June
30, 1992 – “A train
derailed in Superior, Wis., that sent a tanker car of benzene into the St.
Louis River. National media swarmed into the area as a resulting cloud of possibly
toxic smoke led to the evacuation of 50,000 area residents of Superior and
Duluth.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part3.pdf
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part3.pdf
Saint Louis River drainage basin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stlouisrivermap.png
I remember this well. My then 1-year old niece was evacuated from her
daycare in Duluth to my parents' house in Cloquet.
How can this be the first time I've heard this story???
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