Word: dunreith
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Until Laurel and Crete, few lives had been lost, a fact that O'Connell considers miraculous. During January 1968 alone there were 576 derailments. At Dunreith, Ind., 250 residents had to be evacuated for 48 hours after two freight trains sideswiped, releasing flammable and poisonous liquids that resulted in a ten-hour fire and a huge explosion. The fire destroyed a cannery-Dunreith's major industry-and seven houses; cyanide pollution of the water persisted for several months. The wreck, which cost the railroad $ 1,000,000, was caused by a defective rail that would have cost...
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