Historic Disasters

It Happened on September 15 ...

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Long Branch, NY - Syracuse Tornado - 98 Years ago today, Sept 15, 1912. At least 5 killed, dozens injured.

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The Crush at Crush - Crust, TX (West, TX) Staged Train Collision. 114 Years Ago Today - 3 killed when boilers explode - Sept 15, 1896

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Canaan, NH Train Wreck - 103 years ago today - Sept 15, 1907. 25 Killed, dozens injured.

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Philadelphia, PA Congressional Limited Train Wreck, Sept 6 1943

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Congressional Limited Train Wreck - 67 years ago today. 81 people killed; 130 injured.

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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

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Aliceville, KS Tornado, Oct 1903

Allentown, PA School Fire, Mar 1909

Altapass, NC Railroad Explosion, May 1907

Alto, TX Tornado, May 1893

Ardmore, OK Gasoline Explosion, Sept 1915

Arthur City, TX Tornado, Apr 1927

Asheville, NC House Fire, Jan 1907

Attica, IN Train Wreck, Apr 1914

Avon, IN Train Wreck, Nov 1902

Bayou Teche, LA Tornado, Mar 1863

Bethlehem, PA Blizzard, Dec 1909

Big Foot, TX Tornado, Apr 1927

Biggs, CA Fire, Aug 1878

Bison, KS Tornado, Apr 1912

Blackford, KY Tornado, Mar 1890

Blissville, NY Fell in Pool of Acid, Aug 1897

Bluffton, IN Interurban Train Wreck, May 1911

Brownwood, TX Delaware Station Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Burrton, KS Tornado, May 1910

Carmel, IN Train Wreck, Jan 1890

Chapel Hill, NC Struck by Flaming Can of Gasoline, Jan 1907

Cherryvale, KS Tornado, Apr 1892

Chicago, IL Commuter Train Wreck, Oct 1972

Chicago, IL Elevated Train Wreck, May 1899

Chicago, IL Train & Depot Wreck, Jan 1895

Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Mar 1926

Chicago, IL Train Wreck, May 1853

Chicago, IL Train Wreck, Sept 1909

Cleveland, OH Koch & Henke Store Fire, May 1910

Cleveland, OH Sheets Brothers Grain Elevator Fire, Aug 1904

Cloud & Clay Counties, KS Tornado, May 1895

Colby, KS Tornado, Apr 1947

Collinwood, OH School Fire, Mar 1908

Crawfordsville, IN Train Wreck, Jan 1912

Cunningham, KS Tornado, May 1898

Dallas, TX Auto Wreck, Jul 1935

Dallas, TX Two House Fires, Mar 1891

Dalton, MI Six Drown Trying to Save Child, Dec 1931

Dequincy, LA Train Wreck, July 1935

East St. Louis, MO Deering Harvest Machine Co. Fire, Mar 1904

East St. Louis, Mo National Hotel Fire, Aug 1869

El Dorado, KS Tornado, Jun 1871

Elva, KY Tornado, May 1896

Elyria, OH Fire, May 1896

Excel, Manistee & Jones Mill, AL Tornado, Mar 1911

Fairbanks, AK Fire, May 1906

Fort Wayne, IN Train Hits Child Playing on Track, Mar 1917

Fowler, IN Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Fredericktown, OH Business District Fire, Aug 1913

Gainesville, TX Auto Wreck, Mar 1931

Galena, OH Post Office Fire, Apr 1947

Greenville, SC Train Wreck, Apr 1905

Gripple Springs, TX Tornado, May 1907

Hazleton, IN Train Wreck, Mar 1897

Indianapolis, IN Train Wreck, Apr 1910

Indianapolis, IN Train Wreck, Oct 1908

Jessup's Station, IN Train Wreck, Jan 1893

Joplin, MO Lead Company Plant Fire, Feb 1946

Juneau, AK Courthouse & Jail Fire, Jan 1898

Kansas City, MO Comique Theater Fire, Oct 1895

Kansas City, MO Gas Stove Fire, Feb 1904

Kansas City, MO Western Newspaper Union Fire, Mar 1895

Kendallville, IN Interurban Train Accident, Mar 1910

Kentucky Tornado, Apr 1932

Keytesville, MO Fire, Apr 1880

Kingsbury, IN Train Wreck, Sept 1893

Kinsey, IN Train Wreck, Aug 1895

Kinsley, KS Business District Fire, Apr 1879

Kishman, OH Train Wreck, Aug 1905

Lafayette, IN Train Wreck, Jul 1912

Laporte, IN Train Wreck, Oct 1910

Larwill, IN Train Wreck, Feb 1912

Little Woods, LA Train Wreck, Nov 1908

Llano, TX Courthouse Fire, Jan 1892

Llano, TX Courthouse Fire, Sept 1932

Locust Grove, IN Train Wreck, Jul 1902

Lubbock, TX Storm & Lightning Strike, Apr 1926

Malibu Beach, CA Explosion & Fire, Dec 1930

Malone, TX Train Wreck, Jun 1906

Marion, OH Olney Avenue School Building Fire, Jan 1914

Massillon, OH Witherald & Wells Window Glass Works Fire, Aug 1886

Maxton, NC Fire, Nov 1907

Mecklenburg, NC Earthquake, Aug 1886

Melissa, TX Tornado, Apr 1921

Mexia, TX Tornado, Apr 1904

Moberly, MO Wabash Foundry Fire, Oct 1908

Mobile, AL Freshet, Apr 1922

New Orleans, LA Tornado, Oct 1896

New York, NY Fifth Avenue Fire, Oct 1891

Nome, AK Fire, Sept 1905

Oakes, ND Main Street Fire, Oct 1907

Oakland, CA Fire, May 1923

Old Point Comfort, VA Lighthouse Rammed by Boat, Destroyed by Fire, Dec 1909

Philadelphia, PA Roof Collapses During Blizzard, Dec 1909

Port Arthur, TX Tornado, Sept 1897

Racine, WI Steamer Onoko & Schooner Mary D. Ayer Wreck, May 1896

Reading, PA Gas Accident, Mar 1909

Rock Springs, TX Tornado, Apr 1927

Rolla, MO VanFrank's Furniture Store Fire, Sept 1891

Sabetha, KS Tornado, May 1896

San Francisco, CA Auditorium Fire, Nov 1915

San Francisco, CA D. Lundy's Furniture Store Fire, Dec 1881

San Francisco, CA St. George Hotel Fire, Apr 1909

Sand Point, IN Bluffton Interurban Train Wreck, Mar 1917

Seattle, WA Pier Fire, Oct 1915

St. Louis, MO Empire Hotel Fire, Feb 1902

St. Louis, MO Pacific Hotel Fire, Mar 1858

St. Louis, MO Second Baptist Church Fire, Jan 1879

Suggsville, AL Train Wreck, Dec 1906

Upper Sandusky, OH Business District Fire, Nov 1918

Valdez, AK Fire, Dec 1906

Valley View, TX Tornado, Apr 1893

Vivian, LA Train Wreck, Aug 1902

Waldman, TX Tornado, Apr 1912

Washington, DC Treasury Building Fire, Feb 1922

Washington, DC Mrs. Roosevelt Escapes Yacht Accident, May 1907

Washington, DC Willard Hotel Fire, Apr 1922

Washington, NC Business Section Fire, Jul 1911

Williamsport, PA Planing Mill & Furniture Factory Fire, Apr 1879

Wills Point, TX Tornado, May 1907

Wilmington, NC Storm, Sept 1906

Youngstown, OH Todd House Hotel Fire, Oct 1910

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Afton Junction, IA Train Wreck, Feb 1915

Albany, NY Destructive Fire, Nov 1855

Alpena, MI Hail And Wind Storm, July 1903

Barnum, MN fire, Sept 1894

Bartlett, ND Wrecked Train Burns, Apr 1907

Bay City, MI Large Hotel Destroyed, Dec 1906

Beaver Dam, WI Building Collapse, May 1854

Brighton, OH House Fire, Aug 1851

Canton, MO Tornado, June 1835

Colebrook, NH Downtown Fire, July 1903

Council Bluffs, IA Business Fire, Nov 1853

Doyon, ND Limited Train Wreck, Nov 1906

Elizabethtown, PA Tornado, Mar 1830

Farmer City, IL Tornado, Apr 1880

Fayetteville, NY Downtown Fire, June 1852

Goshen, IN Theater Block Fire, Dec 1906

Macon, MS Tornado, Apr 1880

Mexia, TX Cafe & Opera House Fire, May 1908

near Mobile, AL Steamer TUSCALOOSA Explosion, Jan 1847

near Ralston, WA Train Wreck, May 1911

New Paltz, NY Normal School Fire, Mar 1906

New York, NY Jockey Killed, Sep 1906

New York, NY Edison light plant fire, Jan 1890

Off Boston, MA Lighthouse Collapses, Apr 1851

Off Ocean City, NJ SINDIA Ship Wrecks, Dec 1901

Paint Rock, AL Storm Kills Several, Apr 1880

Pascagoula, MS Sawmill Explosion, July 1869

Philadelphia, PA Business Block Fire, Dec 1851

Philadelphia, PA train wreck, Feb 1893

Pittsburg, PA Disastrous Fire, May 1845

Port Jefferson, LI, NY yacht accident and drowning, Aug 1922

Purvis, MS Tornado, Apr 1908

Southeastern CO/Western KS flood, May 1936

Syracuse, NY Train Boiler Explosion, Nov 1852

Troy, NY Phoenix Hotel Fire, Oct 1851

Various Towns, SD, MN Tornado Damage, July 1938

Washington, PA Tornado, Mar 1830

Waynesburg, PA Plant Explosion, Feb 1914

Wilmington, DE Powder Mill Explosion, Aug 1855

Wisconsin Forest Fires, Sept 1894

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Amarillo, TX Caught Hand in Sausage Grinder, Jan 1907

Atlanta, GA Kimball House Hotel fire, Aug 1883

Atlanta, GA Train Accident, Jan 1907

Ayer, MA Town Fire, Apr 1872

Bonanza, UT Mine Blast Kills Eight, Nov 1953

Boseman, MT Saloon Fire, Feb 1898

Boston, MA Bent Building Fire Kills Six Firemen, Feb 1898

Brainerd, MN fire, Apr 1907

Brainerd, MN hotel fire, May 1908

Cambridge, NE Train Wreck, Jan 1888

Carthage, MO Train Derailment, Sep 1908

Cass County, TX Tornado, Jan 1907

Chicago, IL Struck by Golf Ball in Jackson Park, Sept 1910

Chickasha, OK electrical accident, Apr 1930

Chillicothe, OH Town Fire, Apr 1852

Clarksville, TX Dynamite Explosion, jan 1907

Cleburne, TX Sleepwalker Drowns in East Buffalo Creek, Sept 1910

Cobalt, ON Fire, Jul 1909

Coden, Al Storm, May 1908

Colorado Springs, CO Two Trains Derailed Feb. 1887

Crandon, WI Opera House Fire, Feb 1912

Cumminsville, ON Powder Explosion, Oct 1884

Dover, NH Destructive Fire, Jan 1932

Elba, AL House Fire, Mar 1912

Elmwood, NE Tornado, Apr 1919

Emmett, WI Tornado, June 1914

Estelline, SD Fire, Oct 1907

Genesse, ID Lumber Co Fire, Mar 1894

Hamilton, OH Train Hits Auto, Aug 1924

Hardtner, KS Tornado, June 1929

Holt and Custer Counties, NE Tornado Damage, Oct 1913

Hope, ID Pend Oreille River Drownings, Feb 1898

Hyde Park, VT Train Accident, Aug 1906

Jacksonville, TN Powder Stock Explosion, Aug 1924

Lawrenceburg, IN Flood, Jan 1907

Lindale, TX House Fire, Apr 1926

Little Cottonwood, UT Snow Avalanche, Apr 1872

Long Island Sound, CT, NY Yacht Wreck, May 1931

Louisville, KY Fire Strikes City, Oct 1876

Marion, IN Train Derails, Sep 1911

Martha's Vineyard, MA Three Waterspouts, Aug 1896

Middlebury, VT Mill Burns, Sep 1875

Moberly, Carrollton, Marshall, MO Earthquake, Sep 1891

Montgomery, AL Buckeye Mills plant fire, Mar 1911

Moorhead, MN Tornado Derails Train, May 1931

Muncie, IN Trains Collide, Jan 1888

New York City, NY Fire On Broadway, Jan 1888

Omaha, NE Train Accident, Jan 1907

Palmer Lake, CO Train Collision 1890

Pensacola, FL Street Car Wreck, May 1908

Peoria, IL Fire Damage, Jan 1888

Pequot, MN planing mill fire, Oct 1907

Pine, IN Train Goes Through Bridge, Jan 1888

Pomeroy, IA Tornado, Jun 1893

Poughkeepsie, NY Shoddy Pond Drowning, May 1908

Rockford, IL Auto Accident Kills Three, May 1931

Rotan, TX House Fire, Dec 1949

San Bernardino, CA Crushed by Boulder, Jun 1914

Sheepshead Bay, NY house fire, Dec 1909

Silver Plume, CO Snowslide, Feb 1899

St. Charles, MO Railroad Bridge Falls, Nov 1879

Talbotton, GA Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Tiffin, OH Disastrous City Fire, Apr 1872

Tipton, MO Business Portion In Flames, Nov 1873

Tulsa, OK Circus Accident, Sept 1910

Warren, PA Hotel, School Other Buildings Burn, Apr 1872

Washington, DC Arsenal Explosion, Dec 1865

Watertown, SD Tornado, Jun 1914

Wheatland, CA barn fire, Jun 1914

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Addicks, TX Train - Auto Wreck, Dec 1931

Atlanta, GA Jetliner Crashes On Take-Off, May 1960

Atlanta, GA Kimball House Hotel fire, Aug 1883

Bagdad, CA train wreck, Jun 1914

Bemidji, MN Park Hotel fire, Jul 1917

Brooklyn, NY grocery store fire, Jun 1883

Brown County, WI fire, Aug 1886

Buckhannon, WV Fire, Feb 1908

Buffalo, NY fire, Sept 1862

Calumet, MI High School Fire, Jan 1929

Cape May, NJ Fire, Nov 1869

Cape May, NJ Fire, Nov 1878

Cass Lake, MN fall on stairs, Mar 1907

Cecil, PA Flooding Caused By Downpour, July 1896

Chehalis, WA restaurant fire, May 1907

Clifton, AZ mine cave-in, Jun 1906

Copley, CA train wreck, May 1907

Dallas, TX Falls from Porch, Mar 1933

Ellensburg, WA fire, Jul 1889

Fort Howard, WI building fire, Jun 1883

Fort Worth, TX Auto Wreck, Mar 1933

Green Bay, WI lumber company fire, Jul 1909

Green Bay, WI store fire, Mar 1903

Greenville, TX Wholesale Grocery Fire, Dec 1931

Halifax, NS Ship Explosion Catastrophe, Dec 1917

Hamilton, ON Train Crashes Through Bridge, Mar 1857

Hart, MI Drownings, Dec 1931

Hattiesburg, MS Train Wreck, May 1912

Hickory, NC Private Plane Airliner Collide, Apr 1960

Holt, MO train wreck, Sept 1910

Hortense, GA Train Derails, May 1912

Kearney, MO Train Wreck, Mar 1908

Mt. Carmel, IL Tornado, Jun 1887

Nanaimo, BC Mine Explosion Disaster, May 1887

New York, NY airplane falls from sky during race, Oct 1913

Northeastern WI forest fires, Oct 1895

Off St. John's, NF Oil Rig Disaster, Feb 1982

Peekskill, NY drowning, Sept 1908

Philadelphia, PA Explosion, Jan 1918

Pittsburgh, PA whiskey explosion, Feb 1898

Pottsville, PA Mine Explosion, Aug 1908

Roscoe, PA Glove Mine Accident, Jan 1916

Sand Point, ON Train Collision, Feb 1904

St. Lawrence River, QB Sinking Of EMPRESS OF IRELAND, May 1914

Tariffville, CT Wreck At Trestle, Jan 1878

Troy, NY Landslide Into College Building, Mar 1859

Trumbull, CT Railroad Collision, Aug 1865

Tucson, AZ Earthquake Destruction, May 1887

Virginia, MN mine fire, Aug 1917

Wallace, ID mine accident, Feb 1898

Weston, MA McCausland Estate Fire, Jan 1908

Xenia, OH Storms And Flooding, May 1886

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Albany, NY Dye House Fire, May 1852

Albert Lea, MN Tornado Damage, July 1916

Anna, IL Fire, Apr 1879

Annapolis, MD Fire, Feb 1917

Ashley Falls, MA Train Wreck, Aug 1910

Baldwinville, MA Locomotive Boiler Explosion, Dec 1893

Bardwell's Ferry, MA Train Wreck, Apr 1886

Beaver Dam, MN Electrocuted by Street Lamp, Mar 1907

Bennington, VT Plane Wreck, Jul 1930

Bluewater, NM Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Boston, MA Schooner Gracie H Benson Sinking, Nov 1894

Boston, MA Steamer Rose Standish Sinking, Aug 1884

Boston, MA Street Car Wreck, Sept 1911

Brainerd, MN House Fire, Aug 1917

Bridal Veil, OR Train Wreck, Feb 1906

Burnside, KY Mercer Hotel Fire, May 1907

Buzzards Bay, MA Yacht Mystery Wreck, Aug 1883

Canaan, CT Train Accident, Jun 1923

Canemah, OR Steamer Gazelle Explosion, Apr 1854

Canton, IL Opera House Fire, Sept 1893

Cape Race, NF Steamers Europa & Arabia Wreck, Aug 1858

Cass Lake, MN train accident, Mar 1907

Centralia, WA Flood, Mar 1910

Chester, MA Train Wreck, Sept 1893

Clinton, IN Coal Mine Fire, Jun 1897

Clinton, MN Tornado, Jun 1908

Cotton Plant, AR Veneer Plant Fire, Jul 1930

Cripple Creek, CO Fire In Town, Apr 1896

Crookston, MN Red Lake River Near Drowning, Mar 1907

Dakota Windstorm, May 1889

Dallas, TX Tent Home Fire, Mar 1933

Denver, CO Halleck Paint, Oil & Glass Co Fire, Jan 1893

Dugald, MB Train Collision, Sep 1947

East Hartford, CT Train Accident, Nov 1889

Fredonia, NY Traction Company Explosion, Dec 1910

Georgetown, MA Steamer Accident, Oct 1883

Goshen, MA Fatal Runaway Accident, May 1908

Green Bay, WI fire, Dec 1854

Haileybury, ON High School Fire, Feb 1945

Haverhill, MA Cut Hand on Zinc, Oct 1883

Haverhill, MA Fatal Auto Accident, Sept 1911

Henderson, TX Oilfield Fire, Mar 1933

Hermleigh, TX Train Crashes Through Bridge, Apr 1926

Herrin, IL Fire, Aug 1904

Holyoke, MA Hotel On Mount Tom Burns, Oct 1900

Hot Lake, OR Train Wreck, Jun 1946

Hydro, OK Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Illinois Storm, Jan 1876

Irving, TX Johnson Poultry Co Fire, Dec 1954

Ishpeming, MI High School Burns, Aug 1930

Kingston, ON Propeller Ship China Fire, Oct 1872

Kingston, ON Steamer Ocean Wave Fire, May 1853

Kirkland, IL School Fire, May 1910

La Crosse, WI manufacturing and wholesale district fire, Mar 1907

La Salle, IL Unterurban Wreck, Feb 1909

Lassen Peak, CA Volcano Erupts, May 1915

Lawrence, MA Tornado, Jul 1890

Le Beau, LA Flood, May 1927

Lexington, KY Auto Wreck, Dec 1917

Litchfield, IL Masonic Building High School Fire, Oct 1922

Long Island, NY Steamer Thames Fire, Apr 1930

Loon Pond, NH Train Wreck, Sept 1883

Macon, GA Fires, Aug 1883

Macon, GA Train Accident, Sept 1883

Madison, IL Explosion and Fire, Jan 1908

Marion, MA Boat Explosion, Jul 1907

Marion, OR Train Wreck, Aug 1897

Marshfield, OR Schooner Osprey Wreck, Nov 1912

Mecklenburg County, NC Barn Fires, Nov 1907

Memphis, TN railroad freight train house fire, Mar 1907

Merrill, WI Business Section Explosion, July 1960

Monticello, NY Hit and Run Accident, Jul 1931

Nahant, MA Cabin Cruiser Fire, Jul 190

New Bedford, MA Schooner J. W. Campbell Wrecks, Apr 1896

New Britain, CT Train - Delivery Wagon Wreck, Dec 1905

New York, NY Fatal Street Car Wreck, Jun 1905

New York, NY Streetcar Wreck, Jun 1910

Newberry, SC fire, Mar 1907

Niagara On the Lake, ON Strathcona Hotel Fire, Aug 1909

Nova Scotia Forest Fires, Jun 1873

Off Asbury Park, NJ The SS MORRO CASTLE Disaster, Sep 1934

Off Newport Beach, CA Two Destroyers Collide, July 1960

Off Vancouver Island, BC Steamer VALENCIA Disaster, Jan 1906

Ottawa, KS Santa Fe Shops Fire, May 1918

Peoria, IL Livery Stable Fire, Aug 1904

Pipestone, MN Tornado, July 1913

Pleasant Prairie, WI Powder Explosion, Mar 1911

Pond Creek, OK Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Purcell, OK House Fire, Mar 1933

Quebec, QB Fire, Jun 1881

Quebec, QB Quebec Seminary Fire, Jan 1888

Robert Lee, TX Coke County Courthouse Fire, Feb 1891

Rouarks Ranch, AZ Walnut Grove Dam Burst, Feb 1890

Sandwich, MA House Fire, Oct 1883

Shelburne Falls, MA Train Wreck, Apr 1886

Smithton, IL House Fire, Oct 1922

Spade, TX Girls Drown in Storm, Apr 1926

Springhill, NS Mine Explosion, Nov 1956

St. John's, QB Fire, Jun 1876

St. John, NB Fire, Jun 1877

St. Paul, MN Train - Truck Collision, July 1960

Stockbridge, GA Train Accident, Aug 1883

The Dalles, OR Train Wreck, Feb 1890

Toronto, ON Ship NORONIC Burns, Sept 1949

Vineyard Haven, MA Fire, Aug 1883

Walla Walla, WA Hunt Manufacturing Co Fire, Sept 1898

Wallingford, CT House Fire, Jan 1886

West Cambridge, MA Train Wreck, Sept 1892

West Ridge, IL House Fire, Apr 1909

Wilcoe, WV Mine Explosion, Feb 1905

Windsor, NS Fire, Oct 1897

Winnipeg, MB Earthquake, May 1909

Woodbourne, NY Truck - Bus Wreck, Jul 1931

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Arnolds Park, IA Store Fire, July 1909

Biwabik, MN mine accident, Jul 1906

Brainerd, MN fire, Jan 1907

Breckenridge, MN fire Mar 1907

Chelsea, CT Fire, Nov 1793

Cincinnati, OH flood, Jan 1907

Clarendon, VT Fire, May 1906

Denver, CO Bomber Crashes, June 1956

Dushore, PA Tornado, June 1922

Eveleth, MN buggy accident, Aug 1906

Fort Frances, MB Saw Accident, Aug 1908

Gallipolis, OH Furniture Factory Fire, Apr 1911

Glasgow, MO Truck And Bus Accident, Dec 1946

Granada, CO Buildings Burn, Mar 1909

Issoudun, QB Jetliner Crashes, Aug 1957

Jackson, UT Train Wreck & Explosion Destroys Town, Feb 1904

Kansas City, MO Elevator Accident, Mar 1908

Lakota, ND fires, Aug 1917

London, ON Three Story Building Collapse, July 1907

Ludlow, KY train wreck, Jun 1914

Macon, MT Train Wreck, Jan 1907

Margie, MN store fire, Mar 1907

Middletown, PA fire, Apr 1910

near Gander, NF Belgian Airliner Crashes, Sep 1946

New Brunswick, NJ drowning, Jun 1909

New York, NY Hudson River drowning, Jul 1905

Off Queen Charlotte, BC Airliner Crashes, June 1963

Regina, SK Tornado, July 1912

Sacramento, CA Bomber Crashes Into Guard House, Jan 1952

Sadler, NC train wreck, Jun 1914

Saint Paul, MN well caves in on contractor, Mar 1907

Sandspit, BC Airlift Plane Crashes, Jan 1952

Scranton, PA mine accident, Jul 1906

Springfield, GA train wreck, Oct 1922

Springhill, NS Mine Explosion, Oct 1958

Springhill, NS Portion Of Town Burns, Dec 1957

Ste. Therese De Blainville, QB Airliner Crashes, Nov 1963

Stephenville, NF Airliner Crashes, Oct 1946

Tucumcari, NM train wreck, Oct 1922

Union, MS Plane Crash, Dec 1946

Windsor, ON Detroit, MI Tornado Leaves Ruin, Jun 1946

Winnepeg, MB Street Car Accident, Aug 1908

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Annapolis, MD Episcopal Church Fire, Feb 1858

Annapolis, MD fire, Oct 1883

Arcadia, WI train wreck, Sept 1894

Barnum, MN fire, Sept 1894

Black Diamond, WA Morgan Slope Mine Explosion, Apr 1907

Bradford, MA Paper Mill Accident, Oct 1883

Brainerd, MN fires, Mar 1907

Brainerd, MN sawmill fire, Apr 1907

Brooklyn, NY steamship Harry Luckenbach burned at pier, Dec 1909

Brussels, Williamsonville, Peshtigo forest fire, Oct 1871

Cap-Pele, NB Truck - Hay Wagon Collision, Oct 1989

Chicago, IL Poison Gas Escape, Feb 1978

Cincinnati, OH West & Tice Building Fire, Jan 1892

Coastal AK, Steamer PRINCESS SOPHIA Sinks, Oct 1918

Cranbrook, BC Airliner Crashes On Landing, Feb 1978

Cumberland, MD Landslide, Mar 1890

Cumby, TX Fatal Coal Oil Explosion, Dec 1930

Dallas, TX Columbian Club fire, Jul 1930

Dallas, TX downtown block fire, Apr 1930

Deer River, MN train wreck, Mar 1907

Duluth, MN - WI fall from bridge, Mar 1907

Eastport, MD shipyard fire, Aug 1918

Edmonton, AB Canadian Tornado, Aug 1987

Estelline, TX Store and W. O. W. Hall Fire, Jun 1914

Fernie, Michel and other towns, BC Terrible Forest Fires, Aug 1908

Forsyth, GA newspaper office fire, Sept 1883

Gander, NF Charter Jet Crashes, Dec 1985

Grays, GA train wreck, Jan 1907

Green Bay, WI fire, Nov 1853

Green Bay, WI steamboat fire, Nov 1901

Green Bay, WI steamer fire, Nov 1887

Grenada, MS train - auto wreck, Jul 1930

Hinton, AB Head On Train Collisioin, Feb 1986

Howe Sound, BC Snowslide Wipes Out Camp, Mar 1915

Hull, Ottawa, ON Cities Burn, Apr 1900

Humboldt, KS Fire, Jan 1883

Jamaica Bay, NY Old Mill Creek drowning, Jul 1905

Kansas City, KS Nelson Morris & Co Packing Plant Fire, Jan 1908

Kansas City, MO auto exhibit fire, Feb 1925

La Salle, QB Chemical Plant Explosion, Oct 1966

Long Beach, CA gambling ship fire,Aug 1930

Long Island, KS Fire, May 1909

Lowell, AZ mine explosion, Jan 1907

Lufkin, TX Fatal Truck - Cow Wreck, Dec 1954

Marlin, TX Tenement House Fire, Jan 1892

Marshalltown, IA Machine Company Plant Fire, June 1911

Millers Falls, MA Froze to Death, Dec 1893

Milton, KS Train Wreck, May 1910

Mississauga, ON Nursing Home Fire, July 1980

Montreal, QB Nightclub Fire, Sept 1972

near Nome, AK Plane Crashes, July 1980

Norfolk, VA fire, Jan 1907

Norton, KS Alfalfa Mill Fire, May 1907

Norton, MA Talbot & Sons Mill Wool Storehouse Fire, May 1909

Oconto Falls, WI Footbridge Collapses, Oct 1906

Osier, CO train derailment, Mar 1907

Peshtigo, WI forest fire, Oct 1871

Pleasant Prairie, WI powder plant explosion, Jan 1907

Ponoka, AB Train Derailment, July 1911

Porcupine District, ON Forest Fires, July 1911

Quebec, QB Academy For Boys Burns, Dec 1927

Robertson's Flat, CA mine fire, Jul 1930

San Antonio, TX Elks Ballroom fire, Dec 1930

San Marcos, TX Converse Gin & Mill Fire, Jan 1892

Sault Au Cochon, QB Airliner Crash, Sept 1949

Snyder, TX Flood, Apr 1926

Spokane, WA Fire, Jan 1898

St. Foy, QB Plane Crash, Mar 1979

St. Hyacinthe, QB Bus Crash Kills Several, June 1979

Stellarton, NS Mine Explosion, Jan 1952

Stewart, BC Avalanche Disaster, Feb 1965

Swift Current, SK Truck and Bus Collision, May 1980

Toronto, ON Fire Destroys Business District, Apr 1904

Waco, TX Stephenson Mattress Factory Fire, Jan 1892

Whiting, IN Standard Oil Explosion, Apr 1922

Williamsport, MD flood, Mar 1936

Yakima, WA Parade Grandstand Collapse, May 1935

Yemassee, SC train wreck, Jan 1907

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Mattoon, IL Train Wreck, Sept 1887

Cape May, NJ Fire, Nov 1878

Little Walnut Grove, IA Drowning, Jun 1860

Keokuk County, IA Drowning, Aug 1885

Linn County, Iowa Jacob Mann Drowning, Jul 1851

Clinton, IA Boat Accident & Drownings, Jun 1899

Decorah, IA Storm & Flood, May 1902

Fort Wayne, IN New Aveline Hotel Fire, May 1908

Fort Wayne, IN Centlivre Bicycle Gear Case Works Fire, Feb 1898

Fort Wayne, IN Hubbard Bee Hive Plant Fire, Feb 1898

Fort Wayne, IN Trentman Block Fire, Nov 1896

Lagrange, IN St. Joe Valley Car Shops Fire, Nov 1911

Marion, IN Oil Well Fire, May 1899

Perrysville, IN Railroad Station & Yard Fire, Jun 1899

West Baden, IN Mineral Springs Hotel Fire, Jun 1901

Wheeling, WV Millinery Store Fire, Aug 1908

Mount Hope, WV Fire, Mar 1910

Mackeyville, WV Hotel Fire, Mar 1895

Hambleton, WV Tannery Fire, Mar 1910

Creston, WV Fire, Mar 1917

Fairmont, WV Monongah Mine Explosion, May 1895

Pleasant View, WV Train Wreck, May 1907

Pittsburgh, PA Blanck storage house fire, Sept 1909

York, PA roller mill explosion, Aug 1908

Huntington, WV towboat Defender explosion, Jan 1905

Fort Worth, TX fatal railroad fire, Mar 1931

Long Beach, LI, NY explosion, Aug 1901

Overton, TX train - auto wreck, Mar 1933

Newport News, VA ocean liner Segovia fire, Dec 1931

Rockaway Beach, CA fishing trawler explosion, Dec 1931

Long Beach, CA oil refinery explosion, Jun 1933

Steveston, BC Airliner Crashes In Straits, Apr 1947

Estevan, SK Airliner Crashes, Sep 1946

Canoe River, BC Train Collision, Nov 1950

Toronto, ON University Fire, Feb 1890

Copiah and Lincoln Co, MS The Storm of 1883

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Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Chester County, PA Tornado, Jul 1877

Coral, PA Four Children Drown While Skating, Jan 1908

Williamsport, PA House Fire, Dec 1894

Troy, PA Brookside Stock Farm Fire, Aug 1893

Philadelphia, PA Planing Mill Fire, Jan 1884

Keating Summit, PA Fire, May 1884

Aliquippa, PA Steamer Aliquippa Sinking, Aug 1928

Pittsburgh, PA Storm, Aug 1895

Pittsburgh, PA Storm, Apr 1884

Connellsville, PA Area Storm & Flood, May 1902

Knoxville & Western PA Wind Storm, Mar 1902

Lockhaven, PA Storm, Nov 1900

McDonald, PA Storm and Lightning Strike, Mar 1902

Somerset, PA Storm, May 1911

Uniontown, PA Windstorm Hits Circus Tent, Jun 1917

York, PA Tornado, Apr 1856

Pittsburgh, PA Tornado, Jan 1889

Philadelphia, PA Tornado, Apr 1856

Windsor, ON Department Store Explosion, Oct 1960

Kingstree, SC Freight Wreck, Nov 1913

Omaha, NE Drowned Under Plank Sidewalk, Aug 1880

Leominster, MA Wind Storm, Apr 1931

Yamachiche, QB Bus and Truck Crash, Feb 1954

near Cairo, IL Steamer STONEWALL Burns, Oct 1869

Long Beach Explosion, Mar 1931

Corsicana, TX Downtown Building Fire, Mar 1931

Dallas, TX Ambulance Wreck, Dec 1931

near Gaspe, QB Airliner Crashes, July 1948

near Montreal, QB Airliner Crashes, Oct 1943

Hinckley, Various Other Towns, MN, WI Fires, Sep 1894

Chester County, PA Tornado, Jul 1877

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Chester County, PA Tornado, Jul 1877

Transcription from the book "A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, PA, 1877" - the story of the tornado that struck the Chester County PA Area on July 1, 1877.
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