in Shoshone National Forest, about 35 miles (56 km) west of Cody,
Wyoming, United States. Fifteen firefighters were killed by the forest
fire when a dry weather front caused the winds to suddenly increase and
change direction. The fire quickly spread into dense forest, trapping
some of the firefighters in a firestorm. Nine died during the fire and
six died afterwards from severe burns and respiratory complications;
38 others were injured. More U.S. wildland firefighters died in the
Blackwater fire than in any incident since the Great Fire of 1910; the
death-toll was not surpassed until 2013 when 19 firefighters died in
the Yarnell Hill Fire. Firefighters in the first half of the 20th
century used mostly hand tools to suppress wildfires, and all gear was
carried by the firefighters or by pack animals. Weather forecasting and
radio communication were generally poor or nonexistent. After the
Blackwater fire, better ways to respond to such fires were developed,
including the smokejumper program in 1939 and the Ten Standard
Firefighting Orders (a standardized set of wildland firefighting
principles) in 1957.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_fire_of_1937>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1856:
Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work by English author
George Eliot (pictured), was submitted for publication.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scenes_of_Clerical_Life>
1869:
In the first official American football game, Rutgers College
defeated the College of New Jersey, 6–4, in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_football>
1935:
The Hawker Hurricane, the aircraft responsible for 60% of the
Royal Air Force's air victories in the Battle of Britain, made its first
flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane>
1977:
The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, US,
collapsed, and the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused $2.8
million in damages.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Barnes_Dam>
1995:
Madagascar's Rova of Antananarivo, which served as the royal
palace from the 17th to 19th centuries, was destroyed by fire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rova_of_Antananarivo>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
isomorphic:
1. (mathematics) Having a one-to-one correspondence.
2. (biology) Having a similar structure or function to something that is
not related genetically or through evolution.
3. Having identical relevant structure.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/isomorphic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire
arsenal is integrity.
--Zig Ziglar
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zig_Ziglar>
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