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Article: Tunnels nearly destroyed
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ...AMERICA AT WAR AFGHANISTAN Tunnels nearly destroyed, U.S. military says By GEORGE EDMONSON Cox News Service Tuesday, January 15, 2002 Washington -- After days of intense air ...

Article: Honoured for a mission that nearly destroyed him
The Scotsman;  October 17, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... way to a real peace process for the first time in decades. Yesterday, he was justly rewarded for an endeavour that has nearly destroyed him. He was repeatedly vilified throughout the process, and his patience was stretched to the limits by the Republicans ...

Article: OWNER TO CLEAN UP CITY LANES; THE ONEIDA BOWLING ALLEY AT 212 ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  October 24, 2007 ;     622 words ... ... Musacchio told the Common Council during a hearing on the site Tuesday at City Hall. The building at 212 Main St. was nearly destroyed in an April 22 fire. The structure's roof collapsed on firefighter Mitch Dryer during the blaze, critically injuring ...

Article: Valued relics of an island nation The fire which swept through ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  May 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The fire which swept through the Cutty Sark very nearly destroyed an icon of British maritime heritage. And no-one mourns the loss more than Matthew Tanner, director of the ss Great Britain ...

Article: ARSON CAUSED HOLY REDEEMER FIRE POLICE HAVE LEADS TOWARD SOLVING ...
The Virginian Pilot;  June 13, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Byline: CATHERINE KOZAK, STAFF WRITER KILL DEVIL HILLS -- Arson was the cause of a fire that nearly destroyed Holy Redeemer by the Sea Catholic Church, investigators said. Police declined to say what evidence led them to believe Thursday ...

Article: The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906: a century ago, the ...
Junior Scholastic;  March 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Students should understand * that San Francisco, then the most important city in the rapidly growing American West, was nearly destroyed by an earthquake and resulting fires in 1906. * BACKGROUND The first Europeans to arrive at what now is San Francisco ...

Article: Historic building revived after fire totally gutted it ; A ...
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  October 18, 2008 ;     344 words ...A HISTORIC Exeter building rose from the ashes after it had been nearly destroyed in a fire two years previously. More than half of the hardware shop on Exeter's Fore Street had been completely gutted by the ...