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Washington Dodge: <i>Titanic</i> Survivor, April, 1912

One hundred years ago this weekend, the RMS Titanic sank, claiming the lives over 1,500 passengers and crew. In this account, Dr. Washington Dodge recounts his tale of survival. Written on board the RMS Carpathia during the three-day journey back to New York, this eyewitness account is one of the earliest and most compelling accounts of the disaster. Dodge’s handwriting and sentence phrasing offer a glimpse into his state of mind as he penned his testimony.

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Blizzard of 1888

A fast-moving blizzard devastated the northern plains, killing as many as two hundred people and doing major damage to property and livestock in Nebraska.

Joseph Rumshinsky, “Mamenu” or “The Triangle Victims” (in Yiddish), 1911. (Gilde

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, 1911

On March 25, 1911,...