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Sigourney, IA Court House Fire, Mar 1908
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Sioux City, IA Mondamin Hotel Fire Jan 1912

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:: Butler Co., IA Perry House Fire, Jan 1914
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:: Clinton, IA Fish Bros. Manufacturing Fire, Jan 1908 
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:: Council Bluffs, IA Brewery Fire, Feb 1860 
:: Davenport, IA D. A. Burrows Mill Fire, May 1870 
:: Edgewood, IA Fire, Oct 1908
:: Fort Dodge, IA Prairie Fire, Nov 1860
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Hepburn, IA Shanty Fire, Dec 1908
:: Hinton, IA Town Hall & Blacksmith Shop Fire, Jan 1914
:: Independence, IA Fire, May 1874
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:: Melrose, IA Fire, Jan 1908
:: Schleswig, IA Fire, Dec 1914 
:: Sioux City, IA Fire Dec 1904
:: Sioux City, IA Mondamin Hotel Fire, Jan 1912
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:: Washington, IA Banana Crate Factory Fire, June 1904
:: Waterloo, IA Paul Davis Dry Goods Store Fire, Jan 1914
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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.
Fire Station No. 3 Lyons, IA early 1900s
Central Fire Station, Clinton, IA