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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

14 Towns, KS, OK Tornado, May 1955

Annville, PA Dynamite Explosion, Feb 1907

Buffalo, NY Ice Breaks Several Drown, Feb 1907

Cumberland, MD Flour Mill Fire, Aug 1908

Deal, NJ Dirigible Accident, Jul 1911

Duluth, MN O'Brien Block Fire, Feb 1896

New Haven, CT House Fire, Jan 1909

Ocean Park, CA Pier And Town Fire, Sep 1912

Oil City, Titusville, and Meadville, PA flood and explosion, Jun 1892

Rye Beach, NH Marden House Fire, Aug 1912

San Rafael, CA Downtown Fire, July 1957

Sioux City, IA Plant Explosion, Dec 1949

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Allen's Bay, MN drowning, Sept 1908

Allentown, PA House Fire, Feb 1907

Bayard, IA Business Center Fire, July 1909

Boston, MA Schooner Joseph H. Cromwell Wreck, Sept 1905

Cass Lake, MN canoe accident and drowning, Aug 1908

Cass Lake, MN drowning, Apr 1908

Charlottesville, VA Minor Earthquake, Feb 1907

Chester, PA "Great Leopard" Fire, Apr 1971

Chicago, IL Boarding House Collapses, Aug 1907

Easton, PA Resort Hotel Fire, July 1905

Easton, PA Trolley Cars Collide, Feb 1907

Los Angeles, CA Auditorium Fire, Jan 1920

Los Angeles, CA Canyon Fires, Nov 1961

Los Angeles, CA Tanker Explosion, June 1947

Manchester, MA Summer Cottage Fire, Nov 1907

Milwaukee, WI Newhall House Fire, Jan 1883

Moscow, ID University Fire, Mar 1906

Normangee, TX Freight Train Wreck, Apr 1952

Northfield, VT Train Wreck, Aug 1910

Oakland, CA Ferry PERALTA Fire, May 1933

Old Orchard, ME Town Destroyed, Aug 1907

Onondaga County, NY Tornado, Sep 1912

Paris, KY Dynamite Stick Accident, Apr 1903

Partridge, MN train accident, May 1908

Perryville, IL Train Wreck, Dec 1901

Seattle, WA Lincoln Hotel Fire, Apr 1920

Spring Valley, MN Train Derailment, May 1909

Wilmington, DE Killed By Gas, Feb 1907

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Allegheny, NY Train Wreck, Dec 1900

Arcadia, FL Town Destroyed By Blaze, Nov 1905

Austin, PA Disastrous Fire, Dec 1890

Bay St. Louis, MS Mel Ott Dies From Injuries, Nov 1958

Bowling Green, VA Town Fire, Apr 1955

Brooklyn, NY Skating Pond Drownings, Jan 1901

Carlisle, PA Fire At College, Mar 1904

Carroll, IA Downtown Fire, Mar 1913

Cass Lake, MN boys fall through ice and drown, Nov 1908

Danville, VA Holland Building Fire, Mar 1904

Duluth, MN boat engine explosion, Feb 1896

Duluth, MN grain elevator fire, Jun 1908

Duluth, MN grain elevator fire, Nov 1886

Duluth, MN livery stable fire, Jun 1909

Enderlin, ND Train Wreck, Dec 1906

Glidden, IA Train And Car Collide, June 1913

Green Bay, WI clothing store fire, Mar 1903

Green Bay, WI lumber yard fire, Jul 1909

Harney, NV Four Trains Wreck, Sep 1905

Hawthorne, NJ Plant Explosion, Feb 1967

Lander, WY Lightning Strike, June 1913

Laramie, WY Business Block Fire, Apr 1948

Lisbon, NH Town Fire, Nov 1901

Los Gatos, CA Business District Fire, Oct 1901

Los Gatos, CA Hotel Fire, July 1907

Los Gatos, CA Town Fire, July 1891

Louisville, Bellevue, Richfield, NE Tornado, May 1908

Manchester, NH Fire Destroys 70 Buildings, Apr 1909

Manchester, NH Central Block Fire, Feb 1910

Middletown, PA Town Fire, Apr 1910

Monroe, NY Building Fire, Mar 1895

Nichols, IA Train Wreck, May 1913

Norfolk, VA Amusement Park Fire, Feb 1958

Oshkosh, WI State School Fire, Mar 1916

Parco, WY Oil Refinery Explosion, Apr 1927

Philadelphia, PA auto wreck, Dec 1913

Riverton, IL Train Hits Car, June 1913

Salem, WV Oil Town Destroyed By Fire, Dec 1901

Seaside Heights, NJ Million Dollar Fire, June 1955

Smethport, PA Bottle Factory Fire, May 1918

St. Anthony, ID Town Fire, Jan 1913

Tampa, FL Two Blocks Burn, Dec 1919

Watertown, WI Factory Destroyed, Apr 1945

Wellesley, MA Girls Dormitory Burns, Mar 1914

West Salem, WI fire, Jul 1911

White River Junction, VT Hotel Fire, Jan 1925

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Allenton, WI Business District Fire, June 1910

Bennettsville, SC Hail Storm, Apr 1892

Billy The Kid, WY Auto Crash Kills Actress, July 1957

Block Island, RI Steamer Larchmont Disaster, Feb 1907

Bramwell, WV Business District Fire, Jan 1910

Brooklyn, NY Comb Factory Fire, Nov 1909

Brooklyn, NY Lumber Yard Fire, Jan 1938

Buffalo, NY Boiler Explosion, Apr 1880

Buffalo, NY Hotel Broezel Fire, Sept 1913

Buffalo, NY Masten Park High School Fire, Mar 1912

Camden, ME Hotel Fire, Nov 1917

Carthage, NM Mine Explosion, Dec 1907

Cavan's Point, NJ fire started by lightning, May 1883

Chicago, IL Downtown Fire, Mar 1900

Dawson, NM Mine Explosion, Feb 1923

Dawson, NM Mine Explosion, Oct 1913

Daytona Beach, FL Racer Dies, Mar 1929

Deeth, NV Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Denver, CO Bomber Crashes Into Homes, Dec 1951

Duluth, MN Street Car Accident, Mar 1907

Dushore, PA Fire, Jun 1898

East Grenwich, RI Greenwich Academy Dormitory Explosion, Nov 1907

Elko, NV Train Accident, May 1910

Folsom, NM Storm and Flooding, Aug 1908

Fort Sill, OK Field Artillery School Fire, Jun 1925

Golconda, IL Freak Mining Accident, Apr 1971

Goldfield, NV Merchants Hotel Fire, Apr 1911

Goldfield, NV Storm, Flash Flood & Drownings, Sept 1913

Grand Forks, ND lumber company fire, Apr 1903

Hobbs, NM Nitroglycerin Explosion, Jun 1938

Hudson, MA Piano Factory Fire, July 1874

Ironton, OH Fire, Jul 1911

Jackson, MN Airplane Crash Kills Trumpeter Bill Chase & others, Aug 1974

Kinsman, OH Waterspout Drownings, May 1892

Linn Grove, IA Town Fire, Mar 1911

Long Run, WV Severe Storm, July 1892

Marysville, CA Downtown District Fire, July 1926

Michigan City, IN Ship Hits Bridge, July 1910

Minnie Station, PA Mill Explosion, Mar 1899

Montreal, QB Night Club Fire, Jan 1975

Mount Holly, NJ Drowned in Mud, Oct 1907

New York, NY Hotel Aberdeen Fire, Dec 1909

New York, NY tenement house fire, Jan 1907

Palisade, NV Train Wreck, Feb 1911

Philadelphia, PA Publishing Company Fire, May 1872

Princeton, MO Fire, Jul 1911

Providence, RI Tenement House Fire, Jan 1899

Radford, VA High School Fire, Apr 1970

Reno, NV Train Derailment, May 1902

Richmond Switch (Wood River Junction), RI Train Wreck, Apr 1873

Roanoke, VA Hotel Fire, July 1898

Salisbury, NC Five Plants Destroyed by Fire, Apr 1907

Santa Monica, CA Forest Fire, Nov 1938

Stockton, CA Warehouse Fire, June 1935

Sumpter, OR Town Destroyed By Fire, Aug 1917

Tucumcari, NM Area Tornado, Oct 1908

Wadsworth, NV Catholic Church Fire, Aug 1904

Wadsworth, NV Fire, Jun 1902

Waterbury, CT Train And Trolley Collide, Nov 1907

West Lake, LA Sulphur Mine Accident, Mar 1892

West Lebanon, IN Train Wreck, Mar 1912

Winnemucca, NV Tornado, Jun 1873

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Arcadia, IA Tornado Hits Several Towns, May 1918

Charles City, IA Tornado, June 1908

Coatesville, PA business center fire, Jul 1911

Duluth, MN boot & shoe company fire, Dec 1899

Duluth, MN drowning, Dec 1899

Duluth, MN fire, Mar 1883

Duluth, MN hardware store fire, Dec 1899

Duluth, MN hotel fire, Jan 1893

Duluth, MN lumber yard fire, Nov 1884

Duluth, MN Opera House Fire, Jan 1889

Duluth, MN Parsons Block fire, Mar 1896

Duluth, MN waterfront fire, Jul 1911

El Centro, CA tornado, Jul 1911

Foxboro, MA Straw Works Fire, May 1900

Foxboro, MA Town Hall Fire, June 1900

Haverhill Station, NH Train Wreck, Mar 1908

Keokuk, IA Downtown Fire, Apr 1964

Keokuk, IA Masonic Temple Fire, Jan 1912

Kimball, WI fire, Apr 1903

Leipsic, OH Opera Block Fire, Nov 1906

Los Angeles, CA Comic Ernie Kovacs Dies In Auto Crash, Jan 1962

Milano, TX Singer Johnny Horton Dies In Auto Accident, Nov 1960

Milton, Orfordville, Hanover WI Tornado, Nov 1911

Mount Union, PA Downtown Fire, May 1924

New Ulm, MN Mill Fire, Mar 1910

New York, NY Automobile hits Trolley Car, Sept 1913

North Haverhill, NH Town Fire, May 1900

Pettys Island, NJ drownings, Jul 1911

Pittsburg, MN fire, Feb 1896

Post Roads Crossing, NY train-automobile accident, Jul 1911

Reading, PA Race Drivers Killed, June 1966

Reading, PA Tower Burns, Apr 1923

Sallisaw, OK Lightning Strike, July 1914

San Francisco, CA Chinatown Fire, Sep 1949

Superior, WI fire, Jan 1903

Superior, WI Tower Hotel Fire, Jan 1893

Vulcan, AB Canadian Tornado, July 1927

Wallingford, CT Tornado, Aug 1878

Westville, NS Canadian Mine Disaster, May 1873

Wichita Falls, TX fatal fall from train platform, Jul 1911

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Bledsoe, TN Train Wreck, Jun 1889

Brooklyn, NY Bergen Street House Fire, Jan 1909

Brooklyn, NY Norwegian Hospital Fire, Mar 1910

Chattanooga, TN Train Wreck, May 1890

Chattanooga, TN Train Wreck, May 1907

Clarksville, TN "The Great Fire of 1878", Apr 1878

Conneaut Lake, PA Hotel Fires, Apr 1908

Fayetteville, TN Flying Circus Airplane Crash, Apr 1930

Knoxville, TN Row Boat Accident, Jul 1896

Knoxville, TN Train Wreck, Jul 1872

Long Branch, NJ Boardwalk Fire, June 1987

Manhattan, NY Parkinson's Wine Room Fire, Jan 1909

Nashville, TN Train Wreck, Jul 1918 "The Great Train Wreck of 1918"

Nashville, TN Train Wreck, May 1899

New York, NY Drowning Rescue, May 1908

Owosso, MI Tornado Ruin, Nov 1911

Philadelphia, PA Children Injured Playing with Matches, Jan 1907

Philadelphia, PA storm, Mar 1911

Pulaski, TN Flood, Mar 1902

Randall, OH ore plant explosion, Mar 1911

Sharon, PA Hay Accident, Jan 1907

Shelburne Falls, MA Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Stanhope, IA Town Fire, Nov 1905

Virginia, IL Tornado Strikes, Nov 1911

Waukegan, IL Auto Accident, Dec 1930

Williamsville, NY Club Fire, Sep 1968

Wright's Point, NY Drowning, May 1908

Youngstown, OH Amusement Park Fire, Apr 1984

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Albion, Marshall, Niles, Battle Creek, MI Tornado, Mar 1913

Bakersfield, CA Tunnel Cave In, Dec 1906

Boston, MA Bomb Blast At Transit Station, June 1959

Boston, MA Subway Fire, Jan 1949

Brownwood, TX Tornado, Jan 1907

Burlingame, CA Auto Accident, Aug 1908

Centralia, PA Coal Mine Fire, Jul 1879

Charleston, WV Capitol Fire, Jan 1921

Cincinnati, OH Extensive Fire, Sep 1852

Coney Island, NY Attacked By Bull Dog, Aug 1908

Cumberland, MD Glass Factory Fire, Feb 1920

Cunoe, AR Train Wreck, Mar 1907

Dew, Texas Auto Wreck, Jul 1930

Duluth, MN Steamer Hits Bridge, Aug 1906

Duluth, MN Runaway Accident, Mar 1907

Elk Point, SD Hunting Accident, Mar 1907

Eufaula, AL runaway accident, Mar 1911

Excelsior Springs, MO Sanitarium Blast, Aug 1936

Halsey, OR Fire, Aug 1921

Humble, TX Huge Oil Field Fire, July 1905

Ithaca, NY Cornell University Chapter House Fire, Dec 1906

Lake Cayuga, NY Steamer FRONTENAC Burns, July 1907

Marion, IL Williamson County Coal Co Mine Explosion, Sept 1897

McCools Station, IN Train Wreck, Nov 1899

Miami Beach, FL Glass Bottom Boat Explosion and Sinking, Dec 1930

Michigan City, IN Train Wreck, Feb 1947

Muskegon, MI Department Store Fire, Feb 1937

New Palestine, IN Train - Wagon Wreck, Sept 1910

New Waterford, NS Tenement Fire, Jan 1949

New York, NY Street Car - Horse Accident, May 1907

Newberry, SC House Fire, Mar 1907

Newcastle, IN Train Wreck, May 1886

Newport, OR Nye Beach Natatorium Fire, Jan 1922

Orchard Hill, GA Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Osceola, PA Destructive Fire, July 1870

Ottawa, ON Tornado, Aug 1906

Palmer, MA Chicago Express Mishap, Apr 1909

Pine Bluff, AR Fire, Mar 1907

Pittsburgh, PA Folding Bed Accident, Mar 1909

San Francisco, CA New Amsterdam Hotel Fire, Mar 1944

San Francisco, CA Owl Lodging House Fire, Oct 1917

Sanger, TX Auto Plunges Down Embankment, Apr 1926

Saunemin, IL Tornado Blows Train From Tracks, Jun 1916

Shadeland, IN Interurban Train Wreck, Sept 1910

Silver Lake, OR Fire, Dec 1894

South Whitley, IN Train Wreck, Mar 1913

Springfield, IL Fire, May 1855

Terre Haute, IN Train Wreck, Sept 1910

Tewksbury, MA Powder Explosion, July 1903

Turton, SD Wagon Accident, Mar 1907

Valparaiso, IN Train Accident, Mar 1913

Vincennes, IN Train Wreck, Jan 1910

Visalia, CA Flouring Mill Fire, Apr 1893

Waterloo, IN Train Wreck, Mar 1917

Williamsport, IN Train Wreck, Oct 1922

Wylies Station, IN Train Wreck, Sept 1913