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May 14, 1921 Receipt of a letter here by Miss Katherine Cunningham, which was damaged in an air plane wreck in Wyoming, has turned local interest toward the pending quiz at Chicago of the air mail service. A similar damaged letter was received in Grand Rapids this week by the American Public Utilities Co., from the Utah Gas and Coke Co., photographs of the letter appearing in the papers of that city. The Cadillac letter was sent by Alfred Cunningham of Salt Lake City. Both were sent on by the Cheyenne postmaster with a notation that they were salvaged from the plane fire at Rock Springs, Wyoming, May 5. Walter M. Bunting of Camden, New Jersey, was the aviator, and he was burned to death when his plane turned over and fell just as he was taking the air for Cheyenne. He was 26 years old and had suffered an injury at Omaha, Nebraska, last December when he had another fall. Gross mismanagement, inefficiency and criminal negligence are blamed by witnesses at the Chicago investiga ....
SUMMARY The Rye Cove Cyclone is the deadliest tornado in Virginia history. Part of an unusual outbreak of tornadoes across the eastern United States on May 2, 1929, it hit the Rye Cove School in the Appalachian highlands of Scott County in the southwestern part of the state, killing twelve students and one teacher and injuring fifty-four. Tornadoes also hit two school houses in Bath County later that day, but both schools had already dismissed students for the day. Scott County native A. P. Carter, of the singing group the Carter Family, volunteered to help in the wake of the tragedy, and the group recorded “The Cyclone of Rye Cove” later that year. The school’s 1929–1930 term was canceled, and a memorial school dedicated in 1930. ....
March 9, 1931 After blowing incessantly for more than 60 hours the wind abated early today bringing an end to the blizzard that had raged over the weekend. The sun appeared a dazzling brightness against the whiteness of the new snow that fell during the storm. Drifts in many parts of the city are said to be higher than in 20 years. In lots of places the snow is banked to second story windows and over the tops of small trees. Many houses in exposed locations are in saucers with snowbanks on all sides as the wind swirled the snow about and packed it in peculiar formations. With the wind quieted the work of digging out got under way. Householders wielded shovels to tunnel between their homes and the sidewalks. The city plows made a valiant effort to clear walks this morning, but in most cases the snow was so deep the plows merely scraped the top off. Stronger equipment will be used when there is no danger of re-drifting. One of the effects of the storm will be greatly beneficial. ....