...on the main line. The collision derailed 14 cars, ruptured a chemical tanker and sent an estimated 60 tons of deadly chlorine gas into the crisp night air. Rescue workers later found the nine who were killed in various locations, six of them...
...stories and photos GRANITEVILLE -- At least eight people died and more than 260 sought treatment for exposure to deadly chlorine gas released after a chemical-laden freight train slammed into a parked locomotive in Graniteville early Thursday...
...6 wreck, which was the apparent result of a switching error or malfunction on a spur line, released clouds of deadly chlorine gas from a ruptured tank car, killing nine people, including six Avondale Mills employees. At an early-morning...
...golden retriever, Gabriel, wildly wagging his tail. Mr. Everson said that when he first learned of the leak of deadly chlorine gas Thursday morning, he quickly let his pets inside and could smell the chlorine vapors at his home, which is more...
...investigation into the 300-meter "hot zone" around the crash site of Thursday morning's train wreck that released deadly chlorine gas. Officials believe that one of the three tankers carrying chlorine ruptured and that the other two cars are damaged...
...streets. The crash results in the death of nine people. More than 250 people seek treatment for exposure to the deadly chlorine gas. JAN. 8, 2005: Norfolk Southern distributes assistance checks for food, clothing and lodging for the 5,400...
...switch in the wrong position, and a locomotive slammed into a parked train. The wreck ruptured a tanker filled with deadly chlorine gas, and residents had to be evacuated from the town for two weeks to escape the poisonous cloud. Nine people died...
...more and forced thousands of residents to flee their homes after two Norfolk Southern trains collided, releasing deadly chlorine gas. The trains collided after railroad workers improperly aligned switches after parking one train in front of Avondale...
...train crash just down the street the next year forced thousands of Graniteville residents to flee the town after deadly chlorine gas spilled. It's hard to avoid train tracks in the small town -- they run through the heart of the community...
...the firefighter got his wife and baby up and sent them to Martinez. He did this before ever learning that it was deadly chlorine gas fizzing from a ruptured train tanker. "I don't know how I knew," Mr. Swearingen said. "I guess it was just...
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