http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1940.htm MAJOR DISASTERS 1942- ammonium nitrate explosion in Cleveland, Ohio , 20 people killed http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glp&search=big%20explosion%20in%201940%20%2b%20cleveland%20ohio&img=\\na0006\636939\7296742.html Zanesville Signal, The Friday, May 17, 1940 - you have to subscribe to view this article http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glp&search=big%20explosion%20in%201940%20%2b%20cleveland%20ohio&img=\\na0020\2569280\14237840.html IT MIGHT ALSO BE IN THE - Lima News, The Thursday, September 26, 1940 East Ohio Gas Company Explosion: On October 20, 1944, a natural gas storage You can go to the library and see the articles for free; just cost a little for a few cents ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Kowallek" <kowallek@iglou.com> To: <ohcuyaho@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Explosion in Cleveland > On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:28:49 -0700 (PDT), Christine Hodges Smith > <christyhodges50@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>Does any one know anything about a big explosion in 1940. >> All I know about it is John Finnerty was killed in it . >> I know he was a switchman on the railroad there. >> Grandmother Nina Finnerty would never talk about it. >> I do hope someone can enlighten me about this. > > The only John FINNERTY who died in 1940 in Ohio seems to have died of > natural causes according to the Ohio Death Certs at... > > http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html > > There is also only this one listed in the Necrology DB. Where did you > get this info? > > -- > > Dennis Kowallek > Cincinnati, Ohio > kowallek@iglou.com > ****************** > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHCUYAHO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 080816-0, 08/16/2008 > Tested on: 8/17/2008 9:53:27 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080817-0, 08/17/2008 Tested on: 8/17/2008 10:35:37 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com