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Battle Creek, MI Tornado 1917
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Kalamazoo, MI Fire Dec 1909

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Building Collapses
:: Detroit, MI Wonderland Theatre Collapse, Nov 1898
Explosions
:: Bath, MI School Explosion, May 1927
:: Detroit, MI Wolverine Paper Mill Explosion, May 1883
Fires
:: Augusta, MI Fire, Jun 1893
:: Calumet, MI Theater Panic, Dec 1913
:: Corunna, MI Furniture Plant Fire, Oct 1901
:: Detroit, MI Fire, May 1848
:: Detroit, MI Fire, Sept 1884
:: Detroit, MI Depot Fire, Dec 1913
:: Kalamazoo, MI Fire Dec 1909
:: Kalamazoo, MI Spring & Axle Works Fire, Jun 1893
:: Owosso, MI School Fire, Apr 1902
Floods
:: Grand Rapids, MI Flood, Feb 1838
Mine Explosions & Accidents
:: Iron Mountain, MI Chapin Mine Explosion Jun 1901
Ship Wrecks
:: Detroit, MI Steamer City of Cleveland Fire, May 1907
:: Calumet, MI Osceola Mine Fire, Sept 1895
:: Saginaw, MI Steamer Handy Boy Accident, Apr 1890
Tornadoes
:: Battle Creek, MI Tornado 1917
:: Bay City, MI Tornado, Jun 1882
:: Forest, MI Tornado May 1855
:: Grand Rapids, MI Tornado July 1912
:: Grand Rapids & Kent Co., MI Tornado 1836
:: Sparta, MI Tornado, Jun 1860
:: Ypsilanti Tornado Jun 1881 
Train Wrecks
:: Battle Creek, MI Train Wreck, Oct 1893
:: Detroit, MI Interurban Train Wreck, May 1923
:: Detroit, MI Train - Firetruck Wreck, Mar 1895
:: East Paris, MI Train Wreck, Dec 1903
:: Flint, MI Train Wreck Jun 1901
:: Jackson, MI Train Wreck, Oct 1893
:: Kalamazoo, MI Train - Trolley Wreck, May 1889
:: Riga, MI Train Wreck, Jan 1907
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