Northern Thunder Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) On October 10, 1888, 36 boys, who were members of the St. Aloysius Society Drum and Bugle Corps of Pleasant Valley, PA, (now known as Avoca, PA), were among the 66 people killed in a train wreck at Kidder Township, PA. The story is here: http://articles.mcall.com/1993-02-22/news/2901378_1_train-lehigh-river-mud Here's the wreckage: Edited May 8, 2017 by Northern Thunder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Wow. Until I read this, I had no idea. That's up in the Wilkes Barre/Scranton, PA, area. Edited May 8, 2017 by Fran Haring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 15 minutes ago, Fran Haring said: Wow. Until I read this, I had no idea. Yeah, Fran, I thought I heard all the drum corps tragedies over the decades, but this was a real surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elphaba01 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 "Drum Corps Tradgedies": I understand that in 1970, a bus carrying members of the Skokie/Norwood Park Imperials went down a cliffside on the corps way to the VFW Nationals, which that year were held in Miami Florida. Any other details? Elphaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 16 minutes ago, elphaba01 said: I understand that in 1970, a bus carrying members of the Skokie/Norwood Park Imperials went down a cliffside on the corps way to the VFW Nationals, which that year were held in Miami Florida. Any other details? Elphaba Here it is Elphaba: http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/08/18/page/1/article/skokie-band-bus-crash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 I was going to suggest Star 93, but that was a different kind of tragedy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elphaba01 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 "Air Force Corps Members Lost" The US Air Force Bolling AFB Drum Corps lost four marching members when a C-119 cargo aircrft transporting corps members crashed in Maryland in 1954. RIP Elphaba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 13 minutes ago, elphaba01 said: "Air Force Corps Members Lost" The US Air Force Bolling AFB Drum Corps lost four marching members when a C-119 cargo aircrft transporting corps members crashed in Maryland in 1954. RIP Elphaba I never heard about that one, Elphaba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllianaLancerContra Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Airplane crashed into a hanger at O'Hare Apt in Dec 1968 where Des Plaines Vanguard was practicing. IIRC there was at least one fatality in the Corps, along with many on the aircraft. Several Corps members injured as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Thunder Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 19 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said: Airplane crashed into a hanger at O'Hare Apt in Dec 1968 where Des Plaines Vanguard was practicing. IIRC there was at least one fatality in the Corps, along with many on the aircraft. Several Corps members injured as well Yes, that was during an unbelievable stretch of tragedies that Des Plaines suffered through in 1967/68. On June 10, 1967, Des Plaines lost John Gruber, a member who was fatally-struck by lightning in Des Plaines. On May 31, 1968, Barbara Lutz and Jean Deal, Vanguard color guard members, were hit and killed while walking home from corps practice. December 27, 1968 was the plane crash at O'Hare, that killed Ronnie Pappas of the Vanguard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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