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Crowd at the Air Shaft, Cherry Mine Disaster 1909

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Accidents
Belleville, IL Foundry Accident, Dec 1917 Bridgeport and Montgomery, IL Tornado Damage, May 1871 Chicago, IL Poison Gas Escape, Feb 1978 Chicago, IL Electricity Accident, Sept 1908 Chicago, IL Falls from Hotel Window to Death, Aug 1908 Chicago, IL Illinois Steel Company Accident, Jan 1902 Chicago, IL Lit Cigar While Hair Soaked with Tonic, Dec 1893 Chicago, IL Struck by Golf Ball in Jackson Park, Sept 1910 Decatur, IL Bicycle Accident, Jun 1901 Decatur, IL Norman's Laundry Accident, Jan 1900 Decatur, IL Scaffold Accident, Jun 1901 East Saint Louis, IL scalded by hot coffee, May 1910 Elgin, IL Grandstand Collapse, Aug 1911 Lake Forest, IL Fatal Football Game Accident, Sept 1900 Opera Singer Mary Garden Injured at a Performance, Jan 1929 Palatine, IL Asphyxiation, Nov 1919 Quincy, IL Killed while Oiling Machine, Nov 1908 Springfield, IL Stands Collapse At Circus, June 1896
Air Accidents
Barrington Hills, IL Air Balloon Crash Kills Five, Aug 1981 Champagne, IL Army Airplane Falls to Ground, Apr 1920 Chicago, IL Plane Explodes In Crash, Nov 1959 Chicago, IL Airliner Crash Kills 22, July 1955 Chicago, IL Airliner Crashes On Takeoff, Mar 1948 Chicago, IL Jumbo Jet Crashes On Take Off, May 1979 Chicago, IL Plane Crashes On Landing, Dec 1940 Chicago, IL Shuttle Helicopter Crash Kills 13, July 1960 Chicago, IL Airplane Crash, Dec 1972 Chicago, IL Airplane Crash, Dec 1978 Chicago, IL airplane hits house, May 1936 Chicago, IL Goodyear Blimp Falls into Building, Jul 1919 Chicago, IL Hydroplane Wreck, Aug 1915 Chicago, IL O'Hare Airport Jet Crash, Sept 1961 DeKalb, IL Balloon Accident, Sept 1909 Delavan, IL Army bomber crash, Jun 1938 Glenview, IL Two Naval Training Planes Collide, Oct 1942 Hinsdale, IL Plane Crash, Sept 1961 In Lake Michigan, IL United Airline Plane Crashes, Aug 1965 Lansing, IL TONY LEMA Dies In Plane Crash, July 1966 Mattoon, IL Balloon Accident, Oct 1907 Maywood, IL Army Airplane Crash, Aug 1925 Peoria, IL Commuter Plane Crashes, Oct 1971 Pinckneyville, IL Commuter Plane Crashes Into Pond, Oct 1983 Springfield, IL Airplane Crash, Feb 1925 Springfield, IL Balloon Accident, Jun 1908 Toulon, IL Balloon Accident, Oct 1907 Wonder Lake, IL Air National Guard Plane Crashes, Mar 1982
Earthquakes
Illinois Earthquake, Jul 1909
Explosions
Alton, IL Refinery Explosion, June 1926 Alton, IL Powder Magazine Explosion, Jun 1840 Alton, IL Train Wreck and Explosion, Jan 1893 Blue Island, IL Standard Cartridge Factory Explosion, Aug 1890 Cape Girardeau, IL Steamer SEA BIRD Explodes, Jan 1848 Chicago, IL Business Section Fire, Sep 1859 Chicago, IL Factory Explosion and Fire, Apr 1953 Chicago, IL Fireworks Factory Explosion, June 1897 Chicago, IL Brewster Hotel Explosion, Jan 1893 Chicago, IL Building Explosion, May 1895 Chicago, IL Chinese Restaurant Explosion, May 1925 Chicago, IL Gas Explosion, Feb 1902 Chicago, IL Lightning and Powder Explosion, Aug 1886 Chicago, IL Moonshine Explosion, Apr 1921 Chicago, IL Oatmeal Mill Explosion, Dec 1888 Chicago, IL Sugar Refinery Explosion, Mar 1890 Chicago, IL Sugar Refinery Explosion, Nov 1888 Chicago, IL Swift and Co Plant Explosion, Nov 1902 Chicago, IL Water Intake Explosion, Jan 1909 Clinton, IL Explosion, Feb 1925 Deerfield, IL Locomotive Boiler Explosion, Mar 1920 Elwood, IL War Plant Explosion, Jun 1942 Evanston, IL Northwestern Gas Light Co. Explosion, Jan 1893 Geneva, IL Glucose Plant Explosion, May 1893 Jerseyville, IL Sawmill Boiler Explosion, Feb 1857 Litchfield, IL Flour Mill Explosion, Mar 1893 Madison, IL Explosion and Fire, Jan 1908 Mattoon, IL Gas Light & Coke Company Explosion, Oct 1900 Moweaqua, IL Saw Mill Boiler Explosion, Jan 1888 Pekin, IL Corn Products Refining Starch Plant Explosion, Jan 1924 Quincy, IL Fireworks, Explosion, Jul 1857 Romeoville, IL Refinery Explosions, July 1984 Waukegan, IL Corn Products Plant Blast, Nov 1912 Waukegan, IL Sukes Automotive Railway Equipment Co Explosion, Jul 1923
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Floods
Beardstown, IL Flood, Apr 1922 Beardstown, IL Flood, Oct 1926 Centralia, IL Flood, Apr 1893 Illinois Flood, May 1943 Madison County, IL Flood, May 1943 Quincy, IL Flood, Mar 1897
Mine Accidents & Explosions
Belleville, IL Coal Mine Fire, Oct 1901 Braidwood, IL Diamond Coal Mine Disaster, Feb 1883 Carlin, IL Coal Mine Fire, Jan 1899 Centralia, IL Coal Mine Disaster, Mar 1947 Cherry, IL Mine Disaster, Nov 1909 Christopher, IL Mine Explosion, Dec 1917 Golconda, IL Freak Mining Accident, Apr 1971 Harrisburg, IL Harco Coal Company Mine Explosion, Aug 1921 Herrin, IL Mine Explosion, Dec 1909 Herrin, IL Muddy Coal & Iron Co Mine Explosion, May 1904 Johnston City, IL Mine Explosion, Jan 1924 Marion, IL Williamson County Coal Co Mine Explosion, Sept 1897 Moweaqua, IL Deadly Coal Mine Explosion, Dec 1932 Royalton, IL Gas Explosion In Coal Mine, Oct 1914 Stonington, IL Mine Accident, Jan 1908 West Frankfort, IL Coal Mine Gas Explosion, Dec 1951 West Frankfort, IL Gas Explosion In Coal Mine, July 1947 Woodford Co, IL Roanoke Coal Mine Accident, Jun 1906 Zeigler, IL Mine Explosion Kills Several, Jan 1909
Ship & Boat Disasters
Alton, IL Steamer Geneva Wreck, Dec 1852 Cairo, IL Explosion Of The Steamer BEN LEWIS, June 1860 Cairo, IL Ferry Boat Capsizes, May 1896 Cairo, IL Area Explosion On The Steamer OCEANUS, Apr 1872 Cairo, IL Area Steamer EMMA NO. 3 Burns On Snag, Feb 1870 Cairo, IL Area Steamer STONEWALL Burns, Oct 1869 Cairo, IL Storm and Steamboat Sinkings, Nov 1857 Cape Girardeau, IL Steamer SEA BIRD Explodes, Jan 1848 Chicago, IL Lake Steamer Tioga Explodes, July 1890 Chicago, IL Tug C. W. PARKER Boiler Explodes, Oct 1891 Chicago, IL Champlain Disaster, Jun 1887 Chicago, IL Eastland Disaster, Jul 1915 Chicago, IL Excursion Steamer Favorite Capsizes, Jul 1927 Chicago, IL Fire Tug Boat Sinks, Aug 1908 Chicago, IL Schooner Jennie Lind Wreck, May 1883 Chicago, IL Schooner Presto Fire, May 1896 Chicago, IL Tugboat C W Parker Boiler Explosion, Oct 1891 Dallas, IL River Steamer RED WING Bursts Pipes, July 1877 Hamburg, IL Steamboat Edward Bates Disaster, Aug 1848 Mound City, IL Steamboat Monongahela Belle Explosion, Nov 1857 Off Chicago, IL Steamer SEA BIRD In Lake Michigan, Apr 1868 Off Grand Tower, IL Steamer La Mascotte Explodes Boilers, Oct 1886 Pekin, IL Explosion Of Steamer PRAIRIE STATE, May 1852 Pekin, IL Excursion Steamer Columbia Sinking, Jul 1918 Peoria, IL Storm -- Ships Capsized, July 1892 Rock Island, IL Steamer JENNIE GILCHRIST Accident, Oct 1881 Shawneetown, IL Steamer JAMES JACKSON Explodes Sep 1851 Waukegan, IL Steamer CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Serious Accident, June 1895 Waukegan, IL Steamer Lady Elgin Wreck, Sept 1860 Wolf Island, IL Steamer OHIO Boiler Explosion, May 1893
Storms
Belleville, IL Lightning Strikes Saloon, Jun 1910 Burlington, IL Storm, Jun 1902 Cairo, IL Storm and Steamboat Sinkings, Nov 1857 Chicago, IL Storms And Lightning, July 1909 Chicago, IL Blizzard, Jan 1918 Chicago, IL Buildings Collapse During Storm, Apr 1892 Chicago, IL Lightning and Fire, Jul 1900 Chicago, IL Lightning and Powder Explosion, Aug 1886 Chicago, IL Lightning Strike, Jul 1901 Chicago, IL Storm, May 1909 Coultersville, IL Storm, Mar 1890 Duquesne, IL Train Hit by Lightning, Nov 1921 Farmer City, IL Tornado, Apr 1880 Fenton, IL Storm and Train Wreck, Aug 1902 Illinois Storm, Jan 1876 Jacksonville, IL Ice Storm, Feb 1883 Joliet, IL Storm, May 1886 Lakeview, IL Lightning Strike, Jul 1901 Lincoln, IL Lightning Strike, May 1892 Morton, IL Storm, Jun 1902 Niantic, IL Storm, Apr 1880 Pana, IL Destructive Tornado, June 1857 Pana, IL Storm, Aug 1907 Peoria, IL Fearful Tornado Tears Through Towns, May 1858 Peoria, IL Storm -- Ships Capsized, July 1892 Peoria, IL Storm, Jun 1902 Several Towns, IL Tornado And Storm Damage, July 1861 Tonca, IL Storms, Jun 1874
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