Friday, July 4, 2008

New Disaster Articles added July 3

New disaster Articles Added July 3 at
http://www.gendisasters.com
Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Chicago, IL Fire Destroys Lincoln Hotel, Dec 1902
Londonderry, NH Locomotive And Oil Truck Collision, July 1948
Columbus, MO Missouri University Fire, Jan 1892
Providence, RI Oil Barge On Fire In Harbor, July 1909
Madison, WI Fire Burns Part Of Madison Club, Jan 1887
Hanover, NH Hotel And Other Buildings Burned, Jan 1887
Boston, MA Small Lighthouse Burns, June 1929
Merrill, WI Tannery Factory Fire, Aug 1916
Detroit-Belle Isle, MI Bridge Destroyed By Fire, Apr 1915
Charleston, SC Burton Lumber Yard Fire, May 1908
Delay, MS Tornado, Oct 1896
Vicksburg, MS Steamer W. T. Scovel Explosion, Dec 1906
Macon, MS Tornado, Apr 1880
Purvis, MS Tornado, Apr 1908
Savage, MS Tornado, Nov 1900
Tupelo, MS Train Wreck, Jun 1898
Hartsville, SC Baggage Car Fire, Apr 1911
La Crosse, WI home explosion, Jan 1966
Charleston, SC Train Wreck, Jun 1910
Frost, SC Train Wreck, Feb 1918
Camden, SC Flood, Aug 1908
Williston, SC Fire, Dec 1887
Belton, TX Courthouse Fire, Mar 1891
Aiken, SC Fire, Oct 1921

New Disaster Articles added July 2

New disaster Articles Added July 2 at
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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Cadott, WI Forest Fire Threatens Entire Town, Sep 1894
Atlantic City, NJ Hotel Westmont Fire, Aug 1915
Milwaukee, WI Johns Manville Mfg Co FIre, Feb 1909
Naperville, IL Disastrous Train Wreck, Apr 1946
Childress, TX Cottle County Courthouse Fire, Oct 1891
Vancouver, WA Courthouse and Jail Fire, Feb 1890
Rockwall, TX Rockwall County Courthouse Fire, Jan 1892
Sandia, NM Train Wreck, May 1908
Palmer, MA Depot Fire, Apr 1851
Huntingdon, PA Train Wreck, Mar 1876
Huntingdon, PA Train Wreck, May 1947
Hyndman, PA Train Wreck, Sept 1908
Johnstown, PA Train Wreck, Nov 1858
Johnstown, PA Train Wreck, Jan 1909
Kelly Station, PA Train Wreck, Aug 1907
Laurel Run, PA Train Wreck, Dec 1903
Laurys, PA Train Wreck, Dec 1899
Lockport, PA Train Wreck, Mar 1907
Lost Creek, PA Train Wreck, Oct 1888
Lovett Station, PA Train Wreck, Aug 1904
Madley, PA Train Wreck, Jan 1902
Manor Station, PA Train Wreck, Oct 1895
Manayunk, PA Locomotive Boiler Explosion, Dec 1854
McKeesport, PA Trolley Wreck, Jun 1901
Meadville, PA Train Wreck, Dec 1887
Norristown, PA Train Accident, Aug 1895
Newton Hamilton, PA Train Wreck, Sept 1858
New Florence, PA Train Station Wreck, Feb 1910
New Florence, PA Train Wreck, Nov 1890
New Castle, PA Train Wreck, Jan 1912
Milton, PA Trolley Wreck, Aug 1906
Groesbeck, TX Courthouse Fire, Feb 1891
Homer, TX Courthouse Fire, Nov 1891
Cranford, NJ Opera House Block Fire, Feb 1912

New Disaster Articles added July 1

New disaster Articles Added July 1 at
http://www.gendisasters.com
Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Milwaukee, WI Holocaust At Newhall Hotel, Jan 1883
Detroit, MI Fire Destroys Night Club, Sep 1929
Cheney, WA Fire, Feb 1890
Lowell, MA Memorial Hall Library Fire, Mar 1915
Hacketts Point, MD Drowning, Jun 1905
Kingstree, SC Downtown Fire, May 1908
Kingstree SC, House Fire Oct. 1916
Kingstree SC, Gulf Oil fire April 1916

New Disaster Articles added June 29 & 30

New disaster Articles Added June 29 and 30 at
http://www.gendisasters.com
Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Winnsboro, SC Freights Collide in Yard March 1920
Eureka, CA Humboldt County Courthouse Tower Fire, Sept 1924
New Bern, NC One-Third Of Town Destroyed By Fire, Dec 1922
Windsor Locks, CT Train Plunges Into Canal, Oct 1852
St. Paul, MN Carleton Hotel Fire, Jan 1966
Ohio County, KY Miner Throws Blasting Powder on House Fire, Dec 1893
Hibbing, MN Boy Rescues Girl From Train, Jan 1911
Woburn, MA Woburn Chemical Works Fire, Mar 1915
Boston, MA Oil Refinery Fire, Mar 1915
Brookline, MA Trolley Accident, Mar 1915
Nashua, NH Granite Overall Co Fire, Mar 1915
Odin, IL Train Wreck, Mar 1892
Waco, TX Gas Heater Asphyxiation, Oct 1912
Corpus Christi, TX Storm, Oct 1912
Murphysboro, IL Train Wreck, Feb 1909
Whitewright, TX House Fire, Oct 1912
Springfield, IL Engineer Run Over By Train, Apr 1909
Beeville, TX Barber Shop Fire, Oct 1912
Brownsville, TX Area Storm, Oct 1912
Havana, IL Train Wreck, Mar 1891
Carbondale, IL Train Wreck, Feb 1909
Brownwood, TX Downtown Fire, Jun 1909
Montana, PA Pottsville Engine House Fire, Aug 1871
Waco, TX Brazos River Drownings, Jun 1925
New York, NY Train Engineer Drowns, Aug 1909
Texarkana, TX Gulf Cooperage Co Plant Kiln Fire, Oct 1912
Girard, IL Train Wreck, Mar 1887
Deadwood, SD Fire, Sept 1879
Salt Lake City, UT Windsor Hotel Fire, Jan 1910
Norfolk, VA John Marshall High School Fire, Mar 1921
Dorset, VT Congregational Church Fire, Nov 1907
Ludlow, VT Fell Through the Ice & Drowned, Dec 1881
Camden, NJ Steamer Goldsboro Fire, Jul 1900
San Francisco, CA Deadly Earthquake, Oct 1989
Philips, Prentice & Mason, WI Fires, Jul 1894
Racine, WI Titus Block Fire, Jan 1866
McKay, WV Davis Colliery Fire, Aug 1924
Salisbury, NC Block Fire, Jan 1907
Fargo, ND Flood, Apr 1893
Los Angeles, CA Flood, Jan 1910
Los Angeles, CA Fatal Freeway Crash, Jan 1958
Atlanta, GA Gelder's Hotel Fire, Mar 1902
Weston, MA Fire, Apr 1900
Britton, OK Tornado, May 1896
Springfield, MA Amherst College Fire, Oct 1883

Kalamazoo, MI YMCA Fire, Jan 1911


Kalamazoo, MI YMCA Fire, Jan 1911

http://www3.gendisasters.com/michigan/7217/kalamazoo-mi-y-m-c-fire-jan-1911

Photos of the Kalamazoo Y.M.C.A after the Jan 1911 fire.
More Michigan Disasters

New Disaster Articles added June 28

New disaster Articles Added June 28 at
http://www.gendisasters.com
Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Nahcotta, WA Fire, Jan 1915
Ellaville, GA Depot Fire, Dec 1915
Columbus, GA Train Wreck, May 1908
Lincoln, IL Downtown Destructive Fire, Feb 1932
Minneapolis, MN Hotel-Apartment Blaze Kills Twenty, Jan 1940
Duluth, MN Runaway Accident, Mar 1908
Quincy, MA Auto Accident, Sept 1911
Fitchburg, MA House Fire, Apr 1931
Maynard, MN Fire, Jan 1911
Hendrick, IA Skunk River Drowning, Aug 1902
Fremont, IA Skunk River Drowning, Aug 1902
Ashland, WI Bad River Drowning, Jun 1925
Chicago, IL Lit Cigar While Hair Soaked with Tonic, Dec 1893
Galveston, TX street car accident, Dec 1893
McDonough, TX train wreck, Dec 1893
Boston, MA Pickwick Club Collapse, July 1925
Hot Springs, VA hotel fire, Aug 1910

New Disaster Articles Added June 27

New disaster Articles Added June 27 at http://www.gendisasters.com/
Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Chicago, IL Norwood Hotel Fire, Nov 1951
Athens, PA High School Fire, Feb 1917
Atlantic City, NJ Hotel Fire, Apr 1916
Beaver Brook, PA Mine Accident, Mar 1916
Carlisle, PA Train Accident, Mar 1916
Laporte, PA Laporte Hotel Fire, Mar 1916
Barnesville, MN Horses Fall on Boy, Dec 1911
Gallatin, MO fire, Feb 1977
Plattsburg, MO courthouse fire, Jun 1974
Crowley, LA oil field fire, Aug 1904
Philadelphia, PA freight depot fire, Mar 1904
Topeka, KS Copeland Hotel Fire, Jan 1909
Chattanooga, TN depot fire, Sept 1905

New Disaster Articles added June 26

New disaster Articles Added June 26 at
http://www.gendisasters.com/
Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Kalamazoo, MI Y. M. C. A. Fire, Jan 1911
St. Louis, MO Glider Crash Kills Ten, Aug 1943
Augusta, KY Tornado Ravages Town, Apr 1857
Quebec, QB St. Charles Orphanage Fire Disaster, Dec 1927
Various States, NC, PA, NY, CT, VA, RI, NJ, MA Hurricane DIANE, Aug 1955
Fonda, NY Hotel Roy Fire, Jan 1909
New York, NY Park Avenue Hotel Fire, Feb 1902
Allings Siding, CT Train Wreck, Sept 1907
Westport - Saugatuck, CT Train Wreck, Oct 1912
Waterbury, CT Train Wreck, Oct 1895
Waterbury, CT Train Wreck, Mar 1907
Norwalk, CT Train Wreck, May 1853
Harrisons Landing, CT Train Wreck, Oct 1892
Forestville, CT Train Wreck, Mar 1896
Bridgeport, CT Train - Auto Wreck, Jun 1923
New Haven, CT Train Wreck, Sept 1913
Elkins, WV Box Co Plant Fire, Nov 1918
Gloversville, NY Keystone Hotel Fire, Dec 1909
New York, NY Pearl Street Explosion and Fire, Nov 1882
New York, NY Vesey Street Wine Cellar Explosion and Fire, Sept 1898
New York, NY Truck - Cab Wreck, Sept 1899
Mt. Hood, OR Hikers Fall Into 40 Foot Crevasse, July 1956
Andover, OH Restaurant Explosion Kills 21, Aug 1955
Long Island, NY Shelter Island New Prospect House Hotel Fire, Jun 1942
Cornwall, ON Rossmore Hotel Fire, Apr 1910
Lake Placid, NY Hotel Ruisseaumont Fire, Jul 1909
Lake George, NY Fort William Henry Hotel Fire, Jun 1909
New Rochelle, NY Lake View Hotel Stable Fire, Nov 1910
Death Valley, CA Earthquake Hits Mojave Area, Jan 1961
Bluff Point, NY Hotel Champlain Fire, May 1910
Long Island, NY Auto Wreck, Jul 1908
Washington, DC Hotel Harris Fire, Feb 1910
Aspen, CO Delta S Mine Accident, Sept 1894
Portsmouth, NH Explosion, Nov 1878
Mays Landing, NJ Forest Fire, May 1896
Seneca Falls, NY Seneca House Hotel Fire, Jun 1910
Blacksburg, SC Depot Fire, Jun 1905
Mexia, TX Cafe & Opera House Fire, May 1908
Horseshoe, NY Hotel Fire, Mar 1910
Blakely, PA Trolley Accident, Mar 1904
Waterloo, SC Fire, Jun 1905
Portland, OR Sleet Storm, Jan 1912
Long Island, NY Schooner Carrie A Lane Runs Ashore, Sept 1911
Kusa, OK Wind Storm, Sept 1915
Pembroke, NC Hunt Hatchery Fire, Dec 1943
Lumberton, NC Airplane Crash, Dec 1943
Groesbeck, TX High School Fire, Feb 1910