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Indiana Disasters
Tragic Accidents &
Deaths
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Air Disasters |
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Lafayette, IN Parachute Accident, Jul
1902 |
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Drownings |
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Ft. Wayne, IN Frederick C. Geerking Drowning, May
1895 |
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South Bend, IN Ellsworth Hughes Drowning, May 1890
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Explosions |
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Elwood, IN Gas Explosion, Feb 1895 |
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Fontanet, IN DuPont
Powder Mills Explosion, Oct 1907 |
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Ft. Wayne, IN Municipal Lighting Plant Explosion Nov
1911 |
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Geneva, IN
Hercules Torpedo Co. Explosion, Feb 1906 |
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Hammond, IN Economical Smokeless
Powder Co. Explosion, May 1898 |
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Indianapolis, IN Prestolite Gas Pumping Station
Explosion, Jun 1906 |
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Richmond, IN Gas
Explosion, Apr 1968 |
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Terre Haute, IN Spring Hill Coal Mine Explosion, Apr
1947 |
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Fires |
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Aurora, IN Fire, Sept 1882 |
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Borden, IN Fire Mar 1894 |
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Ft. Wayne, IN Aveline Hotel Fire, May 1908
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Ft. Wayne, IN Centlivre Bicycle Case Works Fire, Feb
1898 |
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Ft. Wayne, IN Hubbard Bee Hive Plant Fire, Feb 1898
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Ft. Wayne, IN Trentman Block Fire, Nov 1896
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Hamilton, IN Fire Apr 1912
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Lagrange, IN St. Joe Valley Car Shops Fire, Nov 1911
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Marion, IN Oil Well Fire, May 1899 |
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Ossian, IN Fire May
1908 |
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Perrysville, IN Railroad Station & Yards Fire, Jun
1899 |
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West Baden, IN Mineral Springs Hotel Fire, Jun 1901
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Floods |
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Indiana Flood, Mar
1913 |
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Aurora, IN Flood, Feb 1882 |
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Aurora, IN Flood, Feb 1883 |
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Aurora, IN Flood, Feb 1884 |
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Evansville, IN Flood
1937 |
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Lawrenceburg, IN Flood, Feb 1832 |
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Lawrenceburg, IN Flood, Feb 1882 |
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Lawrenceburg, IN Flood, Feb 1883 |
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Lawrenceburg, IN Flood, Feb 1884 |
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Lawrenceburg, IN Flood, Jan 1913 |
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Lawrenceburg, IN Flood, Mar 1913 |
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South Bend, IN Flood, Jan 1847 |
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South Bend, IN Flood, Jun 1855 |
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Mining Accidents & Explosions |
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Clinton, IA Hazel Creek Mine No. 2 Accident, Nov
1896 |
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Terre Haute, IN Spring Hill Coal Mine Explosion, Apr
1947 |
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Storms |
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Bluffton,
IN Storm Jul 1913 |
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Ft. Wayne, IN Storm, Sept 1897 |
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Lawrenceburg, IN Storm, Feb 1832 |
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Tornadoes |
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Black Hawk, IN Tornado, May
1917 |
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Crown Point, IN Tornado, May 1917 |
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Evansville, IN Tornado May 1886 |
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Hagerstown, IN Tornado, Mar 1917 |
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Morocco Indiana Tornado, Apr 1912 |
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New Albany, IN
Tornado Mar 1917 |
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Newcastle, IN Tornado, March 1917 |
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Princeton, IN Tornado, Feb 1876 |
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Princeton, Owensville, & Griffin, IN Tornado, Mar
1925 |
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Waterloo, IN Tornado, Nov 1911 |
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Accidents |
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Ft. Wayne, IN Electric Works Plant Tower Accident,
Nov 1915 |
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Shelbyville, IN Bonfire
Accident, Aug 1915 |
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Wabash, IN Construction Accident, Jul 1912
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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. |
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| Central Fire Station,
Elkhart, IN early 1900s |
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| Peru Fire Department No.
1, Peru, IN |
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| Fort Wayne, IN Fire
Department Fighting a Fire early 1900s |
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| Gary, IN Firemen 1914 | |
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