Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
Sept. 3, 1913 – Cottages near a fire in dry grass at Pine Lake were saved by a bucket brigade.
Sept. 3, 1963 – An earthquake in Kashmir, India, killed an estimated 100 persons and injured about 500.
Sept. 3, 1988 – The power outage that left much of downtown Seattle without electricity since Wednesday will likely continue through the weekend.
Sept. 3, 2003 — Indiana Gov. O’Bannon appeals for flood aid for the second time. People in the central part of the state are still drying out.
