Illinois
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Vandalia, IL Automobile Accident, Sep 1929
Posted January 22nd, 2012 by Stu BeitlerE. E. WILLIS, AGED WELDON SPRINGS FARMER IS KILLED.
SIX OTHERS HURT, THREE PROBABLY FATALLY, WHEN CAR UPSETS NEAR VANDALIA. read more »
Rockford, IL Switch Engine - Automobile Wreck, Dec 1935
Posted January 20th, 2012 by JuneCar Rams Switch Engine Here; 5 Escape Unhurt read more »
Shawneetown, IL Host House Hotel Fire, Dec 1944
Posted January 20th, 2012 by JuneFire Sweeps Hotel in Shawneetown, 3 Perish read more »
Chicago, IL Gas Explosion, Dec 1944
Posted January 20th, 2012 by June1 Killed, Dozen Hurt In Explosion of Gas read more »
Chicago, IL Runaway Airplane Rolls into Fence, Aug 1955
Posted January 13th, 2012 by JuneRunaway Airliner Rolls into Fence read more »
Rockford, IL Levings Lake Drowning, July 1948
Posted December 16th, 2011 by JuneYouth Drowns While Wading In Park Lake
Sam Butero Came to Rockford 4 Months Ago from Italy read more »
Rockford, IL Fireworks Accident, Jul 1948
Posted December 16th, 2011 by JuneBurned when Sparkler Ignites Girl’s Dress read more »
Chicago, IL Windsor Beach Drownings, Jul 1894
Posted December 15th, 2011 by JuneTwo Drowned In Lake Michigan.
Narrow Escape for a Dozen Others at Windsor Beach, Chicago. read more »
Chicago, IL Train-Street Car Wreck, Jun 1891
Posted December 15th, 2011 by JuneMany Lives In Peril.
Cars Collide On Wabash Avenue.
An Illinois Train Crashes Into an Indiana Avenue Trailer in Which Twenty Passengers Are Seated-A Miraculous Escape. read more »
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