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On this date in Maine history: Oct. 29

Oct. 29, 2006: Heavy wind topples a 165-foot-tall construction crane being used at Maine Medical Center in Portland onto three nearby residential buildings, damaging all of them. The incident displaces about a dozen people, but nobody is injured. The collapse, reported about 9:56 a.m., prompts authorities to close off affected streets and to reroute traffic […]