The incident happened around 2 A.M. when three of the steamship’s four broilers exploded; the Sultana could legally carry 376 people, but due to bribery from army officers the Sultana carried six times more than the legal limit. To this day the Sultana lay at the bottom of the Mississippi river covered in mud and grime.
The then-28-year-old claimed Holly had accidentally drowned after falling into the bath at his rented cottage as he tried to treat her nosebleed. He also claimed to have accidentally suffocated Jessica while trying to stop her screaming after she witnessed the incident. However a jury failed to believe his lies and following a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, Huntley was found guilty on both counts of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Maxine Carr, his girlfriend was also found guilty of perverting the course of justice, and then she was charged and served a 21-month prison term. Ten years on from the tragedy, Holly’s family have spoken out vowing to “make it out the other side”.
On the 2nd April 1912 the Titanic set off on its great voyage to America it was on the water for 4 days before hitting an iceberg and sinking 2hours and 40 minutes later. The Titanic was remarkable because, for its time, it was the biggest man-made ship. It had the biggest capacity and the most elaborate cabin areas, surpassing those before it and even its twin sister. It was claimed to be unsinkable, the first ship to ever be able to say this but unfortunately it sunk. It was an important event because so many people died when the ship sank, partly because of the lack of lifeboats, after the sinking no ship was allowed to set sail unless there were enough lifeboats for everyone on the ship.
Andrea also was hospitalized for trying to kill herself with a knife in July of 1999, then in the spring of 2001 she was admitted twice to a treatment center for mental illness. But then in June 4, 2001 Andrea’s psychiatrist discontinues her medications, and on June 20, 2001 Andrea drowns her five children. On July 31, 2001 a Houston grand jury indicted Andrea Yates for capital murder in the cases of Noah, John and Mary. Since she had killed someone that was under the age of six years old and kill more than one person she was eligible for the death penalty. Andrea Yates attorneys filed for an insanity defense.
After the research was no more need of use, McCoy evacuated the Hygienic Laboratory and began to kill the experiment animals. This would contain and prevent another disastrous outbreak. A few months later when everything is contained congress grants the Hygienic Laboratory with a new name, The National Institute of Health. This epidemic brought disease and catastrophe. Parrot Fever spread throughout America, and eventually brought death to one of five people that were infected.” There were a total of a hundred and sixty-nine cases of psittacosis nationwide.
In total eight battleships were damaged and so were many smaller vessels. As said in the Report of the Joint Committee of the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, the attack was well planned and skillfully executed. A Sixteen-year-old witness Mary Ann Ramsey described the scene as the injured arrived “with filthy black oil covering shredded flesh. With the first sailor, so horribly burned, personal fear left me; he brought me the full tragedy of the day.” [6]Human losses added up to 2,403 and there were 1,178 were wounded. Only three aircraft carriers were lucky enough to have managed to escape the
Max Luber Dr. Conrad Period 2 AP English 11 On July 5th, 1884, the English yacht named Mignonette was struck by a wave and sank. The sinking of the ship left Captain Tom Dudley; Edwin Stephens; Edmund Brooks; and 17 year old Richard Parker, stranded at sea in a life boat. After about 20 days, two cans of turnips and a turtle, the hunger was unbearable and young Parker became very ill from drinking seawater. The decision was made, and 17 year old Richard Parker was killed after Tom Dudley pushed a penknife into his jugular vein; and his body became their meal. Was this act murder, or was it an act of desperation?
on the morning of the 16th of February Elizabeth was found dead in her suite with two gun shot wounds in her head. She had been found dead a day after the event but test results show that she had been murdered on the night of the charity event, between 2:00am and 4:00am. The Prince along with the royal family were extremely grieved by this dreadful act. Several investigations opened regarding the death of Princess Elizabeth Hills. One of the best investigators, Detective Arnold Wisconsin, was hired but he himself could not figure out anything.
Rakel Webb Ashley Goedker English 101-03 Essay #3 Response to Argument Who Is At Fault For Drinking and Dying? LZ Granderson recently wrote an article about who is really at fault when excessive alcohol consumption leads to death. Thousands of people die every year due to alcohol related incidents, and in most cases, the finger is pointed at not the deceased, but their surroundings. A recent story tells of a thirty-six year old man who is at a bar with friends, gets excessively intoxicated, and falls four stories from a stairwell railing. The same scenario happened previously to two twenty-one year olds, at the very same bar.
Wanted Al Capone Reward; 6,000,000 million dollars "Scarface" Al Capone was paroled and released from Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, California, in 1939 due to the ravages of syphilis, which he had caught earlier while running whorehouses. For many years, he was considered the most notorious gangster in the world, managing Chicago's gambling, prostitution and bootlegging rackets with impunity. . Nicknamed “Scarface” In 1918, Capone got into a bar fight over a girl with a hood, who slashed the left side of his face three times with a knife, resulting in Capone's nickname, “Scarface,” by which he would be known for