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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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:: Albia, IA Fire, Apr 1904
:: Albia, IA Fire, Dec 1904
:: Albia, IA Western Machine Co. Fire, Nov 1905
:: Albion, IA Fire, Aug 1904
:: Ames, IA Iowa State College Main Building Fire, Dec 1900 
:: Ames, IA Iowa State College Main Building Fire, Aug 1902 
:: Braddyville, IA Fire, Oct 1901
:: Burlington, IA Fire, Jan 1860 
:: Butler Co., IA Perry House Fire, Jan 1914
:: Charles City, IA Hart-Parr Traction Co. Fire, Jan 1912 
:: Charles City, IA Hart-Parr Traction Co. Fire, Feb 1912 
:: Clinton, IA Fish Bros. Manufacturing Fire, Jan 1908 
:: Council Bluffs, IA Implement House Fire, Dec 1906 
:: 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
:: Greene, IA  F. W. Vick Hardware Store Fire, July 1904
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Hepburn, IA Shanty Fire, Dec 1908
:: Hinton, IA Town Hall & Blacksmith Shop Fire, Jan 1914
:: Independence, IA Fire, May 1874
:: Independence, IA Fire, Nov 1873
:: Linn Grove, IA Fire, Mar 1911
:: Manly, IA Fire, Dec 1913
:: Mason City, IA High School Fire, June 1911
:: Melrose, IA Fire, Jan 1908
:: Schleswig, IA Fire, Dec 1914 
:: Sioux City, IA Fire Dec 1904
:: Sioux City, IA Mondamin Hotel Fire, Jan 1912
:: Thornton, IA Fire, Mar 1908 
:: Washington, IA Banana Crate Factory Fire, June 1904
:: Waterloo, IA Paul Davis Dry Goods Store Fire, Jan 1914
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