2010 Event At last count, 76 people are dead while hundreds have disappeared after a train crash in the Republic of Congo caused the train to fall into a ravine 1960 Event Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000 1958 Event Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers 1957 Event LA City Council approves 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for Dodgers 1957 Event Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400 1954 Event 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche 10 die (Austria) 1876 Event 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die
