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Alliance’s Deadliest Train Accident

Alliance’s Deadliest Train Accident

by Alliance Historical Society | Dec 3, 2022 | Events, Historic facts

Background | What Happened | After the Crash | The Victims | Who Was to Blame Alliance’s deadliest train accident occurred on December 8, 1856, at the crossing. Eight people were killed and many others were severely injured, when two railroad trains collided....

Alliance’s Worst Disaster – The Orr Block Explosion

by Alliance Historical Society | Sep 11, 2021 | Events, Historic facts, Obituaries

At 4 o’clock in the afternoon of February 1, 1884, Alliance’s worst disaster occurred. Seven people lost their lives and at least 15 others were seriously injured as the fumes from a gasoline spill inside the Orr Block ignited, causing the three-story building...

Stories of Alliance

  • City Cemetery’s 4-Legged “Employee”
  • Unknown Baby Boy
  • William Campbell – “The Original Fireless Cooker Man”
  • Alliance’s Deadliest Train Accident
  • Black History Resources
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  • Alliance’s Worst Disaster – The Orr Block Explosion
  • Carnation Festival rooted in Chautauqua Movement
  • Alliance Municipal Court Mural
  • T. R. Morgan, Sr. put Alliance on industrial map

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