National News Stories
Local newspapers after 1923 are not online. A story in the Chicago Tribune, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, Linton Daily Citizen [IN - death notice], Leader-Tribune [Marion, IN], Richmond-Item [Indiana], South Bend Tribune Tri-City Herald, Pasco, Washington. The AP Wirephotos are all different from the thirteen Broadway Exposion photos in the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Library.
1966 - Home Damaged in Explosion - Dazed victim of Fort Wayne explosion sits in snow outside home Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, Friday, February 4, 1966, Page 30.1966 - Home Damaged in Explosion - Dazed victim of Fort Wayne explosion sits in snow outside home
Article from Feb 4, 1966 Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) 1966, Nipsco, Explosion, Broadway avenue
1966 - Blasts Rip Fort Wayne Homes - continues with Indianapolis blast Leader-Tribune, Marion, Indiana, Friday, February 4, 1966, Page 1.1966 - Blasts Rip Fort Wayne Homes - continues with Indianapolis blast
Article from Feb 4, 1966 Leader-Tribune (Marion, Indiana) 1966, Nipsco, Explosion, Broadway avenue
1966 - Broken Weld Blamed For Gas Explosions, Fire in Ft. Wayne Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana, Friday, February 4, 1966, Page 3.1966 - Broken Weld Blamed For Gas Explosions, Fire in Ft. Wayne
Article from Feb 4, 1966 Palladium-Item (Richmond, Indiana) 1966, Nipsco, Explosion, Broadway avenue
1966 - Water, Please! Fort Wayne, Ind. Firefighter wait for hoses to be connected to wet houses Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, Friday, February 4, 1966, Page 5.1966 - Water, Please! Fort Wayne, Ind. Firefighter wait for hoses to be connected to wet houses
Article from Feb 4, 1966 Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) 1966, Nipsco, Explosion, Broadway avenue
1966 - Fort Wayne Blast Injuries 3 Women
Article from Feb 4, 1966 The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) 1966, Nipsco, Explosion, Broadway avenue1966 - Fort Wayne Blast Injuries 3 Women The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, Friday, February 4, 1966, Page 4.
1966 - Fort Wayne Gas Blast Ruins - Fireman Fight Blaze
Article from Feb 4, 1966 The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Indiana) 1966, Nipsco, Explosion, Broadway avenue1966 - Fort Wayne Gas Blast Ruins - Fireman Fight Blaze The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, Friday, February 4, 1966, Page 17.
1966 - Everything Available But Water - Hurt In Blast (Unidentified Woman in snow) Tri-City Herald, Pasco, Washington, Friday, February 4, 1966, Page 24.1966 - Everything Available But Water - Hurt In Blast (Unidentified Woman in snow)
Article from Feb 4, 1966 Tri-City Herald (Pasco, Washington) 1966, Nipsco, Explosion, Broadway avenue
1966 - Woman Burned in Fort Wayne Explosion Dies - Mrs. Dorothy Swain, 47, one of 3 women burned
Article from Feb 11, 1966 Linton Daily Citizen (Linton, Indiana) 1966, Nipsco, Explosion, Broadway avenue1966 - Woman Burned in Fort Wayne Explosion Dies - Mrs. Dorothy Swain, 47, one of 3 women burned Linton Daily Citizen, Linton, Indiana, Friday, February 11, 1966, Page 1.
Woman Burned in Fort Wayne Explosion Dies
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UPI) - Mrs. Dorothy Swain, 47, one of three women burned when an explosion ripped a Fort Wayne residential area last week, died today at Lutheran Hospital.
Mrs. Swain lived in one of the two houses blown apart by the blast which was traced to seeping gas.
Mrs. Clara Shipley, 77, remains in poor condition and Mrs. Regina Otis, 38, in fair condition at the hospital.
Dorothy E Swain Memorial on Find A Grave.