06:07 AM
Aug 05
2010

Two killed in barn collapses at Ohio's biggest egg farm

CROTON

Winds reaching 70 mph knocked over three barns being renovated Wednesday at the state's largest egg farm, killing two workers, authorities said.
05:07 AM
Jul 07
2010

Pool collapses in Norwalk, damaging yards

NORWALK

A Corwin Street resident's above-ground pool collapsed Saturday afternoon, flooding the man's yard and damaging nearby property.

Michael Hoffman told Norwalk police he discovered the damaged after checking on a loud noise, which sounded like a car crash.
10:01 PM
Jul 02
2010

Legal bills piled up after Lonz collapse

MIDDLE BASS ISLAND

It was mid-afternoon on July 1, 2000, when the terrace collapsed at Lonz Winery. 

Four days later, the lawsuits started rolling in.
09:46 PM
Jul 02
2010

Probe found collapse was inevitable

MIDDLE BASS ISLAND

Blocked vents. Containers of salt in the cellar. Half a century of rain and humidity. 

Molecule by molecule, over the course of 50 years, steel succumbed to rust under the concrete terrace at Lonz Winery. 

Water seeped through steel sheeting, corroding the terrace’s beams and joists.
09:24 PM
Jul 01
2010

After Lonz, officials honed island emergency response

MIDDLE BASS ISLAND

As emergency crews tended to dozens of injured victims of the Lonz Winery terrace collapse, they made use of everything available that fateful day.

They unhinged doors to use as backboards. They ripped T-shirts into bandages. They splinted broken ribs with scraps of wood and tape. 
08:39 PM
Jul 01
2010

Recreation, then devastation: Medical crews at Lonz put to test

MIDDLE BASS ISLAND

Virginia Mamere, a long-time ER nurse, lounged with a friend on the lawn outside Lonz Winery the afternoon of July 1, 2000.

She basked in the sun and listened to the band, waiting for a fellow nurse’s bachelorette celebration to begin.

“It was a day like today — just gorgeous,” Mamere said Wednesday. 
12:41 AM
Jul 01
2010

Victims recall Lonz tragedy, a decade later

MIDDLE BASS ISLAND

Mark Reighard couldn't find a place to sit.

With July 4 approaching, the popular winery buzzed with the holiday weekend excitement of 1,000 people.

Music bounced off the castle's walls and ricocheted across the island. A light breeze blew off the shoreline, easing the assault of the early summer sunshine.
01:03 AM
Jul 01
2010

State ponders Lonz future

MIDDLE BASS ISLAND

When then-Gov. Bob Taft announced plans to purchase Lonz Winery in May 2000, he envisioned great things for the state's 74th park.

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