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September 30, 1870: Harpers Ferry flood
October 6, 1982: Buffalo Creek flood settlement
October 23, 1890: "Wreck on the C&O"
November 4, 1985: Floods devastate West Virginia
November 7, 1980: Ferrell coal mine disaster
November 14, 1970: Marshall University football team killed in plane crash
November 20, 1968: Farmington coal mine disaster
December 5, 1885: 1st lawsuit concerning a coal mine disaster
December 15, 1967: Silver Bridge collapses at Point Pleasant
February 12, 1884: Floods devastate Huntington
February 26, 1972: Buffalo Creek flood
March 6, 1900: Red Ash coal mine disaster
April 7, 1977: Floods devastate southern WV
April 8, 1951: National Guard plane crash at Charleston
April 17, 1924: Town of Franklin burns
April 27, 1978: Willow Island disaster
April 28, 1914/1924: Eccles/Benwood coal mine disasters
May 7, 1968: Rescue efforts at Hominy Falls mine disaster
May 20, 1931: News of Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster first published