Railway accidents have always been a fascination of mine since I bought L. T. C. Rolt's 'Red for Danger' when I was about twelve. i will try and put on here descriptions of several puzzling accidents, and also some tales surrounding other accidents. (Yes, there will be ghosts.)
Bear with me, I...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2180867.stm
Aquarium visitors thrown in shark tank
A party of adults and children on a behind-the-scenes tour at a New Orleans aquarium got closer to some of the exhibits than intended when a footbridge collapsed, pitching some of them into a shark...
First off, the following is a link to what appears to be a member of a USS carrier being sucked into a planes jet engine. (Link - caution, don't watch if you're squeemish, but bear in mind he's not badly hurt)
Link is dead. No archived version found.
Now in a really handy coincidence, it was...
Darwin 2001
THis just popped into one of my numerous mail boxes. I make noclaims on the veracity of the below:-
It's that time again! The Darwin Awards are given each year to bestow upon
(the remains of) the individuals who, through single-minded self-sacrifice,
have done the most to...
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