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Georgia Disasters

Tragic Accidents & Deaths

More Georgia Disasters
Drownings
:: Oglethorpe, GA Drowning Rescue, Aug 1903
:: Satilla Mills, GA Boating Accident & Drownings, Jun 1868
:: Savannah, GA Drowning, Jul 1906
:: Smyrna, GA Drowning, Jun 1925
:: Thunderbolt, GA Drowning Rescue, Jul 1908
:: Toccoa, GA Dam Failure and Flood, Nov 1977
:: Tybee, GA Drowning, Jun 1908
 
Fires
:: Atlanta, GA Winecoff Hotel Fire, Dec 1946
:: Atlanta, GA Terminal Hotel Fire, May 1938
:: Atlanta, GA Simon's Store Fire, Mar 1910
:: Atlanta, GA Piedmont Stables Fire, May 1908
:: Atlanta, GA Arlington Hotel Fire, May 1907
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Atlanta, GA Whitehall Street Fire, Aug 1919
:: Atlanta, GA Georgia Hotel Fire, Jun 1921
:: Dalton, GA Business Block Fire, Apr 1911
:: Elberton, GA Fire, Feb 1902
:: Ellaville, GA Depot Fire, Dec 1915
:: Fayetteville, GA Depot Fire, Feb 1902
:: Gainesville, GA Cotton Warehouse Fire, Jan 1900
:: Griffin, GA Fire, Oct 1891
:: Hephzibah, GA Fire, Oct 1891
:: Lyons, GA Toombs County Courthouse Fire, Nov 1917
:: Macon GA Store Fire Nov 1888
:: Marietta, GA Fire, Dec 1906
:: Montpelier Springs, GA College Fire, Dec 1897
:: Mount Airy, GA Hotel Monterey Fire, Jul 1907
:: Newnan, GA Fires, Oct 1891
:: Savannah, GA Brick Works Fire, Oct 1891
:: Savannah, GA Fire, Feb 1894
:: Savannah, GA Tybee Hotel Fire, Jul 1909
:: Scraven, GA Cotton Gin and Grocery Store Fire, Oct 1891
:: Talbotton, GA Fires Apr 1902
:: Willacoochee, GA Fire, May 1901
Floods
:: Albany, GA Flood, Mar 1913
:: Athens, GA Flood, Aug 1908
:: Augusta, GA Flood Aug 1908
:: Columbus, GA Flood, Feb 1900
:: Elberton, GA Flood, Aug 1908
:: Griffin, GA Flood, Feb 1900
:: Macon, GA Flood, Feb 1900
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Montezuma, GA Flood, Feb 1900
:: Toccoa, GA Dam Failure and Flood, Nov 1977
:: West Point, GA Flood, Feb 1900
Hurricanes
:: Sea Islands Hurricane, Sept 1893
:: Hurricane 1898
Tornadoes
:: Athens, GA Tornado 1932
:: Gainesville, GA Tornado, June 1903 
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Gainesville, GA Tornado, Apr 1936  
:: New Holland, GA Tornado Jun 1903
:: Macon, GA Tornado, Feb 1885
:: Newborn, GA Tornado, Apr 1912  
:: Georgia Tornado 1898
Train Wrecks
:: Abbeville, GA Train Accident, Oct 1891
:: Athens, GA Train Wreck Jan 1889 
:: Atlanta, GA Train Accident, Dec 1887
:: Atlanta, GA Train Wreck, Aug 1908
:: Atlanta, GA Train Wreck, Feb 1902
:: Atlanta, GA Train Wreck, Jun 1901
:: Blackshear, GA Train Wreck, Mar 1888
:: Buford, GA Train Wreck, Aug 1908
:: Chattahoochee, GA Train Wreck, Nov 1911
:: Childerburg, GA Train Accident, Nov 1887
:: Columbus, GA Carnival Train In Head-On Collision, Nov 1915
:: Columbus, GA Train Wreck, May 1908
:: Davisboro, GA Train Wreck, Nov 1891
:: Dublin, GA Train Wreck, Apr 1910
:: Fort Valley, GA Train Wreck, Jul 1906
:: Gainesville, GA Street Car - Train Wreck, Aug 1908
:: Hiram, GA Train Derails On High Trestle, Jan 1908
:: Lumpkin, GA Train Wreck, Aug 1908
:: MacDonough, GA Train Wreck, Jun 1900
:: Macon, GA area Train Wreck, Feb 1910
:: Macon, GA Street Car - Wagon Accident, Sept 1912
:: Macon, GA Train Wreck, Jul 1906
:: McDonough, GA Train Wreck, Jun 1900
:: Meldrim, GA Tanker Car Gas Explosion, Jun 1959
:: Muscogee Junction, GA Train Wreck, Oct 1891
:: Popes Ferry, GA Train Wreck, Aug 1895
:: Stockton, GA Terrible Train Collision, Aug 1944
:: Toccoa, GA Train Wreck, Oct 1902
:: Trenton, GA Fatal Railroad Accident, Apr 1884
:: Watkinsville, GA Train Wreck, Jan 1889
:: Waycross, GA Train Accident, Mar 1902
:: West Point, GA Train Wreck, Apr 1927
More...
:: Ackworth, GA Homemade Cannon Explosion, Dec 1896
:: Athens, GA Baby Killed by Falling Crossties, Apr 1911
:: Rome, GA Auto Accident, Mar 1913
:: Satilla Mills, GA Boating Accident & Drownings, Jun 1868
:: Tallapoosa, GA Lightning & Storm, Apr 1903
 
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.
 
Waycross, GA Fire Dept 1920s
Chattahoochee River, Columbus, GA early 1900s