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What You'll Find Here.  Newspaper articles about Train Wrecks, Fires, Floods, Shipwrecks, Plane Crashes, Accidents and other disasters.  Most of these articles list the dead and injured or missing. Use the Search Box to search for your ancestors or Browse the articles by type of disaster, state or year.

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Germantown, PA Lutheran Orphan Asylum Fire, Dec 1920

Submitted by Stu Beitler
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PHILADELPHIA FIREMEN SAVE 68 LITTLE GIRLS.

MATRONS AND NURSES AIDING, NO FATALITIES ATTEND BURNING OF LUTHERAN ASYLUM.  read more »

Brownsville, PA Braznell Mine Explosion, Dec 1899

Submitted by Stu Beitler

Terrific Explosion in a Pennsylvania Coal Mine.

SHOCK FELT FOUR MILES AWAY.  read more »

Bangor, ME Charcoal Pit Explosion, Dec 1890

Submitted by Linda Horton

A HEAVY EXPLOSION

An Acre of Ground Covered by Debris from a Charcoal Pit.  read more »

Amarillo, TX Capitol Theater and Hotel Fire, Dec 1954

Submitted by Linda Horton

Fire at Amarillo Destroys Theater, Routs Hotel Guests.

AMARILLO, Texas, (AP)---Fire destroyed a theater here Tuesday and routed 10 guests in an adjoining second-floor hotel.  read more »

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