Ten people, eight of them children, died in a July, 1963 accident southeast of Genoa on Woodville Road.
People
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Mitch Woodbury
I’ve mentioned Mitch Woodbury more than once here without going into great detail about who he was, or what he did. So here goes.
Special events
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Lindbergh flies by, but doesn’t stop
A mere three months after crossing the Atlantic, Charles Lindbergh was still a hero to the entire nation. One August afternoon, Lindbergh flew over downtown Toledo and dropped off a message.
Crime
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Robbery and murder at Sylvania Golf Club
Insurance man John L. Parker was murdered at the Sylvania Golf Club’s 15th tee in 1933. The killer was eventually caught, but not after a bizarre turn of events.
People
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Ned Skeldon swims the Maumee
Swimming in the Maumee River was but a minor chapter in the civic career of Ned Skeldon.
Transit
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Eight die when train hits interurban
A Toledo and Western Railway interurban was broadsided by a Big Four train in February, 1908 when its driver disregarded signals to stop, killing eight and injuring sixteen others.
Disasters
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The Lake Erie Speedboat Disaster
On a hot Saturday morning in June, 1930, eight Toledoans set out on a speedboat to attend an Elks picnic on Pelee Island and never made it.