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Crowd at the Air Shaft, Cherry
Mine Disaster 1909
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Chicago IL, Colby Furniture -
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DeSoto, IL
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Rockford, IL
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Illinois Disasters
Tragic Accidents &
Deaths
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Accidents |
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Chicago, IL Chicago Steel Company
Accident, Jan 1902
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Decatur, IL Norman's Laundry
Accident, Jan 1900 |
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Air Accidents |
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DeKalb, IL Balloon Accident Sept 1909 |
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Illinois Earthquake, Jul 1909 |
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Explosions |
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Alton, IL Powder Magazine Explosion,
Jun 1840 |
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Chicago, IL Brewster Hotel Explosion, Jan 1893 |
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Chicago, IL Sugar
Refinery Explosion, Mar 1890 |
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Chicago, IL Water Intake Crib Explosion, Jan 1909
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Evanston, IL Northwestern Gas Light
Co. Explosion, Jan 1893 |
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Geneva, IL Glucose Factory
Explosion, May 1893 |
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Moweaqua, IL M. F. Hollis Sawmill
Boiler Explosion, Jan 1888 |
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Waukegan, IL Sukes Automotive Railway Equipment Co
Explosion, Jul 1923 |
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Floods |
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Beardstown, IL Flood, Oct 1926 |
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Carmel,
IL Flood 1913 |
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Centralia, IL Flood, Apr 1893 |
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Illinois Flood, May 1943 |
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Madison County, IL Flood, May 1943 |
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Quincy, IL Flood, Mar 1897 |
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Mine Accidents & Explosions |
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Belleville, IL Coal Mine Fire, Oct 1901 |
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Braidwood, IL Mining Disaster, Mar 1883 |
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Carlin, IL Coal Mine Fire, Jan 1899 |
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Centralia, IL Coal Mine Disaster, Mar 1947 |
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Cherry, IL Mine Disaster, Nov 1909 |
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Harrisburg, IL Harco Coal Company Mine Explosion,
Aug 1921 |
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Herrin, IL Mine Explosion, Dec 1909 |
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Herrin, IL Muddy Coal & Iron Co Mine Explosion, May
1904 |
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Johnston City, IL Mine Explosion, Jan 1924 |
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Moweaqua, IL Deadly Coal Mine Explosion, Dec 1932 |
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Royalton, IL Gas Explosion In Coal Mine, Oct 1914 |
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Stonington, IL Mine Accident, Jan 1908 |
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West Frankfort, IL Coal Mine Gas Explosion, Dec 1951 |
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West Frankfort, IL Gas Explosion In Coal Mine, July
1947 |
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Woodford Co, IL Roanoke Coal Mine Accident, Jun 1906 |
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Zeigler, IL Mine Explosion Kills Several, Jan 1909 |
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Ship & Boat Disasters |
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Cairo, IL Storm & Ferry Boat Sinking,
May 1896 |
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Chicago, IL Eastland Disaster, Jul 1915 |
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Chicago, IL Hydroplane Wreck, Aug 1915 |
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Chicago,
IL Schooner Jennie Lind Disaster May 1883 |
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Storms |
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Belleville, IL
Lightning Strikes Saloon, Jun 1910 |
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Cairo, IL Storm & Ferry Boat Sinking,
May 1896 |
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Chicago,
IL Building Collapses During Storm Apr 1892
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Jacksonville, IL Ice Storm,
Feb 1883 |
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Niantic, IL Storm, Apr 1880 |
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Pana, IL Storm, Aug 1907 |
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Palatine, IL Train Wreck &
Water Tank Collapse, Apr 1887 |
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