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The Seattle Star, Washington, December 26, 1922
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Bigger & Better Boners, Alexander Abingdon, 1952
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The Huntington Herald, Indiana, December 23, 1910
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Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society, New York, May 30, 1925
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The Decatur Herald, Illinois, January 5, 1921
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Oakland Tribune, California, April 28, 1935
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Evening Sentinel, Santa Cruz, July 1, 1897
Five persons, seeking relief from the heat, went swimming, and the excessive temperature of their bodies induced cramps, and all were drowned.
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Firefighters retrieve the body of a drowned woman while spectators line the quay, Seine, Paris, 1949
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The Charlotte News, North Carolina, January 15, 1919
From Wikipedia:
The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster or the Great Boston Molasses Flood, occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. A large molasses storage tank burst, and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets at an estimated 35 mph (56 km/h), killing 21 and injuring 150.
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New York, July 12, 1911