when recreated hundreds of years after its unfortunate death in Pompeii. In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvi...
3/30/16

Dog Passengers on the Titanic

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Twelve dogs became famous in history as passengers on the Titanic. Little was known about the dogs until Widener University recognized them...