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Explosions
Bessemer, AL Sterling Dynamite Factory Explosion, Apr 1892 Mobile, AL Power Plant Explosion, Feb 1919 Mobile, AL The Great Magazine Explosion, May 1865 Pell City, AL Dynamite Explosion, Nov 1902
Fires
Abbeville, AL Fire, May 1906 Aliceville, AL Cotton Warehouse Fire, May 1908 Attalla, AL Fire, 1887 Attalla, AL Fire, Sept 1891 Birmingham, AL Fire, Nov 1901 Birmingham, AL Metropolitan Hotel Fire, Feb 1900 Birmingham, AL Southern Female University Fire, Dec 1893 Eufaula, AL Boarding House Fire, Nov 1901 Gadsden, AL Fire, Jul 1883 Gadsden, AL Fire, Jun 1882 Lanett, AL Cotton Mills Fire, May 1901 Marion, AL Fire, Dec 1857 Mobile, AL Battle House Hotel Fire, Feb 1905 Mobile, AL Fire, Feb 1887 Mobile, AL Fire, May 1919 Mobile, AL Fire, Oct 1890 Montgomery, AL Capital Brewery Stable Fire, Jul 1904 Montgomery, AL Restaurant Fire, Feb 1967 New Hope, AL Cotton Warehouse Fire, Nov 1912 Troy, AL Cotton Warehouse Fire, Nov 1891 Union Springs, AL Depot Fire, Nov 1915
Floods
Elba, AL Flood, Mar 1929 Geneva, AL Flood, Mar 1929
Hurricanes
::	Alabama Hurricane, Aug 1860
::	Alabama Hurricane, Sept 1860
::	Alabama Hurricane, Sept - Oct 1860
::	Mobile, AL Hurricane, Oct 1893
::	Mobile, AL Hurricane, Sept 1906
::	Portersville, AL Hurricane, Oct 1893

Mining Explosions & Accidents
Acmar, AL Mine No. 3 Explosion, May 1922 Acmar, AL Mine No. 6 Explosion, Jul 1941 Belle Ellen, AL Coal Mine Explosion, Feb 1922 Belle Ellen, AL Mine Fire, Sept 1897 Birmingham, AL Mine Explosion Disaster, Aug 1943 Birmingham, AL Mine Explosion In Overton Mine, Dec 1925 Birmingham, AL Banner Coal Mine Explosion, Jun 1917 Dolomite, AL Mine Explosion, Nov 1922 Gadsden, AL Hammond Mining Co Explosion, Oct 1908 Helena, AL Coal Mine Explosion, Jan 1926 Littleton, AL Banner Mine Explosion, Apr 1911 Mulga, AL Blast Shatters Mine, Oct 1937 Near Birmingham, AL Coal Mine Explosion, Apr 1919 Palos, AL No 3 Coal Mine Explosion, May 1910 Piper, AL Little Cahaba Coal Co Mine Accident, May 1925 Virginia, AL Mine Explosion, Feb 1905 Yolande, AL Coal Mine Explosion, Dec 1907
Ship Wrecks
Bayou Goula, AL Steamer H. M. CARTER Explodes, Nov 1908 Mobile, AL Ferry Boat Ocean Wave Explosion, Aug 1871
Storms
::	Decatur, AL Storm, Mar 1902
::	Florence, AL Storm, Mar 1902
::	Mobile, AL Wind Storm, Jul 1916

Tornadoes
Atmore, AL Tornado, May 1908 Birmingham, AL Deadly Tornado, Apr 1956 Cherokee County, AL Tornado, Apr 1903 Darlington, AL Tornado, Mar 1902 DeKalb County, AL Tornado, May 1893 Eufaula, AL Tornado, Mar 1919 Florence, AL Destructive Tornado, Mar 1854 Hopewell, AL Tornado, Apr 1903 Lower Peachtree, AL Tornado, Mar 1913 Madison County, AL Tornado, Apr 1884 Montgomery, AL tornado Apr 1984 Morrison, AL Tornado, Mar 1913 Moundsville, AL Tornado, Jan 1904 Opelousas, AL Tornado, Jun 1901 Randolph, AL Tornado, Jan 1885 Selma, AL area Tornado, Jan 1885 Thomasville, AL Tornado, Mar 1913 Towns, LA, MS, AL Tornado Destruction, Apr 1908 Various Towns, AL - GA - TN, Tornado Outbreak, Mar 1932 Various Towns, AL, TN, MS Tornado Damage, Apr 1920 Various Towns, MS, AL Tornado Destruction, Apr 1883 Various Towns, SC GA AL Tornado Destruction, Apr 1924
Train Wrecks
Berry, AL Train Wreck, Sept 1902 Birmingham, AL Cahaba River Bridge Train Wreck, Dec 1896 Birmingham, AL Cahaba River Bridge Train Wreck, May 1908 Birmingham, AL Train Wreck, Jun 1907 Birmingham, AL Train Wreck, Nov 1901 Birmingham, AL Train Wreck, Oct 1890 Blocton, AL Train Wreck, Nov 1901 Bolling, AL Train Wreck, Mar 1896 Bryan, AL Train Wreck, May 1903 Calera, AL Train Wreck, Jun 1890 Childersburg, AL Train Accident, Nov 1887 Chunchula, AL Train Wreck, Nov 1901 Eufaula, AL Train Wreck, Nov 1913 Fackler, AL School Bus And Train Collision, Jan 1960 Goodwater, AL Hatcher's Creek Train Wreck, Oct 1891 Greenville, AL Train Wreck Feb 1895 Grudup, AL Train Hits Auto At Crossing, Aug 1943 Montgomery, AL runaway electric car, May 1908 Opelika, AL Train Accident, Oct 1887 Opelika, AL train wreck, Dec 1913 Paint Rock, AL Baggageman Killed by Trunk, Jul 1904 Pratt City, AL Train Wreck, Oct 1907 Saraland, AL Train Wreck, Sept 1993 St Elmo, AL Train Wreck, Nov 1901 Summerfield, AL Train Wreck, Oct 1891 Wilhites Station, AL Freight Trains Collide On Bridge, Jan 1886

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