Water, and lots of it, is one of a firefighter’s most powerful weapons. But a small vial of blood can also go a long way in saving lives among their ranks. Virginia Beach is screening hundreds of firefighters this week for more than 50 types of cancer — which is the leading cause of line-of-duty...Read More
Drunken driving was to blame in an accident involving a stopped ambulance at a Hackettstown intersection, police said. The crash happened shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when a 30-year-old Independence Township man was driving west along Route 46, police said. When the driver attempted to turn right onto Route 604 north, the car struck the...Read More
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A woman and an infant child were injured after their vehicle and an ambulance carrying a critical patient collided in Johnson City Tuesday morning, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP). A preliminary crash report from the THP states that shortly after 9 a.m., troopers were called to the intersection...Read More
On 5/24/1944 the Moose Hall fire killed ten people in Hamilton, Ontario after a flash fire swept through the crowded brick and wood dance hall structure at the corner of Wilson and Cathcart Streets. “Scores of persons jumped from second and third-story windows.” “Just after midnight fire was reported coming up the stairwell at the...Read More
