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Catches

1995 Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record 1994 SF 49'er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass 1992 SF 49er Jerry Rice catches NFL record 101st touchdown 1992 Queen Elizabeth's home Windsor Castle catches fire 1990 New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities 1990 Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark 1990 Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die 1987 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass 1987 Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game 1986 Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yds 1985 Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska 1985 Soccer stadium in Bradford England catches fire; 53 die 1983 Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die 1983 Toilet catches fire on Air Canada's DC-9, 23 die at Cincinnati 1982 Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire 1982 California catches A's Rickey Henderson stealing 3 times 1980 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958 1980 Soviet sub catches fire off Japan, 9 die 1975 Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings, Derbyshire vs. Yorkshire 1969 T Agee and Ed Kranepool HR, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0 1969 Cleveland's Cuyahgo River catches fire 1966 U.S. aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die 1964 Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey vs. Sussex 1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) 1961 Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die 1960 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee 1957 Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey vs. Northants 1953 American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1950 D McI Hodgson of St. Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna 1947 A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error 1945 Washington Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games 1944 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn) 1939 Bradman hits 186 SA vs. Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg 1938 Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz" 1934 Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die 1934 Fenway Park catches fire for 2nd time (May 8th 1926 also) 1924 School in Babb's Switch, Oklahoma catches fire, 36 die 1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire and explodes; 100s die 1913 British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill) 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls 1908 Collingwood Ohio primary school catches fire; 180 die 1904 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks) 1899 Windsor luxury hotel in New York City catches fire, 92 die 1892 New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire 1887 British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong 1887 Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 1887 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die 1874 Emigrant ship Cospatrick catches fire and sinks off Auckland, NZ 1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400 1863 Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic 1858 Hamburg-US ship Austria catches fire and sinks, 471 die 1851 US Library of Congress catches fire; 35,000 books burn 1842 Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die 1841 Erie boat in Buffalo New York catches fire; 242 die 1836 Lehman-theater in St. Petersburg catches fire; 100s die 1834 London parliament catches fire; historic documents burn 1821 Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die 1800 English warship Queen Charlotte catches fire; 700 die 64 Circus Maximus in Rome catches fire

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