Connecticut Disasters

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• East Coast Earthquake, Aug 1884

• Ansonia, CT Hotel Fire, Apr 1883
• Ansonia, CT Fire, Mar 1882
• Birmingham, CT Fire, Jan 1879
• Bridgeport, CT Barnum Block Fire, Sept 1895
• Bridgeport, CT Fires, Sept 1892
• Bridgeport, CT Star Shirt Co Fire, Feb 1906
• Bridgeport, CT Steeplechase Island Ballpark Fire, Aug 1907
• Canaan, CT Post Office Block Robbery, Explosion and Fire, Mar 1903
• Chapinville, CT Scoville Mansion Fire, Jan 1917
• Danbury, CT Berkerlee Hat Factory Fire, Jun 1885
• Danbury, CT Fire, Apr 1896
• Danbury, CT Fire, Feb 1890
• Danbury, CT Fire, Jun 1888
• Danbury, CT Fire, Mar 1896
• Danbury, CT Fur Factory Fire, Jul 1874
• Danbury, CT Keeler Street Block Fire, Nov 1895
• Danbury, CT Lamp Fire, Jan 1887
• Danbury, CT Perry Block Fire, May 1888
• Danbury, CT Warner House Fire, Oct 1889
• Danielson, CT Fire, Sept 1900
• East Hartford, CT Fire, May 1922
• East Thompson, CT Railroad Station Fire, Nov 1899
• Fall Mountain, CT House Fire, Nov 1956
• Glastonbury, CT Soap Factory Fire, Nov 1890
• Greenwich, CT Fire, Jul 1908
• Hartford, CT Auditorium Fire, Feb 1914
• Hartford, CT Five Story Building Fire, Jan 1933
• Meriden, CT Mill Fire, Apr 1870
• Middletown, CT Depot Fire in Flood, Mar 1913
• Middletown, CT Fire, Nov 1894
• Middletown, CT Insale Hospital Fire, Dec 1919
• Middletown, CT Yacht Waiontha Fire, Aug 1903
• Milford, CT Ingleside School Fire, Dec 1902
• Milford, CT Smith's Hotel Fire, Mar 1923
• Milford, CT Train Fire, Apr 1914
• New Britian, CT Catholic Church Explosion & Fire, Jan 1904
• New Canaan, CT Opera House Fire, Dec 1892
• New Canaan, CT Sellecks Corners Dwelling House Fire, Sept 1888
• New Hartford, CT Fire, Oct 1885
• New Haven, CT Fire Destroys Four-Story Loft, Jan 1957
• New Haven, CT House Fire, Jan 1909
• New Haven, CT Jail Fire Claims Six Firemen, Apr 1910
• New Haven, CT Bigelow Ironworks Fire, Jun 1873
• New Haven, CT Car Trimming Co Fire, Jun 1882
• New Haven, CT Grand Opera House Fire, Apr 1915
• New Haven, CT Headley Bldg Fire, Jan 1904
• New Haven, CT Hotel Tontine Fire, Oct 1897
• New Haven, CT House Fire, Jan 1900
• New Haven, CT Lincoln Rink Fire, Mar 1892
• New Haven, CT Railroad Car Fire, May 1903
• New Haven, CT Rialto Theatre House Fire, Nov 1921
• New Haven, CT Sabatini's Restaurant Fire, Jan 1920
• New London, CT Pequot House Fire, May 1908
• New London, CT Central Hotel and Dry Goods Store Fire Apr 1891
• New London, CT Old Yale Brewery Fire, Jan 1923
• New Milford, CT Barn Fire, Oct 1893
• New Milford, CT Fire, May 1902
• New Milford, CT Fire, Nov 1860
• New Milford, CT Fires, Apr 1897
• New Milford, CT Ingleside School Fire, Dec 1902
• New Milford, CT Wood Finishing Co Fire, Feb 1902
• Norwalk, CT Fires, Nov 1956
• Norwalk, CT Scofield House Fire, Jun 1923
• Norwich, CT Hotel Fire, Dec 1883
• Norwich, CT St. Patrick's Catholic Church Fire, Mar 1887
• Ridgefield, CT Fire, Dec 1895
• South Windham, CT Sanitarium Fire, Apr 1907
• Southport, CT Stable Fire, Mar 1889
• Stafford Springs, CT Jail Cell Fire, Sept 1898
• Stamford, CT Town Hall Fire, Feb 1904
• Stamford, CT Dog Saves Man from Holly House Fire, Mar 1908
• Stamford, CT Town Hall Fire, Feb 1904
• Tariffville, CT Carpet Co Fire, Jun 1867
• Thompsonville, CT Carpet Mill Fire, Nov 1889
• Wallingford, CT Button Factory Fire, Dec 1853
• Wallingford, CT Fire, Dec 1883
• Wallingford, CT Fire, Oct 1867
• Wallingford, CT Holy Trinity Church Struck by Lightning, Jul 1911
• Wallingford, CT House Fire, Jan 1886
• Wallingford, CT Meadow Street Fire, Jun 1884
• Wallingford, CT Temperance Hall Fire, Feb 1885
• Wallingford, CT Wallingford Wheel Co Fire, Mar 1880
• Wallingford, CT Wallingford Wheel Co Lightning and Fire, May 1858
• Warren, CT House Fire, Sept 1827
• Waterbury, CT Button Factory Fire, Aug 1865
• Waterbury, CT Dry Goods Store Fire, Feb 1894
• Waterbury, CT Exchange Hotel Fire, Jan 1904
• Waterbury, CT Factory Fire, Jan 1896
• Waterbury, CT Hotel Connecticut Fire, Jan 1916
• Waterbury, CT Hotel Fire, Sept 1916
• Waterbury, CT St Johns Church Fire, Dec 1868
• Wauregan, CT Barn Fire, Aug 1887
• West Haven, CT Fires, Dec 1893
• Willimantic, CT Railroad Car Fire, Jan 1891
• Wilton, CT Fire, May 1853
• Windsor, CT Windsor Hotel Fire, July 1869
• Winsted, CT Business Section Destroyed, Aug 1908
• Winsted, CT Beardsley Hotel Fire, Nov 1939

• Bridgeport, CT Flood, Jul 1905

• Bristol, CT Flood & Bridge Collapse, Feb 1896

• Bristol, CT Flood, Feb-Mar 1896

• Forestville, CT Flood, Mar 1896

• Hartford, CT Flood, Mar 1936

• Waterbury, CT Flood, Feb 1896

• Waterbury, CT Flood, Sept 1882

• Winsted, CT Flood, Mar 1896

• Wallingford, CT Tornado, Aug 1878

• Winsted, CT Tornado Oct 1883

• Allings Siding, CT Train Wreck, Sept 1907
• Branford, CT Passenger Train Thrown Off Rails, Aug 1865
• Bridgeport, CT Train - Auto Wreck, Jun 1923
• Bridgeport, CT Train Wreck, Jul 1911
• Canaan, CT Train Wreck, Jan 1896
• Canaan, CT Train Wreck, Jun 1913
• Collinsville, CT Train Wreck, Aug 1900
• Darien, CT Head On Collision, Aug 1969
• Derby, CT Train Wreck, Apr 1908
• East Thompson, CT Train Wreck, Dec 1891
• Fairfield, CT Train Wreck, Jun 1911
• Forestville, CT Train Wreck, Mar 1896
• Harrisons Landing, CT Train Wreck, Oct 1892
• Hartford, CT Train Wreck, Dec 1906
• Hartford, CT Train Wreck, Jun 1907
• Hartford, CT Train Wreck, Sept 1867
• Jewetts Crossing, CT Train Wreck, Jan 1908
• Manchester, CT Engine Boiler Explodes, Mar 1888
• Milford, CT Trains In Rear End Collision, Feb 1916
• Milford, CT Train Fire, Apr 1914
• New Haven, CT Train Wreck, Sept 1913
• New Milford, CT Train Wreck, Mar 1902
• Norwalk, CT Train Wreck, May 1853
• Norwich, CT Train Wreck, Sept 1913
• Oronoque, CT Trolley Falls Off Trestle, Aug 1899
• Plainville, CT Train Wreck, Mar 1900
• Sandy Hook, CT Train Wreck, Oct 1902
• Seymour, CT Train Wreck, Jul 1889
• Shelton, CT Train Wreck, May 1894
• Short Beach, CT Trolley Car Accident, July 1902
• Stamford, CT Railroad Accident, Jul 1911
• Stamford, CT Train Wreck, Jun 1913
• Stonington, CT Train Wreck, Jul 1912
• Unionville, CT Conductor Slipped on Platform, Mar 1900
• Waterbury, CT Train - Carriage Wreck, Oct 1899
• Waterbury, CT Train Wreck, Mar 1907
• Waterbury, CT Train Wreck, Oct 1895
• West Stratford, CT Train Wreck, Jan 1888
• Westport - Saugatuck, CT Train Wreck, Oct 1912
• Willimantic, CT Railroad Car Fire, Jan 1891
• Yalesville, CT Train Wreck, Feb 1916

• New London. CT Steamer Ontario Fire, Apr 1912
• New Haven, CT Steamer Elm City Fire, Jul 1891
• Bridgeport, CT Fall from Fire Escape, Jun 1923
• Hartford, CT Automobile Explosion, Jun 1904
• Hartford, CT Auto Wreck, Sept 1913