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SYMHC Classics: The Cuyahoga River's Last Fires

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The River in Fire in Cleveland in 1969

In the days immediately after the fire, local discussion of what had happened was mostly focused on the damage and who should pay to repair it. When the cleveland press went to press the next day, they did so with photos of the damaged railroad trestles,. And the press ran photos without a story, while the plane dealer published a brief story as well, but all the way back on page 11 c. After a while, the local media got tired of reporting on all of this back and forth.

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