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These various stories are taken from area newspapers and other material connected to Lawrence County Ohio.
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• • Accidents and incidents reported in the Ironton Evening Tribune, April 9 – July 12, 1927

  • 1996 Scottown Fireworks Explosion – A blaze that began on a dare destroyed a fireworks store busy with Fourth of July shoppers Wednesday, killing at least eight people and injuring 12 as they stampeded toward the front door.

  • Death of John Hanning – The accidental death of 18-year-old Superior Resident

  • The “John Campbell” Locomotive Explosion of 1898

  • Lawrence Mill Explosion – Six boilers at the Lawrence Mill blew up, hurling their immense fragments high in air, into the valley of Storms creek and broadcast through the mill, where 150 or 200 man were at work.

  • Run over by own Machine – Albert Malone cranked his automobile early this afternoon but made the mistake of not being certain it was out of gear.

  • Tragedy at Kelley’s Bridge School

    Tree Stump Blown Through Roof Of School; One Boy Killed (Two Parts)

    At 9:05 Thursday morning, just thirty-five minutes after school opened, the quietness of the school room was shattered by a tree stump weighing around 400 pounds crashing through the roof, blasted from the ground by the road contractors approximately 125 yards away.

  • A Body Found – The floater found at Burlington, on Friday afternoon, proved to be the body of S. R. Simmons of Harrisville, who was killed by….

  • Kellogg Powder Mill Explosion – Last Monday morning, about 15 minutes past 8 o’clock, the earth shuddered as if from an earthquake….

  • Morris Block in Flames – January 14, 1892

  • Former Ironton, Ohio Man A Victim Of Explosion

  • The Terrible Accident that Befell Italian Laborers

• • Train Accident – Woman Killed By C&O Train, Husband Is Hurt

• • Attempted Murder on William Wolfe
    

  • Cable in Town Clock Breaks Weight Fall