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Delaware Disasters

Tragic Accidents & Deaths

More Delaware Disasters
Earthquakes
:: East Coast Earthquake, Aug 1884
Explosions
:: Rockland, DE Dupont Powder Mills Explosion, Oct 1890
:: Washington, DE Explosion, Jun 1928
:: Wilmington, DE Jessup & Moore Paper Co Explosion, Aug 1902
:: Wilmington, DE Dupont Powder Mill Exploson, Aug 1857
:: Wilmington, DE Dupont Powder Company Explosion, Aug 1915
:: Wilmington, DE Dupont Powder Company Explosion, Dec 1915
:: Wilmington, DE Dupont Powder Plant Explosion, Mar 1917
Fires
:: Dover, DE Cocheco Manufacturing Co Factory Fire, Feb 1902
:: Edgemont, DE Forest Fire, Nov 1915
:: Kent County, DE Fires, Jan 1914
:: Middletown, DE Brady's Creamery Fire Aug 1906
:: Milford, DE Evaporator Fire, Aug 1882
:: Milton, DE Fire, Aug 1909
:: Point Breeze, DE Fire Jun 1873
:: Seaford, DE Fire, Aug 1900
:: Stanton, DE Jacobs House Fire, Jan 1904
:: Wilmington, DE Eighth Street Market House Fire, Jul 1903
:: Wilmington, DE Fatal Cellar Fire, Feb 1902
:: Wilmington, DE Warehouse Fire, Jan 1860
Tornadoes
:: Greenville, DE Tornado, Mar 1892
:: Seaford, DE Tornado, June 1911
:: Wilmington, DE Tornado, Apr 1856
Train Wrecks
:: Delmar, DE Train Wreck, Feb 1909
:: Dover, DE Train Wreck, Feb 1902
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Millsboro, DE Train Accident, Dec 1917
:: Wilmington, DE Trolley Wreck, May 1901
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:: Laurel, DE Auto Accident, Dec 1919
:: Wilmington, DE Sled Accident, Feb 1912
:: Dover, DE Drowned While Skating, Feb 1902
:: Greenwood, DE Drowned in Tub of Water, Dec 1908
:: Milford, DE Steamer Delaware Fire, Mar 1900
:: Wilmington, DE Steamer Erickson Sinking, Feb 1898
:: Off Dover, DE Military Cargo Plane Missing Off Coast, Sep 1963
:: New Castle, DE TWA Constellation Crashes, Nov 1947
:: Northern Delaware Storms and Lightning, Jun 1875
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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.
 
Fame Fire Co., 2nd and Orange Streets, Wilmington, DE, early 1900s