Fact-checking five myths of the 1969 fire on the Cuyahoga River WOSU: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, discussed ...
In the first whispers, which appeared in local newspapers on June 23, 1969, Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River didn’t burn. A floating oil slick did, for only 25 minutes, damaging a couple of train trestles.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- U.S. Coast Guard and Cleveland fire department crews on Tuesday morning recovered a male's body from the Cuyahoga River near Scranton Road in the Flats, fire department spokesman ...