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Ft. Wayne, IN Hotel Aveline Fire
May 1908
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Mullinville, KS Tornado 1915
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Disasters
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related accidents, automobile wrecks, mishaps,
building collapses |
Air Disasters
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crashes, balloon & zeppelin mishaps
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Building Collapses
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Tower
collapses, walls falling, etc. |
Drownings
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Rescues, &
near drownings |
Earthquakes
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Seismic
anomalies, tremors |
Explosions
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Powder,
gas, mines explosions & blasts |
Fires
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Forest
fires, prairie fires, house fires |
Floods
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High
water, dams breaking, freshets |
Hurricanes
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Tropical
storms, tsunamis, water spouts |
Mining Disasters
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Explosions, cave-ins, accidents |
Ship Wrecks
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Ship disasters, capsizing, boating accidents, etc. |
Storms
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Lightning strikes, wind, dust, hail,
snow, etc. |
Tornadoes
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Cyclones &
twisters |
Train Wrecks
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Accidents, trolley, interurban, street car, traction
train wrecks |
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Welcome to GenDisasters.com |
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| Welcome to GenDisasters, a look back at
the events that touched our ancestor's lives - tornadoes, fires, floods,
hurricanes, train wrecks, mine explosions, and tragic accidents that became
a part of history and our genealogy. |
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Mt. Clement, MI Fire
Department and Engine House, early 1900s |
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| New York City Firemen with
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