Tuesday, July 5

Homewreckers

   1. "Ship crashed into house"  [expired link]
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1185201.html >
   "A Croatian man who settled down to watch an action movie was almost killed
    when a runaway ship crashed through the wall"

   2. "Norwegian tank strikes house, tank wins"
      < http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?sid=439084&nid=104 >
   "[A] 26-ton tank slammed into Viken's house in Vassbotna, some 350 miles
    north of Oslo, the military said ... The tank went through a wall and
    part way into the bathroom"

   3. "Satellite crushes house in China"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1221846.htm >
   "State media in China are reporting that a Chinese satellite returning to
    earth crashed into a villager's house on Friday"

   4. "Outhouse falls on man"
      < http://www.hwt.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,11773397%255E1702,00.html >
   "The utility then struck a brick outhouse - which collapsed on a man in the
    yard - before crashing into a neighbouring house"

   5. "Airborne car plows into Arkansas house"
      < http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2005/06/20/1096580-ap.html >
   "In one instant, Rickey May thought a bomb had gone off outside his home.
    In the next, he realized a car had crashed through his home's brick wall
    and landed on top of him in his bed"

   6. "Crashing chooks ruffle residents' feathers"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1299042.htm >
   "There are two reports of houses being damaged by plucked chickens crashing
    through their roofs in Newcastle in the New South Wales Hunter Valley"

   7. "Fish-toting eagle crashes into alaska home"  [expired link]
      < http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050614/ap_on_fe_st/eagle_crash >
   "A bald eagle crashed through a window of a home and landed in the living
    room, scattering broken glass, feathers and a salmon carcass across the
    floor. Homeowner Jean Stack heard the crash and initially wondered if
    someone had thrown a dead fish through the window"

   8. "Plane jettisons ice through Japanese roof"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1390876.htm >
   "A block of ice which is believed to have fallen from an airplane has
    crashed through the roof of a house in Japan but no-one was injured"